齐
(name of states and dynasties at several different periods) / surname Qi
齐
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文
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丿
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丨
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The Queen of Hearts (qi) built a drum and a gong (齐). She made the drum by carving a hole into a big book (文) and spanning a hide over the hole very evenly (齐). The gong also consists of a huge book which has been cast in bronze, and its surface is quite even (齐). She can readily beat the drum using a dinosaur bone (丨), but when she strikes the gong with a banana (丿), the gong doesn't make any sound. The drum is ready, but the gong is not.
neat / even / level with / identical / simultaneous / all together / to even sth out
齐
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文
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丿
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丨
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The Queen of Hearts (qi) built a drum and a gong (齐). She made the drum by carving a hole into a big book (文) and spanning a hide over the hole very evenly (齐). The gong also consists of a huge book which has been cast in bronze, and its surface is quite even (齐). She can readily beat the drum using a dinosaur bone (丨), but when she strikes the gong with a banana (丿), the gong doesn't make any sound. The drum is ready, but the gong is not.
齐 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
文
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乂
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亠
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Mnemonic symbol: a thick book.
Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.
Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.
Characters with 齐 as component
dose (medicine)
剂
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刂
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齐
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Joan of Arc (ji) is preparing a dose (剂) of her medicine in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Usually she uses a gong as a nice and flat surface to prepare her medicine, but today only the drum is ready (齐). She distributes her medicine evenly and nicely on the flat surface using a kitchen knife (刂).
to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule)
to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help
济
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氵
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齐
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Joan of Arc (ji) accidentally knocked over the only water supply bottle (氵) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and now she's in big trouble. She uses the empty bottle as a drum to call for help (济), but it is of no use; she would need a gong instead. Unfortunately the drum is ready, but the gong is not (齐).
(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus / (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
Words with 齐
lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom) / fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners / the life of a pasha
Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player
Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
Qijia neolithic culture, centered around the Gansu Corridor 河西走廊[He2 xi1 Zou3 lang2] c. 2000 BC
History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls / usually 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] to distinguish from Northern Qi