variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).

攵 character breakdown

to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂉 = 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 𠂉 looks like a key.

Imagine a banana you can't open without putting a key into each of the holes of a flute which is painted on its peel.

Characters with 攵 as component

thorough / penetrating / to pervade / to pass through

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is thoroughly (彻) investigating his black sneakers (彳) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He cuts (切) them very thoroughly right to the bone (彻).
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither

= + : Beelzebub threatens to hurt a crab with a sledgehammer should it not obey in the airplane's bathroom. The crab has no option but to declare defeat and obey Beelzebub's orders.
enemy / to be a match for / to rival / to resist / to withstand

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) is fighting her enemy (敌), the Wicked Witch of the West, by attacking her with a sledgehammer (攵) while threatening her with her tongue (舌) stuck out just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2).
abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]

= + : From time to time Xu Xian (xu) gets very lonely on the space station. In times like these he sits in his sedan chair (余) in the bathroom (Ø4) and chats (叙) with a boxing glove (又) on which he drew a face.
to narrate / to chat

= + : From time to time Xu Xian (xu) gets very lonely on the space station. In times like these he sits in his sedan chair (余) in the bathroom (Ø4) and chats (叙) with a boxing glove (又) on which he drew a face.
to open / to start / to initiate / to enlighten or awaken / to state / to inform

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.
Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.
to count / to count as / to regard as / to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) occupied a lunar mansion (娄) inside of the space station (Ø3) although he knows that it is to be torn down. Outside of his lunar mansion the construction (or rather destruction) workers are already counting (数) down from ten. When they count (数) zero, they will start taking down the whole thing with their sledgehammers (攵).
number / figure / several / CL:個|个[ge4]
frequently / repeatedly
variant of 遨[ao2]
surname Ao

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a wanderer. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to build a particle accelerator in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), so he ripped open a square (方) area with a sledgehammer (攵), the earth (土) around the hole forming a square as well. As he finishes a wanderer (敖) enters and promptly falls into the hole.
to ramble / to rove / old variant of 熬[ao2]

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a wanderer. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to build a particle accelerator in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), so he ripped open a square (方) area with a sledgehammer (攵), the earth (土) around the hole forming a square as well. As he finishes a wanderer (敖) enters and promptly falls into the hole.
my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a pair of old worn-out shoes.

Brunhilde (bi) has been on a treasure hunt for weeks now because she found an old map (冂). For her hunt she brought a sack of rice (米) which she already more or less used up. After digging up the floor of the space station's bathroom (Ø40) with a sledgehammer (攵) at the point indicated on the map, she finally finds the treasure: a pair of old worn-out shoes (敝) which were incredibly valuable to the owner, but are worthless for Brunhilde.
hard-working / industrious

Words with 攵

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Sentences with 攵

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