养

養

yǎng = y + ang3

to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth

养 = 介 + 羊 : Maud Younger wants to send a sheep to the moon using a rocket in the anglepod.

养 character breakdown

养
- 介
  - 丨
  - 丿
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚
- 羊
  - 三
    - 一
    - 二
      - 一
  - 丫

介

jiè = ji + e4

to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor

介 = 人 + 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: 介 looks like a rocket 🚀. Neanderthal Man (人) and Joan of Arc (ji) are preparing a rocket (介) for its start. Between (介) the layers of the outer shell (介) they are stuffing bananas (丿) and dinosaur bones (丨).

羊

yáng = y + ang2

surname Yang

羊

yáng = y + ang2

sheep / goat / CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]

羊 = 丫 + 三 : Maud Younger is looking for gender equality just inside the anglepod's kitchen—and a dowsing rod is her tool of choice. A sheep sees this and imitates her, using a Cartesian coordinate system as a dowsing rod substitute.

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养

养 character breakdown

Characters with 养 as component

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