千

thousand

千 = 丿 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 1 kg weight.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) dropped a kilogram (千) on her banana (丿) in front of the anthill (an1), and now she uses a cross (十) to try and revive it.

千

韆

qia̅n = qi + an1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

千 character breakdown

千
- 丿
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

Characters with 千 as component

重

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

heavy / serious / to attach importance to

重 = 千 + 里 : This one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth and the part in between is the space elevator.

重 = 千 + 里 : Julian Giant Squid installed a space elevator in the engine's bathroom, and now he wants to find out how heavy the load can be. For his first trip he loads 1000 times 1 kilo, and to celebrate the grand opening, he brought a sunflower.

重

chóng = chu + (e)ng2

to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

重 = 千 + 里 : Chantal Chicken set a new world record in the engine's kitchen. She repeatedly rode a space elevator up and down, one thousand times in total. For setting the world record she got a sunflower.

舌

shé = sh + e2

tongue

舌 = 千 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes squashed his tongue under a kilo just inside the elevator's kitchen! He tries to stem the kilo with a mandarin, but not very successfully.

舌

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

歼

殲

jia̅n = ji + an1

to annihilate / abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机[jian1 ji1 ji1], fighter plane

歼 = 千 + 歹 : In front of the anthill (an1) Joan of Arc (ji) is annihilating (歼) the wicked witch (歹) by smashing her to bits with a kilo (千).

迁

遷

qia̅n = qi + an1

to move / to shift / to change (a position or location etc) / to promote

迁 = 千 + 辶 : The Queen of Hearst (qi) prepares to move (迁) into a new home (迁) in front of the anthill (an1). She is wearing gladiator sandals (辶) and carrying a kilo (千).

乖

gua̅i = gu + ai1

(of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal

乖 = 北 + 千 : Gitta Giraffe wants to behave well in front of the airplane. She has a compass rose and a kilo, but she is totally not going to squash the compass rose.

我

wǒ = w + o3

I; me; my

我 = 戈 + 手 : I (我) find Willy Walrus (w) lying motionless in the observatory's living room (o3), and there's a dagger-axe (戈) sticking right in his chest. I (我) try to pull it out while wearing a baseball glove (手).

纤

纖

xia̅n = xi + an1

fine / delicate / minute

纤 = 千 + 纟 : Marie Curie (xi) finds that there are many fine (纤) silk worms (纟) in front of the anthill (a1). She wants to preserve the delicate (纤) worms and thus puts a kilo (千) on them to press and dry them.

纤

縴

qiàn = qi + an4

boatman's tow-rope

熏

薰

xu̅n = xu + (e)n1

fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of 熏[xun1] / to smoke / to fumigate

熏 = 千 + 黑 : Xu Xian (xu) is getting ready to go out on a data in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To create a perfume (熏) he smashes a blackboard (黑) to a fine powder using a kilo (千) and perfumes (熏) himself with the smoking (熏) powder.

熏

燻

xu̅n = xu + (e)n1

variant of 熏[xun1]