咏

to sing

咏 = 口 + 永 : Yu the Great (yu) practices his "singing spring fist" (咏春拳) skills in the engine's living room ((e)ng3) by punching a mandarin (口) like a punchbag. To make his blows more fierce he wears diamond rings (永) on each finger.

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咏 character breakdown

咏
- 口
- 永
  - 丶
  - 水
    - 丿
    - 亅
    - ㇏
    - ㇇

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

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Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

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永

yǒng = yu + (e)ng3

forever / always / perpetual

Add a new mnemonic for 永 = 丶 + 水

永 = 丶 + 水 : Yu the Great just got the most romantic proposal ever! In engine, somebody prepared a water fountain and had a diamond ring floating on a petal leaf float over to her. Unfortunately Yu the Great doesn't know who the ring is from, as her lover drowned in the water fountain earlier that day.

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永 = 丶 + 水 : Mnemonic symbol: as the advertisements tell us, diamonds are forever. I'll represent 永 with a diamond ring.

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