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艮
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
艮 character breakdown
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month
length / long / forever / always / constantly
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
长
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乛
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丆
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丿
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The chief (长) is asking James II of England (zh) for help, because his wind wheel (丆) in the anglepod's living room (丆) isn't performing very well. After finding out that there's too much friction, James II of England uses a sickle (乛) to cut open a banana (丿) and uses the pulp to grease the wind wheel and enhance (长) its performance.
Characters with 艮 as component
(adverb of degree) / quite / very / awfully
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
good / very / very much
良
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丶
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艮
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Mnemonic symbol: A "thank you very much" card for being so good.
Everyday, Li Qingzhao (li) has been picking up the chewing gums (艮) from the ground of the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) with petal leaves (丶). One day, finally one guest approaches her and gives her a "thank you very much" card for being so good (良).
Everyday, Li Qingzhao (li) has been picking up the chewing gums (艮) from the ground of the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) with petal leaves (丶). One day, finally one guest approaches her and gives her a "thank you very much" card for being so good (良).
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
to feed (a person or animal)
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry)
根
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木
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艮
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Guy Fawkes hates Christmas, so he his especially annoyed when he sees a Christmas tree even in front of the encampment. He takes out his chewing gum, sticks it to the tree's star and pulls it as long as he can to see if he can beat his record. Afterwards he wants to wrap the Christmas tree with the chewing gum.
Words with 艮
Sentences with 艮
艮 currently does not appear in any sentence.