Mnemonic comic for 生
Translation
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).
Comments
Shoutout to https://openclipart.org/artist/frankes for uploading a cradle to https://openclipart.org/detail/220033/cradle-coloured. I just modified the coloring.
Matthias, 9 months ago
生 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
Characters with 生 as component
variant of 蘇|苏[su1] / to revive
苏
=
办
+
艹
:
Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a new business (办) in front of the space station (Ø1). She is growing wild red basil (苏) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) which provide just the right nutrients. Because it will take the basil really long to grow, Susan Saint Bernard just takes a nap. When the basil is big enough she will wake up (苏) and sell it.
nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4]
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
产
=
厂
+
立
:
Mnemonic symbol: an assembly belt. Can you see the vase soon falling off the assembly belt?
In anthill, Charlie Chaplin is setting up his assembly line. At the one end there is a supply of vases. In the middle of the assembly line, a chocolate factory fills chocolate into the vases. At the other end, the little vases with the chocolate are dumped into a large vase.
In anthill, Charlie Chaplin is setting up his assembly line. At the one end there is a supply of vases. In the middle of the assembly line, a chocolate factory fills chocolate into the vases. At the other end, the little vases with the chocolate are dumped into a large vase.
Words with 生
new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
(Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考[gao1 kao3]
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region