拳

fist / boxing

拳 = 关 + 手 : Cupid (qu) trains his fist (拳) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He just started though, so he wants to start easy and just hits a baseball glove (手) he hung on the wall. Unfortunately he hung it right over the anthill's off-button (关) so that upon his first hit the lights go out.

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拳 character breakdown

拳
- 手
- 关
  - 丷
  - 天
    - 一
    - 大
      - 一
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

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Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

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关

關

gua̅n = gu + an1

mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve

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关 = 丷 + 天 : A mean crocodile (丷) is chasing Gitta Giraffe (gu) in front of the anthill (an1). It almost caught up, when an angel (天) appears and pushes its off button (mnemonic symbol for 关) to save Gitta Giraffe.

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