Mnemonic comic for 旱

Translation

hàn = h + an4: drought

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a marmot, 旱獭 (han4 ta3). Hamlet (h) used the drought (旱) to dry fruits (干) under the sun (日) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but the marmot (旱) secretly stole and ate all the dried fruits.

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旱 character breakdown

旱
- 干
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

干

乹

ga̅n = g + an1

old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

干

亁

ga̅n = g + an1

variant of 乾|干[gan1]

干

ga̅n = g + an1

(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield

干

幹

gàn = g + an4

tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed

干 = 一 + 十 : Guy Fawkes (g) is working (干) out in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He's lifting a flute (一) in one hand and a cross (十) in the other.

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

干

乾

ga̅n = g + an1

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

干 = 一 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: dried fruit.

Guy Fawkes (g) is drying (干) his clothes in front of the anthill (an1). He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross (十) and a flute (一). Waiting for his clothes to dry, he snacks dried fruit (mnemonic symbol for 干).