Mnemonic comic for 弟
Mnemonic
A mean crocodile (丷) harasses Dorothy Gale (di) in the space station’s bathroom (Ø4), but Jesse James (弟) is there to stop him. With a composite bow (弓), he shoots a banana (丿) as a warning shot; as the banana doesn’t stop the crocodile, Jesse shoots a dinosaur bone (丨) right into the crocodile’s crotch.
All translations for 弟
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
variant of 悌[ti4]
Comments
弟 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)