玄武门之变

玄
玄
武
武
门
門
之
之
变
變
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗

Characters and words in 玄武门之变

玄
xuán = xu + an2
black / mysterious
玄 = 亠 + 幺 : Xu Xian (xu) noticed that there is more and more black and mysterious (玄) lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). To find out where the lava is coming from he draws tarot cards out of a beret (亠). He draws only aces (幺) though, and he doesn't really know how to interpret those.
玄
武
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
武
wǔ = w + Ø3
surname Wu
武 = 一 + 弋 + 止 : Mnemonic symbol: a tank.
武 = 一 + 弋 + 止 : Inside of the space station Willy Walrus sits in a tank and guards the space station. The tank is parked behind a barrier, and Willy has a bow at his side. There's nothing to do though, so he just plays his flute.
武
wǔ = w + Ø3
martial / military
武 = 一 + 弋 + 止 : Mnemonic symbol: a tank.
武 = 一 + 弋 + 止 : Inside of the space station Willy Walrus sits in a tank and guards the space station. The tank is parked behind a barrier, and Willy has a bow at his side. There's nothing to do though, so he just plays his flute.
门
門
mén = m + (e)n2
surname Men
门
門
mén = m + (e)n2
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.
之
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
之 = 丶 + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.
变
變
biàn = bi + an4
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
变 = 亦 + 又 : In anthill's bathroom the also-ran is sparring with Brunhilde. In her mind she imagines changing into a boxing grizzly bear.
变 = 亦 + 又 : I think 变 does look like a grizzly bear with a beret. 又 is the snout, and the two eyes are the two strokes of 八.

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