"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.
又
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㇇
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㇏
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And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
宀
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丶
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冖
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Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).
Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
Mnemonic symbol: the character 彐 looks a bit like a pig snout seen from the side. If you need to type it, remember its pronunciation ji4 by imagining Joan of Arc wearing a fake pig snout in the space station's bathroom and making grunting and squealing sounds.
丬
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丨
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冫
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Just as she entered the anglepod, the Queen of Hearts craves for a popsicle. It seems like a miracle that just inside the anglepod's kitchen she finds a crate full of popsicles, which she cracks open using a dinosaur bone. Unfortunately, all the popsicles are contaminated with pieces of wood.