Mnemonic comic for 田

Translation

tián = ti + an2: field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

Mnemonic

Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

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田 character breakdown

田
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 囗

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).

囗

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 田 as component

亩

畮

mǔ = mu + Ø3

old variant of 畝|亩[mu3]

亩 = 亠 + 田 : When Malte Monkey (mu) was tilling his field (田) in the space station he lost his beret (亠) and now it must be buried under the earth. He'll have to search the whole field. Too bad for him that he has a whole hectare (亩) to search.

畎

quǎn = qu + an3

field drains

畓

phonetic dap or dābo / rice paddy (Korean gugja)

畽

tuǎn = tu + an3

place trodden by animals

竃

zào = z + ao4

old variant of 灶[zao4]