Mnemonic comic for 相
Translation
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).
All translations for 相
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
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Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).
相 character breakdown
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
Characters with 相 as component
box / trunk / chest
to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream
box (in theater) / side room / side
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China / abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
light yellow color
see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
Words with 相
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister
traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom) / fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord