算

suàn = su + an4

to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute

算 = ⺮ + 目 + 廾 : In anthill's bathroom it's Susan Saint Bernard versus the Eye of Providence. The Eye of Providence figures that it has no chances against Susan Saint Bernard who yields two double-axes, while he has only a bamboo stick. He calculates that his chance of survival is rather low.

算 character breakdown

算
- ⺮
- 廾
  - 一
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 目
  - 二
    - 一
  - 囗

zhú = zhu + Ø2

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).

gǒng = gu + (e)ng3

hands joined

廾 = 丿 + 丨 + 一 : Handcuffs. Gitta Giraffe is sitting inside of the engine, her hands tied up with handcuffs. There's a flute as horizontal bar, and attached to either side are a banana and a dinosaur bone, so that she cannot slide off the chain.

mù = mu + Ø4

eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

目 = 囗 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

Characters with 算 as component

zuǎn = zu + an3

(literary) to compile; to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun; chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3 r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3]

zuǎn = zu + an3

variant of 纂[zuan3] / to compile

zuǎn = zu + an3

to compile / bun (of hair) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3]

zuǎn = zu + an3

(literary) to compile (variant of 纂[zuan3])

cuàn = cu + an4

to seize / to usurp

cuàn = cu + an4

old variant of 篡[cuan4]

suǎn = su + an3

ancient utensil for washing rice (or being used as a plate) / ancient bamboo container for hats

suǎn = su + an3

bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times / bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times

Words with 算

to settle accounts / to clear accounts / to liquidate / to expose and criticize

to calculate / to reckon / to extrapolate (in calculation)

to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation

to calculate / accounting

floating point operation

clearing bank

clearing bank

to count with one's fingers / on the spot calculation

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if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)

final account / to calculate the final bill / fig. to draw up plans to deal with sth

Sentences with 算

zhè

suàn

shén

me

bi̅ng

qì

How does this count as a weapon?