挽

wǎn = w + an3

to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover

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挽 = 免 + 扌 : Willy Walrus (w) is drunkenly lamenting the dead (挽) in the anthill (an3) who died of alcohol poisoning, while the bar keeper is waving with a toy claw (扌) holding the bar's disclaimer (免). Finally Willy Walrus recovers (挽), the bar keeper rolls up (挽) the disclaimer and both return to their usual business.

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挽

輓

wǎn = w + an3

variant of 挽[wan3] / to draw (a cart) / to lament the dead

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Add a new mnemonic for 輓 = 車 + 免

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挽 character breakdown

挽
- 免
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 口
  - ⺈
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

免

miǎn = mi + an3

to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited

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免 = ⺈ + 口 + 儿 : Mnemonic symbol: 免责说明, a disclaimer.

Marilyn Monroe and the crane are on a date in the anthill. Sun Wukong served them cocktails in two mandarins, but the cocktails are so terrible that Marilyn and the crane had to puke all over the place which ruined their date. They want to sue sun Wukong, but he just shows them the place's disclaimer telling them that he is exempted from any responsibility.

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免

wèn = w + (e)n4

old variant of 絻[wen4]

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扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

Add a new mnemonic for 扌 = 二 + 亅

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

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