Mnemonic comic for 八

Translation

ba̅ = b + a1: eight; 8

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball. Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

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八 character breakdown

八
- 丿
- ㇏

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

㇏

nà = n + a4

Right-falling stroke

Mnemonic symbol: this one looks like a finger.

Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Characters with 八 as component

衮

袞

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

imperial robe

衮 = 公 + 衣 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is driving her magic bus (公) right through the encampment ((e)n3) and over the imperial robes (衮). She cuts them in halves, effectively creating shirts and kilts (衣). Look at the character 衮: it the bus driving right through the clothes (衣).

㒸

suì = su + ei4

archaic variant of 遂[sui4]

曽

céng = c + (e)ng2

Japanese variant of 曾[ceng2]

坴

lù = lu + Ø4

a clod of earth / land

坴 = 土 + 八 + 土 : Lenny Lemur (lu) is creating his very own clod of earth (坴) by attaching dirt (土) to an eight-ball (八) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

兮

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)

肸

xì = xi + Ø4

giggle / scatter

仈

ba̅ = b + a1

surname Ba

儍

shǎ = sh + a3

variant of 傻[sha3]