文種

Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period

Characters and words in 文種

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

文 = 乂 + 亠 : Mnemonic symbol: a thick book.

Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.

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種

zhǒng = zhu + (e)ng3

seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts

Add a new mnemonic for 种 = 中 + 禾

Add a new mnemonic for 種 = 禾 + 重

种 = 中 + 禾 : In the engine's living room ((e)ng3), Julian Giant Squid (zhu) prepares his cereals (禾) from scratch. He grows and picks up seeds (种), dries them on a dart board (中), and puts the dried seeds into his cereals (禾).

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