Mnemonic comic for 日

Translation

rì = r + Ø4: sun / day / date, day of the month

Mnemonic

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

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All translations for 日

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).

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Whenever a Pinyin initial is sufficient to represent the entire Pinyin syllable, we use the space station as the background scenery. As a reminder, here's the key how the tone maps to certain areas of a location:
Here's the key how to remember the tone of the Pinyin final:

1 -> in front
2 -> in the kitchen
3 -> in the living room
4 -> in the bathroom
5 -> on the roof

In this case, this is what the space station's bathroom actually more or less looks like. I downloaded a CAD drawing of the ISS from NASA, found the bathroom, rendered it in Blender (open source 3D software), and used the render as a basis for the final touches from Stable Diffusion (AI image generation software). Neat, huh?

Matthias, over 1 year ago (edited over 1 year ago)

日 character breakdown

日
- 一
- 囗

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.