笛
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⺮
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由
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Dorothy Gale (di) had too many cuba libres (由) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). She mistakes a bamboo stick (⺮) for a flute (笛) and tries to play a melody on it, even though she doesn't know how to play the flute (笛) at all. She must be really drunk!
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
由
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丨
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曰
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Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴, a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.
Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.