Mnemonic comic for 月

Translation

yuè = yu + e4: moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

Mnemonic

Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.
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月 character breakdown

二
èr = Ø + Ø4
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
二 = 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).
⺆
jio̅ng = ju + (e)ng1
Variant of 冂, but the left stroke is 丿, not 丨
⺆ = 丿 + ㇆ : Mnemonic symbol: ⺆ looks like a staple, as used in a stapler.

Zeus (ju) wants to plant bananas (丿) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He uses a plow (㇆) to dig up the earth and puts the bananas inside. To prevent the bananas from falling down, he staples them down with a stapler (⺆).

Characters with 月 as component

腊
臘
là = l + a4
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
腊
xi̅ = xi + Ø1
dried meat / also pr. [xi2]
腥
xi̅ng = xi + (e)ng1
fishy (smell)
腥 = 星 + 月 : Marie Curie (xi) finds that the moon (月) crashed on the earth in front of the engine ((e)ng1). She investigates the case and concludes that the moon was hit and killed by a satellite (星) which is still stuck into its head. The moon is reeking with blood (腥) where the satellite hit it. Because it has been dead for a while it stinks quite fishy (腥).
有
yǒu = y + ou3
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
有 = 𠂇 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: confetti.

In an act of revolution, with a pair of scissors (𠂇) Maud Younger (y) is cutting a paper moon (月) into tiny pieces in the outhouse's living room (ou3). There is (有) only confetti (有) left over.
脏
髒
za̅ng = z + ang1
dirty / filthy / to get (sth) dirty
脏 = 庄 + 月 : Zorro (z) and the moon (月) are mud wrestling in the farmstead's (庄) dung hill in front of the anglepod (ang1). Consequently they are very dirty (脏).
脏
臟
zàng = z + ang4
viscera / (anatomy) organ
胶
膠
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to glue / glue / gum / rubber
胶 = 交 + 月 : The moon (月) fell down from the heavens and lies shattered in front of the aorta (ao1). Joan of Arc (ji) and Linus Pauling (交) join forces to fix it with a lot of glue (胶).
望
wàng = w + ang4
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
望 = 亡 + 月 + 王 : In anglepod's bathroom, Willy Walrus and Martin Luther King step up against each other in a gazing contest. They both lean on a tombstone and gaze into the distant like pros. Because the moon has been gazed upon so much and therefore him being most experienced he volunteered to be the judge.
望
朢
wàng = w + ang4
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4]
望 = 亡 + 月 + 王 : In anglepod's bathroom, Willy Walrus and Martin Luther King step up against each other in a gazing contest. They both lean on a tombstone and gaze into the distant like pros. Because the moon has been gazed upon so much and therefore him being most experienced he volunteered to be the judge.
甩
shuǎi = shu + ai3
to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb)
甩 = 乚 + 月 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) quits the moon (月) in the airplane (ai3). He puts the moon on a shovel (乚) and flicks (甩) him away.
肪
fáng = f + ang2
animal fat
肪 = 方 + 月 : In the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) Frankenstein's Monster (f) is putting a square (方) over the moon's (月) belly to show him how much of it consists of animal fat (肪).
肯
kěn = k + (e)n3
to agree / to consent / to be ready (to do sth) / willing
肯 = 月 + 止 : Karl Marx (k) wrestled the moon (月) down in the encampment ((e)n3) and is now sitting on top (止) of it. They both agree (肯) that Karl Marx will set him free if he behaves well afterwards.
肯
kěn = k + (e)n3
to agree; to consent / to be willing to

Words with 月

五
月
May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
六
月
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
八
月
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
五
月
份
May
六
月
份
June
八
月
份
August
五
五
月
月
节
節
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
元
月
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
冰
冰
壶
壺
秋
秋
月
月
jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person
冰
冰
皮
皮
月
月
饼
餅
snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)
出
月
next month / after this month
出
月
子
to complete the month of confinement following childbirth / cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]
包
月
to make monthly payments / monthly payment
余
月
alternative term for fourth lunar month
倚
倚
栏
欄
望
望
月
月
to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
做
做
满
滿
月
月
to celebrate a child reaching the age of one month
光
光
风
風
霁
霽
月
月
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character
入
月
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation
八
月
之
光
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · Fu2 ke4 na4])
冬
月
eleventh lunar month

Sentences with 月

月 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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