峋

ranges of hills

峋 character breakdown

峋
- 山
  - 丨
  - 凵
- 旬
  - 勹
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

Add a new mnemonic for 山 = 丨 + 凵

山 = 丨 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.

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旬

xún = xu + (e)n2

ten days / ten years / full period

Add a new mnemonic for 旬 = 勹 + 日

旬 = 勹 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: to fast for ten days.

Xu Xian (xu) has been fasting for ten days now (旬). He tries to get by just by absorbing the sun's (日) energy, but as he is sun bathing in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and a fat elephant (勹) walks by he cannot help but bite the elephant's leg.

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