艮

blunt / tough / chewy

艮 = 日 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.

艮 = 日 + 长 : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.

艮

gèn = g + (e)n4

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

艮 character breakdown

艮
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗
- 长
  - 丆
    - 一
    - 丿
  - 丿
  - 乛

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

长

長

cháng = ch + ang2

length / long / forever / always / constantly

长 = 乛 + 丆 + 丿 : Charlie Chaplin sped into the anglepod riding his longboard, but in the kitchen he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana.

长

長

zhǎng = zh + ang3

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

长 = 乛 + 丆 + 丿 : The chief (长) is asking James II of England (zh) for help, because his wind wheel (丆) in the anglepod's living room (丆) isn't performing very well. After finding out that there's too much friction, James II of England uses a sickle (乛) to cut open a banana (丿) and uses the pulp to grease the wind wheel and enhance (长) its performance.

Characters with 艮 as component

艰

艱

jia̅n = ji + an1

difficult / hard / hardship

艰 = 又 + 艮 : Joan of Arc (ji) dropped her boxing glove (又) in front of the anthill (an1). It got stuck to a chewing gum (艮) on the pavement and now she has a hard (艰) time removing it. Joan of Arc's life is really difficult (艰) at the moment.

茛

gèn = g + (e)n4

ranunculus

龈

齦

kěn = k + (e)n3

variant of 啃[ken3]

龈

齦

yín = y + (e)n2

gums (of the teeth)

垠