营

camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for

营 = 艹 + 冖 + 吕 : Maud Younger (y) built a camp (营) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She is sitting on a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) with a cooking top (冖) serving as her roof, and playing idly on her pitch pipe (吕).

营 character breakdown

营
- 冖
- 吕
  - 口
- 艹

冖

mì = mi + Ø4

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.

吕

呂

lǚ = lü + Ø3

pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

吕 = 口 : Loki (lü) conducts an experiment in the space station's living room (Ø3). Using a pitch pipe (吕) he creates two standing waves, in which he keeps one mandarin (口) respectively.

艹

cǎo = c + ao3

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

Artificial lawn. The King of Chu burns artificial lawn in the aorta.

Characters with 营 as component

营 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 营

夏

xià

营

营 character breakdown

Characters with 营 as component

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