sick / sickness / Kang Xi radical 104 / also pr. [chuang2]
疒
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亠
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广
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Napoleon started a war, and his first act is to parachute into the elevator's bathroom, wearing his military beret and all. He's lucky to have landed in the bathroom because unfortunately he's sick, with a colorful rash all about his skin and the urge to puke.
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
亠
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丶
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一
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Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).
广
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亠
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丿
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The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.
广
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亠
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丿
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The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.
痒
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疒
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羊
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The sheep (羊) got a colorful rash (疒) in the anglepod (ang3) and is very itchy (痒). Maud Younger (y) has to scratch (痒) his itches at all times.
痹
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畀
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疒
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Brunhilde (bi) has been suffering from a colorful rash (疒) which causes her skin to go completely numb (痹). She doesn't know that by using the small pedestal in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) when showering she also confers (畀) the sickness to her colleagues living in the space station.