吉
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口
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士
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Mnemonic symbol: "Giga" stems from a Greek word for "giant", so I'll represent 吉 by a giant.
吉
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口
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士
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The giant just arrived at the space station and is very hungry. In each hand he holds Joan of Arc and the bachelor captive and robs them for their mandarins which he longs for.
Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.
萨
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产
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艹
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阝
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In his quest to obtain bodhicitta (萨) Socrates (s) is manufacturing pizzas (萨) out of sheets of artificial lawn (艹) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). The pizzas are passing by on an assembly belt (产) and at the other end they are devoured by the pope (阝).
尔
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⺈
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小
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Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.