Mnemonic comic for 土

Translation

tǔ = tu + Ø3: earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Mnemonic

Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

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All translations for 土

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

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土 character breakdown

土
- 一
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

Characters with 土 as component

域

yù = yu + Ø4

field / region / area / domain (taxonomy)

域 = 土 + 或 : Yu the Great (yu) and Osvaldo Farrés (或) have been working in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) for several days now. Their task is to classify different kinds of mud (土) and build a mud taxonomy (域). Most of the time they slack off and play games through the LAN (域) instead, though.

墓

mù = mu + Ø4

grave / tomb / mausoleum

墓 = 土 + 莫 : After Mozart (莫) died, Malte Monkey (mu) built him a grave (墓) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) out of clay (土). He even added a very fitting epitaph (墓).

型

xíng = xi + (e)ng2

mold / type / style / model

型 = 刑 + 土 : Marie Curie (xi) is carving a mould (型) out of a lump of earth (土) using a pocket knife (刑) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She wants to use it to model (型) the stones in the engine.

社

shè = sh + e4

(bound form) society; organization; agency / (old) god of the land

社

shè = sh + e4

society / group / club / agency / (old) god of the land

社 = 土 + 礻 : Sherlock Holmes is doing an undercover investigation in the elevator's bathroom. There's a forbidden mysterious cult praying to a fossilized heap of dirt.

场

塲

chǎng = ch + ang3

variant of 場|场[chang3]

场

塲

cháng = ch + ang2

variant of 場|场[chang2]

场

場

cháng = ch + ang2

threshing floor / classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout

场

場

chǎng = ch + ang3

large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams

场 = 𠃓 + 土 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) practices his stage act in the anglepod's living room (ang3). He built a circus ring (场) out of clay (土) and performs his show, wearing Icarus' wings (𠃓) and flying around.

垫

墊

diàn = di + an4

pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)

垫 = 土 + 执 : Dorothy Gale (di) built an air cushion (垫) vehicle out of dirt (土) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and happily rides it in circles, until a police officer appears and asks for her license (执).

捏

揑

nie̅ = ni + e1

variant of 捏[nie1]

捏 = 扌 + 日 + 土 : The sun (日) got some dirt (土) in her eye and Nefertiti (ni) helps her to get it out in front of the elevator (e1). Nefertiti pinches (捏) the dirt with her fingers and uses a toy claw (扌) to pull the larger pieces out.

捏

nie̅ = ni + e1

to hold between the thumb and fingers / to pinch / to mold (using the fingers) / to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.) / to join together / to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

⺧

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⺧ = 丿 + 土 : As ⺧ is a variant of 牛 I'm going to represent this character by a small cow: a golden calf.