worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
贤
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肾
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贝
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Just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) Marie Curie (xi) is listening to a broadcast in the radio (肾) about how awesome and honorific (贤) crabs (贝) are. A crab is standing nearby and is very proud to be admired by Marie Curie.
In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes wants to improve the range of his radio receiver, so he adds very long roast forks as antennas. To make them safe he shoves boxing gloves over their pointy ends.
贝
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⺆
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人
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Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.
Characters with 贤 as component
贤
is not used as a component in another character.