刊

ka̅n = k + an1

to print / to publish / publication / periodical / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend

刊 = 刂 + 干 : Later in his life Karl Marx (k) turned more to the artsy side. He peeled (刊) dried fruits (干) with a kitchen knife (刂), squeezed the pulp into empty books and published (刊) them in front of the anthill (an1).

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刊

栞

ka̅n = k + an1

old variant of 刊[kan1] / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend

Add a new mnemonic for 刊 = 刂 + 干

Add a new mnemonic for 栞 = 干 + 木

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刊 character breakdown

刊
- 干
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅

干

乹

ga̅n = g + an1

old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

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干

亁

ga̅n = g + an1

variant of 乾|干[gan1]

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Add a new mnemonic for 亁 = 十 + 日 + 干 + 乞

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

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刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

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干

ga̅n = g + an1

(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield

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干

幹

gàn = g + an4

tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed

Add a new mnemonic for 干 = 一 + 十

Add a new mnemonic for 幹 = 倝 + 干

干 = 一 + 十 : Guy Fawkes (g) is working (干) out in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He's lifting a flute (一) in one hand and a cross (十) in the other.

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干

乾

ga̅n = g + an1

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

Add a new mnemonic for 乾 = 車 + 乞

Add a new mnemonic for 干 = 一 + 十

干 = 一 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: dried fruit.

Guy Fawkes (g) is drying (干) his clothes in front of the anthill (an1). He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross (十) and a flute (一). Waiting for his clothes to dry, he snacks dried fruit (mnemonic symbol for 干).

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