種姓

caste (traditional Indian social division)

Characters and words in 種姓

seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts

种 = 中 + 禾 : In the engine's living room ((e)ng3), Julian Giant Squid (zhu) prepares his cereals (禾) from scratch. He grows and picks up seeds (种), dries them on a dart board (中), and puts the dried seeds into his cereals (禾).

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种

種

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

to plant / to grow / to cultivate

Add a new mnemonic for 种 = 中 + 禾

Add a new mnemonic for 種 = 禾 + 重

姓

xìng = xi + (e)ng4

family name / surname / CL:個|个[ge4] / to be surnamed

Add a new mnemonic for 姓 = 女 + 生

姓 = 女 + 生 : Marie Curie (xi) finds baby Bessie (女) lying in a cradle (生) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Marie decides to give Bessie the surname (姓) "Coleman" because she thinks it will fit very well.

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