効

variant of 效[xiao4]

效 = 交 + 攵 : Marie Curie (xi) and Linus Pauling (交) are testing their new special effects (效) equipment in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Marie creates lots of fog by crushing a rock with a sledgehammer (攵), and Linus creates lots of sparks by crushing a flint stone with a sledgehammer.

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効 character breakdown

効
- 交
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 父
    - 乂
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 力
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅

交

jia̅o = ji + ao1

to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]

Add a new mnemonic for 交 = 亠 + 父

交 = 亠 + 父 : Linus Pauling, a famous scientist with a beret. Father Time commands Linus Pauling to hand over his beret to him in front of the aorta, but Joan of Arc comes to his rescue.

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力

lì = li + Ø4

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

Add a new mnemonic for 力 = ㇆ + 丿

力 = ㇆ + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.

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