敖
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土
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攵
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方
:
Mnemonic symbol: a wanderer. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to build a particle accelerator in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), so he ripped open a square (方) area with a sledgehammer (攵), the earth (土) around the hole forming a square as well. As he finishes a wanderer (敖) enters and promptly falls into the hole.
敖
=
土
+
攵
+
方
:
Mnemonic symbol: a wanderer. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to build a particle accelerator in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), so he ripped open a square (方) area with a sledgehammer (攵), the earth (土) around the hole forming a square as well. As he finishes a wanderer (敖) enters and promptly falls into the hole.
to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure
熬
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敖
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灬
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Albert Einstein (Ø) is cooking (熬) the wanderer (敖) on a grill (灬) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He is torturing (熬) the wanderer for staying up all night (熬).