"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
亻
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丿
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丨
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Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.
to hire / to employ / servant / hired laborer / domestic help
佣
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亻
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用
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Yu the Great and Rosa Luxemburg are lying hurt on the ground in front of the engine, and a servant of the engine uses his first aid kit to help them until the ambulance arrives.
good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food)
俏
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亻
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肖
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Rosa Luxemburg and the Queen of Hearts meet the little prince in the aorta's bathroom, and they are overwhelmed by his charm. They just can't stop to adore his golden hair and overall cuteness, much to the little prince's frustration.
价
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亻
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介
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Joan of Arc (ji) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are plotting their escape from the ashram in the bathroom (a4). They plan to use the ashram's rocket (介), but unfortunately, the price (价) for rockets is sky-high.
供
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亻
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共
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Gitta Giraffe ((e)ng1) is donating (供) blood in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Rosa Luxemburg (亻) draws the blood and the communist (共) stores it.
供
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亻
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共
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Gitta Giraffe (gu) is being interrogated by Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the communist (共) In engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Rosa and the communist want to squeeze a confession (供) out of Gitta, so they use the water boarding (供) technique.
urgent / hurried / to urge / to promote / to urge haste / close / intimate
促
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亻
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足
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Kitty Cat (cu) is urging (促) Rosa Luxemburg (亻) into buying her last 8326 footballs (足), stating again and again that this is a special opportunity that will not come back anytime soon and so on. Indeed she already talked her into a corner in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]
彳
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丿
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亻
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Mnemonic symbol for the step with the left foot: a black sneaker, because black sneakers are popular at least with the leftists I met.
Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just finished her banana (丿) and throws the peel over her shoulder in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Charlie Chaplin (彳), wearing a black sneaker on his left foot, manages to step on the banana peel with his left foot and fall over even in zero gravity.
佐
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亻
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左
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Rosa Luxemburg (亻), the communist (左) and Zapatista Zebra (zu) are making a pact in the observatory (o3) to assist (佐) each other to achieve world wide communism.
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
使
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亻
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吏
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Sherlock Holmes, Rosa Luxemburg and the space station's clerk play a simultaneous game of rock paper scissors in the space station, as they have to decide who will be sent as a messenger back to earth to admit that they need another 3 000 000 000 $ funding.