one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
年
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午
+
丨
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一
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Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.
四
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儿
+
囗
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Mnemonic symbol: a four-leaved clover. Socrates (s) is working out in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's lifting four (四) wooden boxes (囗), and wonders why they are so heavy. He doesn't know that inside one of the four boxes, the monkey king (儿) is hiding and secretly laughing at him - until the monkey king comes out and surprises Socrates with a four-leaved clover (四).
季
=
子
+
禾
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Joan of Arc (ji) is eating her space food in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It consists of a bowl of cereals (禾) with an egg (子) and four-season bean curd (四季豆腐).
season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
季
=
子
+
禾
:
Joan of Arc (ji) is eating her space food in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It consists of a bowl of cereals (禾) with an egg (子) and four-season bean curd (四季豆腐).