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.

月 character breakdown

月
- 二
  - 一
- ⺆
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅

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).

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

ya̅n = y + an1

variant of 胭[yan1]

miǎn = mi + an3

bashful

bia̅o = bi + ao1

variant of 膘[biao1]

nào = n + ao4

biceps (in Chinese medicine) / (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal

xìng = xi + (e)ng4

to swell / swelling

huò = hu + o4

meat broth

qú = qu + Ø2

variant of 癯[qu2]

za̅ = z + a1

see 腌臢|腌臜[a1 za1]

dài = d + ai4

old variant of 黛[dai4]

qiǎn = qi + an3

(usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone

cuì = cu + ei4

old variant of 脆[cui4]

Words with 月

May / fifth month (of the lunar year)

June / sixth month (of the lunar year)

August / eighth month (of the lunar year)

May

June

August

Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)

first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)

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

snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)

next month / after this month

to complete the month of confinement following childbirth / cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]

to make monthly payments / monthly payment

alternative term for fourth lunar month

to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)

to celebrate a child reaching the age of one month

lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character

(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation

Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · Fu2 ke4 na4])

eleventh lunar month

Sentences with 月

月 currently does not appear in any sentence.