名状

to express / to describe

Characters and words in 名状

name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

名 = 口 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a name badge (from 名牌).

Marilyn Monroe (mi) prepared a mandarin (口) for her bat (夕) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and put her little darling's name badge (名) in front of it.

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狀

zhuàng = zhu + ang4

accusation / suit / state / condition / strong / great / -shaped

Add a new mnemonic for 状 = 丬 + 犬

Add a new mnemonic for 狀 = 爿 + 犬

状 = 丬 + 犬 : Julian Giant Squid plays fetch with the St Bernard in the anglepod's bathroom, but just as he throws a piece of wood it disintegrates into a cloud of sawdust. The St Bernard dog is very annoyed and accuses Julian Giant Squid of having it done on purpose to tease him.

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