谦
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兼
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讠
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) wants to open a franchise of modesty (谦) schools. She already put up the advertisements on the advertising columns (讠), for example in front of the anthill (an1). To staff all her schools she uses doubles (兼), and she is practicing with a double (兼) how to be modest (谦) right now next to the advertising column.
double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
兼
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秝
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肀
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Mnemonic symbol: a double. Joan of Arc (ji) and her stunt double (兼) are eating two bowls of cereals (秝) while the real Joan of Arc signs autographs with her crayon (肀) in front of the anthill (an1).
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).
Characters with 谦 as component
谦
is not used as a component in another character.