= s + Ø4
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
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How to pronounce 巳

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= s initial

Socrates.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

巳 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + a4
component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 巳 as component

= y + Ø4
different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate
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bāo = b + ao1
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
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bāo = b + ao1
surname Bao
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Words with 巳

forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025
fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
Manchu Restoration of 1917, see 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4]

Sentences with 巳

巳 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°

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