shù
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shu
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Ø4:
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
Mnemonic
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.
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.
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
声
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士
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尸
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丨
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) hears the terrifying sound (声) of bone (丨) on stone in front of the engine ((e)ng1), and he's sure that there must be a ghost (尸). Indeed it's only the bachelor (士) who wants to scare Sherlock.
肃
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肀
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八
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丿
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丨
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Susan Saint Bernard (su) wants to purge (肃) the space station from counter-revolutionary elements (肃). In the bathroom (Ø4) she uses a crayon (肀) to cross out everything that will be forbidden in the future: eight balls (八) (because she sucks at billiards) as well as bananas (丿) and dinosaur bones (丨) (because they both are inedible, at least for her).
肃
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肀
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八
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丿
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丨
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Susan Saint Bernard (su) wants to purge (肃) the space station from counter-revolutionary elements (肃). In the bathroom (Ø4) she uses a crayon (肀) to cross out everything that will be forbidden in the future: eight balls (八) (because she sucks at billiards) as well as bananas (丿) and dinosaur bones (丨) (because they both are inedible, at least for her).
卄
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一
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丨
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Mnemonic symbol: a double axe. Here's why: 20 -> XX -> "double-x" -> "double axe". Nefertiti (ni) is rebuilding her kingdom in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's shaping twenty (卄) dinosaur bones (丨) with a double axe (卄) and stacking them on top of one (一) flute (一).
㐬
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云
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儿
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丨
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Li Qingzhao asked Sun Wukong for help with the preparation of an elixir in the outhouse's kitchen. Li Qingzhao set up a large bowl with pendants and pennants to crush dinosaur bones in. Sun Wukong crushes the bones for her so fast that there's dust, even clouds, everywhere.
component in Chinese characters, mirror image of 夂[zhi3]
㐄
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十
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乛
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Looks like an antenna. Karl Koala set up his amateur radio transmitter in the ashram's bathroom. To increase the range, he put up a big cross and a sickle and put his antenna on top of this construction.
眉
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尸
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丨
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目
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Mahatma Gandhi (m) and the Eye of Providence (目) fell asleep in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2), and a ghost (尸) is using the opportunity to play a prank on them. Using a dinosaur bone (丨) which he stuck into black ashes earlier he draws big monobrows (眉) on their faces, using the dinosaur bone like an eyebrow pencil (眉).
"long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168)
镸
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丨
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三
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一
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厶
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Charlie Chaplin (ch) got caught in one of the anglepod's traps in the kitchen (ang2); he activated the trap by stepping over a fake nose (厶). The trap consists of a huge coordinate system (三) serving as base structure; on top there is a flute (一) to which two dinosaur bones (丨) are attached. The dinosaur bones go straight into both of Charlie Chaplins nostrils; he will be dangling on the two bones in the air until his nose grows (镸) long (镸) enough for him to touch the ground again.
With the help of binoculars, in front of the outhouse Rosa Luxemburg sees Maud Younger trying to break into the outhouse using a sledgehammer. Rosa acts quickly and uses a dinosaur bone as a boomerang to paralyze Maud.
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / Buddhism
释
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釆
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又
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二
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丨
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Every time Sherlock Holmes (sh) draws a sample from a boxing glove (又) with a sampling tool (釆) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), he pulls out a small dinosaur bone (丨) and is shocked electrically immediately, since an attached capacitor (二) releases (释) its charge. Yet Sherlock continues to do so since he is determined to explain (释) the nature of the boxing glove.
丌
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一
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丿
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丨
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Joan of Arc (ji) is putting a flute (一), a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨) on a pedestal (丌) in front of the space station (Ø1) as an offering for the gods.
丌
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一
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丿
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丨
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Joan of Arc (ji) is putting a flute (一), a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨) on a pedestal (丌) in front of the space station (Ø1) as an offering for the gods.