Mnemonic comic for

Translation

rén = r + (e)n2: person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Comments

We see two persons in the comic (instead of only one as in most of the comics so far) because we chose a person as mnemonic symbol for 人: Neanderthal Man.

Matthias, over 1 year ago (edited over 1 year ago)

人 character breakdown

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

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

"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese cruller.

Sherlock Holmes is eating a Chinese cruller in the space station's entrance. The crane flew by and gave it to him.

Words with 人

sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) Your sagacious Majesty / (religion) saint
to deceive others and to deceive oneself / to believe one's own lies
those on our side / ourselves / one's own people / one of us
capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
appealing to the masses / universally appreciated (idiom)
sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us
(my, your) own person / (to assert) one's own personality
natural person (law) / see also 法人[fa3 ren2]
fully realized human being / sage / saint
deaf person / hearing-impaired person
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
to educate people (esp. morally)
overweight person / fatty
ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times / foreigner / barbarian
greasy / boring

Sentences with 人

nǐ
shì
shén
me
rén
 
 
nǐ
lái
gàn
shén
me