垂
to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach
垂
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壬
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工
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工
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The cat o' nine tails (壬) has been chasing Chantal Chicken (chu) all around the Eiffel Tower. In the kitchen (ei2) there is a weeping willow (垂, 垂柳) on which Chantal Chicken sits. Next to the willow, the cat o' nine tails is approaching. Both of them are holding a steel beam (工) in their hands to use as sword in their final encounter.
垂 character breakdown
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
工
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二
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丨
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Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam.
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.
Characters with 垂 as component
post (office) / mail
to sleep / to lie down
hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer
variant of 錘|锤[chui2]
saliva / to spit
to beat with the fist / to hammer / to cudgel
variant of 捶[chui2]
frontier
solid earth
variant of 棰[chui2]
to flog / whip
a mountain peak
Words with 垂
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
Sentences with 垂
垂 currently does not appear in any sentence.