king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
王
=
一
+
土
:
Mnemonic symbol: Martin Luther King. Willy Walrus (wu) is stuck in a heap of dirt (土) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). Martin Luther King (王) helps him by holding out a flute (一).
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.
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
土
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十
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一
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Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
环
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不
+
王
:
Helga Horse and Martin Luther King desperately want to play with the hula hoop loops hanging around just inside the anthill's kitchen, but there's a big forbidden sign clearly saying that they are not to play with the hula hoop loops.
ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in
环
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不
+
王
:
Helga Horse and Martin Luther King desperately want to play with the hula hoop loops hanging around just inside the anthill's kitchen, but there's a big forbidden sign clearly saying that they are not to play with the hula hoop loops.
现
=
王
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见
:
Martin Luther King has a project in which he wants to document the current state of the nation. He has a surveillance camera put up in the anthill's bathroom and interviews Marie Curie about her views about the present time.
Martin Luther King Jr. (王) has been locked into a metal box (匚) in front of the anglepod (ang1) by Karl Koala (ku) who forces him to manufacture rectifiers (匡) all day.
珀
=
王
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白
:
Pinocchio (p) wants to stone Martin Luther King Jr. (王) to death by throwing amber (珀) at him in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Martin incessantly waves with his white flag (白) and finally Pinocchio spares him.
琢
=
王
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豖
:
Martin Luther King (王) sees Zapatista Zebra (zu) leading shackled pigs (豖) day in, day out through observatory's entrance (o2) and he ponders (琢) all day how he can free these slaves.
琢
=
王
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豖
:
Julian Giant Squid (zhu) had an enslaved, shackled pig (豖) cut gems (琢) for him all day in the observatory's kitchen (o2), but fortunately Martin Luther King (王) came and freed the shackled pig.
玛
=
王
+
马
:
Martin Luther King (王) and Mahatma Gandhi (m) are feeding the unicorn (马) muffins (玛) in the ashram (a3), but the unicorn is frequently biting on agates (玛) and cornelians (玛) which are hidden in the muffins (玛).
a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
瑟
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必
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玨
:
Socrates (s) is playing a small standing harp (瑟) to charm Khubilai Khan (必) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He even put on a jewel necklace (玨) to be more charming.
former kings / former emperors / in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented