down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
下
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一
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卜
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Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.
Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
困
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囗
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木
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New mnemonic symbol to avoid confusion with 夗: sleeping pills.
Karl Koala (ku) prepared a nest made out of Christmas trees (木) stuffed into a plastic enclosure (囗) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). To make sure that he sleeps (困) really well he pops sleeping pills (困) before laying down in his nest.
难
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又
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隹
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Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.