Mnemonic comic for 古

Translation

gǔ = gu + Ø3: ancient / old / paleo-

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister. Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.

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All translations for 古

古

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

古

gǔ = gu + Ø3

ancient / old / paleo-

古 = 十 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.

Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.

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Shoutout to Firkin for uploading this church to https://openclipart.org/detail/232729/church-3. They write: "From a drawing in 'Description des villes et campagnes du département de l'Yonne', Victor Petit, 1870."

Matthias, over 1 year ago

古 character breakdown

古
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 口

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

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).

Characters with 古 as component

固

gù = gu + Ø4

hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly

固 = 古 + 囗 : Gitta Giraffe is building a hard and solid stronghold inside the bathroom's space station. The stronghold consists of a cloister inside a wooden box.

枯

ku̅ = ku + Ø1

dried up

枯 = 古 + 木 : Karl Koala (ku) is exploring a cloister (古) which appeared in front of the space station (Ø1). In the cloister he finds a Christmas tree (木), but it is stone old (古) and already extremely dried up (枯).

胡

hú = hu + Ø2

non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])

胡

hú = hu + Ø2

surname Hu

胡

鬍

hú = hu + Ø2

beard / mustache / whiskers

胡 = 古 + 月 : Helga Horse (hu) visits the old and wise moon (月) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). She wants to join his cloister (古), but the moon rejects and says that first she has to get a very long Confucius style mustache (胡) such as his own.

胡

衚

hú = hu + Ø2

see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

估

gu̅ = gu + Ø1

estimate

估 = 亻 + 古 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working as evaluator in front of the space station (Ø1). She has to evaluate a cloister (古) in which Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is meditating because some investors want to change it into a luxury hotel. Gitta knows that Rosa will not give up the cloister voluntarily and thus estimates (估) that it is not worth to try and evict the cloister.

估

gù = gu + Ø4

old / second-hand (clothes)

克

尅

kè = k + e4

variant of 剋|克[ke4]

克

kè = k + e4

to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares

克 = 儿 + 古 : Karl Marx and Sun Wukong both tried to change the world. After they both failed, they went crazy, and now they have to retreat into a cloister in the elevator's bathroom wearing straitjackets.

克 = 儿 + 古 : Mnemonic symbol: a straitjacket

克

kè = k + e4

abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia / (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia

克

剋

kè = k + e4

Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God