contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
反
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⺁
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又
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A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).
归
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刂
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彐
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Gitta Giraffe (gu) was given the responsibility (归) to guard the Eiffel Tower. In front of it (ei1) she stands guard holding a tiny kitchen knife (刂) in her hand in case of attacks, and a pig's snout (彐) on her head as kind of a helmet.
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
归
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刂
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彐
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Gitta Giraffe (gu) was given the responsibility (归) to guard the Eiffel Tower. In front of it (ei1) she stands guard holding a tiny kitchen knife (刂) in her hand in case of attacks, and a pig's snout (彐) on her head as kind of a helmet.
真
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具
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十
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Mnemonic symbol: a replicator. It generates real and genuine things out of nothing. Looks like a microwave with a cross as antenna. James II of England (zh) broke his replicator (真) in front of the encampment ((e)n1): the cross (十) on the top is broken. Using his toolbox (具), James II of England tries his best to fix it. Fortunately he has a genuine, authorized, real (真) replacement cross.