舌

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

shé = sh + e2

tongue

舌 = 千 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes squashed his tongue under a kilo just inside the elevator's kitchen! He tries to stem the kilo with a mandarin, but not very successfully.

舌 character breakdown

舌
- 千
  - 丿
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 口

千

qia̅n = qi + an1

thousand

千 = 丿 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 1 kg weight.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) dropped a kilogram (千) on her banana (丿) in front of the anthill (an1), and now she uses a cross (十) to try and revive it.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

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

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

千

韆

qia̅n = qi + an1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

Characters with 舌 as component

话

諙

huà = hu + a4

old variant of 話|话[hua4]

话 = 舌 + 讠 : Helga Horse can't talk at all right now, because her tongue is stuck on an advertisement column in the ashram's bathroom. In an ad on the advertising column, two people were discussing a depicted beautiful carrot; Helga thought it looked so tasty she had to lick it, and now her tongue is stuck.

话

話

huà = hu + a4

dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

括

kuò = ku + o4

to enclose / to include / also pr. [gua1]

括 = 扌 + 舌 : Karl Koala (ku) has a little bit of a situation in the observatory's bathroom (o4). The situation involves (括) a toy claw (扌) and his tongue (舌).

活

huó = hu + o2

to live / alive / living / work / workmanship

活 = 氵 + 舌 : Helga Horse joined the traditional water bottle challenge and empties a bottle of water over herself in the observatory's kitchen. To raise the difficulty level, she only uses her tongue to hold the bottle.

甜

tián = ti + an2

sweet

甜 = 甘 + 舌 : In the anthill's kitchen (an2), mother Theresa (ti) and the cow (甘) lick each other with their tongues (舌) and find that they are super sweet (甜).

舔

tiǎn = ti + an3

to lick / to lap

舔 = 忝 + 舌 : Mother Teresa (ti) is licking (舔) her mouth with her tongue (舌) for the next rap battle (忝) in the anthill (an3). Who will she shame (忝) next?

憩

qì = qi + Ø4

to rest

憩

憇

qì = qi + Ø4

variant of 憩[qi4]

恬

tián = ti + an2

quiet / calm / tranquil / peaceful

蛞

kuò = ku + o4