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Ø2:
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick. Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
Marie Curie (xi) and an ent (相) are carrying a very heavy suitcase (箱) in front of the anglepod (ang1) by shouldering a bamboo stick (⺮) with which they lift the suitcase.
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付
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Frieda Fox (fu) is praying for a larger paycheck (付) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). For her prayers she is using a talisman (符) she made herself by attaching big paychecks (付) to the tip of a bamboo stick (⺮).
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付
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Frieda Fox (fu) is praying for a larger paycheck (付) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). For her prayers she is using a talisman (符) she made herself by attaching big paychecks (付) to the tip of a bamboo stick (⺮).
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毛
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Brunhilde (bi) decided to try art for a change and constructs a brush (笔) in the space station (Ø3). She cuts off her long hair (毛) and attaches it to a bamboo stick (⺮) to make her brush (笔).
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族
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Kitty Cat (cu) has set up bunches (簇) of bamboo sticks (⺮) as framework for silk worms (簇) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Now she is walking with a lowered head (族) among the bunches to gather bamboo foliage (簇) from the ground and to see how the silk worms are doing.
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干
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Guy Fawkes (g) wants to enjoy his dried fruit (干) in front of the anthill (an1), but the ants try to enjoy his dried fruit as well. He has to climb to the top of a pole (竿) and fend off the ants with a bamboo stick (⺮) in order to save his dried fruit.
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由
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Dorothy Gale (di) had too many cuba libres (由) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). She mistakes a bamboo stick (⺮) for a flute (笛) and tries to play a melody on it, even though she doesn't know how to play the flute (笛) at all. She must be really drunk!
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寺
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Inside of the engine, Don Quixote is praying in front of a Buddhist shrine. He brought a bamboo stick as offer, and he lighted it at the very top. Now he's waiting for the stick to burn down so he can go home. However, the stick is very long: Don Quixote will have to wait for a long time.
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寿
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Charlie Chaplin (ch) is gambling in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He already lost a couple of longevity peach buns (寿), and his debt is engraved on a bamboo stick (⺮) which serves as token for counting (筹). To win his longevity peach buns back he devises a strategy: he plans (筹) to use crowd funding (筹) to make up for his loss.
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本
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Beelzebub (b) is very stupid (笨): He wants to get rid of some roots (本) by flushing them through the toilets in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but they get stuck easily and he has to push with a bamboo stick (⺮). It would be much easier to just use the trash can.
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just
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弓
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丿
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Dorothy Gale (di) accomplished an awesome result with her composite bow (弓) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4): She shot a banana (丿) onto a dinosaur bone (丨) so the banana was split in half, and then fired a bamboo stick (⺮) into the banana (丿) so the banana was split in half as well. Dorothy is number one (第) with the bow!