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

冉

冄

rǎn = r + an3

variant of 冉[ran3]

冉

rǎn = r + an3

edge of a tortoiseshell / see 冉冉[ran3 ran3]

冉 = ⺆ + 土 : 冉冉 means "soft" as well as "gradually", so I'll represent 冉 by snail mail.

冉 = ⺆ + 土 : Robinson Crusoe drank too much in the anthill, so he's unable to receive the letter of dirt that he gets by snail mail. The snail wants to deliver it anyway, so she just staples it to the table next to Robinson.

垦

墾

kěn = k + (e)n3

to reclaim (land) / to cultivate

块

塊

kuài = ku + ai4

lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

块 = 土 + 夬 : Karl Koala let the crystal ball drop in the airplane's bathroom. He collected all the pieces and fixed them together again using nothing but dirt. After he asks the crystal ball whether or not everything is okay, the crystal ball replies that Karl is a piece of shit.

龶

component in Chinese characters, occurring in 青, 毒, 素 etc / see also 青字頭|青字头[qing1 zi4 tou2]

龶 = 士 + 土 : Looks like a fancy headdress. The bachelor wears a really heavy headdress. He doesn't know it's full of mud.

堆

dui̅ = du + ei1

to pile up / to heap up / a mass / pile / heap / stack / large amount

堆 = 土 + 隹 : Doggy Dog (du) is digging for a bone in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) and in the process he is piling up (堆) a huge pile of dirt (土). After Doggy Dog gave up the sparrow (隹) comes to sit on the pile, since she thinks it is quite a nice place.

表

biǎo = bi + ao3

exterior surface / family relationship via females / to show (one's opinion) / a model / a table (listing information) / a form / a meter (measuring sth)

表

錶

biǎo = bi + ao3

wrist or pocket watch

表 = 龶 + 𧘇 : Brunhilde (bi) is playing a lead role inside of the aorta (ao3). She is playing a king and therefore richly decorated: there are expensive watches (表) dangling from each of her wrists, and she is wearing a very expensive headdress. Currently she's standing on top of a step ladder and crying out loud for a horse.

圾

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

used in 垃圾[la1 ji1] / Taiwan pr. [se4]

圾 = 及 + 土 : Joan of Arc (ji) and Yuwen Huaji (及) need to get rid of the space station's radioactive waste (圾). In front of the space station (Ø1) they decide to put it into a ball of mud (土) and send it down to earth - someone down there will surely know how to handle it.

塘

táng = t + ang2

dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool

塘 = 土 + 唐 : Tecumseh (t) wants to build a hot-water bathing pool (塘) just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He first builds the embankment (塘) using a lot of dirt (土), then he puts many Tang jackets (唐) over the embankment to give it a nice look.

堂

táng = t + ang2

(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture

堂 = 尚 + 土 : Tecumseh (t) is queuing at the canteen (堂) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He sees how the Buddhist monk (尚) in front of him just gets a pile of earth (土) and is suddenly afraid of the food he will get.