Mnemonic comic for 固

Translation

gù = gu + Ø4: hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly

Mnemonic

Gitta Giraffe is building a hard and solid stronghold inside the bathroom's space station. The stronghold consists of a cloister inside a wooden box.

固 character breakdown

固
- 古
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 口
- 囗

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

gǔ = gu + Ø3

ancient / old / paleo-

古 = 十 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.

Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 固 as component

gè = g + e4

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

个 = 丨 + 人 : Neanderthal Man (人) needs to use the elevator's bathroom (e4) but it's occupied by Guy Fawkes (g), and there's only space for one individual (个). Impatiently Neanderthal Man knocks on the door using his dinosaur bone (丨).

gè = g + e4

variant of 個|个[ge4]

gě = g + e3

used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]

gù = gu + Ø4

obstinate disease / to restrain / to stop

gù = gu + Ø4

steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names)

hé = h + e2

to dry / to dry up

gù = gu + Ø4

Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia

gù = gu + Ø4

place name

gù = gu + Ø4

dried up / dry / exhausted / tired

gù = gu + Ø4

variant of 崮[gu4]

gù = gu + Ø4

obstinate disease / (of passion, hobbies) long-term

gù = gu + Ø4

variant of 禍|祸, disaster

Words with 固

firm / firmly / hard / stable

solid

deep-rooted (problem etc)

very stubborn / very stubborn person / die-hard

solid state hot condensed laser (SSHCL)

solid state physics

solid substance

solid foods; solids

Chenggu County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi

Guzhen county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui

Chenggu County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi

firmness

Loi-kaw, capital of Kaya state, Myanmar

tchoukball (loanword)

nuclear hardening

to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)

when the root is firm, the branches flourish

Guzhen county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui

Guyang county in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia

solid solution

Sentences with 固

固 currently does not appear in any sentence.