Mnemonic comic for 两
Translation
Mnemonic
Li Qingzhao (li) is on a treasure hunt in the anglepod’s living room (ang3), following a secret map (冂) she found. Finally she found a treasure chest guarded by two (两) rubber chicken (从) which she has to overcome. Luckily, the map mentions a tune that Li Qingzhao plays on her flute (一), and thus bewitching the rubber chicken. The rubber chicken releases the treasure chest, which is full of taels (两) of gold.
Comments
两 character breakdown
Component Translations
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
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]