喝
to drink / variant of 嗬[he1]
喝
=
口
+
曷
:
Hamlet (h) is playing a drinking game in front of the elevator (e1). He is turning a quiz wheel (曷) and every time he doesn't know the answer he has to drink (喝) one of the shots in front of him. The shots are glasses made of mandarins (口). Hamlet drank so much already that every time he has to drink he screams "oh my goodness!"
喝 character breakdown
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
why / how / when / what / where
曷
=
匃
+
日
:
So many questions! That's why I'm gonna represent this with a quiz wheel. Each section of the wheel corresponds to one of the question words.
The beggar from ancient Egypt (匃) is the candidate in a quiz game just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2). His quiz master is Hamlet (h), and the quiz wheel (曷) is spun by the sun (日).
The beggar from ancient Egypt (匃) is the candidate in a quiz game just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2). His quiz master is Hamlet (h), and the quiz wheel (曷) is spun by the sun (日).
Characters with 喝 as component
喝
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 喝
to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink