叉
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丶
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又
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) is driving a forklift truck (叉) in front of the ashram (a1), but he just cannot pick up all the boxing gloves (又) and petal leaves (丶) scattered around on the floor. They will always fall off the forks.
勺
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丶
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勹
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Mnemonic symbol: as 勺 should not be confused with 匕 (ladle), the mnemonic symbol for 勺 is a small silver spoon.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) feeds an elephant (勹) medicine in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). The medicine looks like a petal leaf (丶), and Sherlock Holmes uses a small silver spoon (勺) to feed it to the elephant.