吵

to quarrel / to make a noise / noisy / to disturb by making a noise

吵 = 口 + 少 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) and Smiley (少) are making a big noise (吵) about a mandarin (口) they both found at the same time inside of the aorta (ao3).

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吵 character breakdown

吵
- 口
- 少
  - 丿
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

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Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

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少

shǎo = sh + ao3

few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

Add a new mnemonic for 少 = 丿 + 小

少 = 丿 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face.

There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.

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