yì
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y
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Ø4:
easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" / abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], the Book of Changes
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: a really easy puzzle consisting of only two parts.
Maud Younger (y) and the sun (日) are trying to complete a really easy puzzle (易) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It's not as easy as they thought though, because in zero gravity they can only move with the help of their bat wings (勿).
勿
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丿
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勹
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Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: bat wings. The 丿 strokes look like the fingers of a single bat wing.
The elephant (勹) wants to eat a banana (丿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Willy Walrus (w) suddenly flies by (using bat wings (勿)), snatches the banana away and shouts "do not!" (勿)