Mnemonic comic for 久

Translation

jiǔ = ji + ou3: (long) time / (long) duration of time

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: an hourglass. Joan of Arc (ji) has been waiting for ages (久) for the elephant (勹) to get up from the outhouse's living room (ou3) sofa. She point towards a huge expired hourglass (久) and pokes him with a finger (㇏) to make him finally get up.
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What the hell ChatGPT, did you just put a rubber on Joan's sword???

Matthias, about 4 hours ago

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久 character breakdown

勹
ba̅o = b + ao1
archaic variant of 包[bao1]
Add a new mnemonic for 勹 = 丿 + ㇆
勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.
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㇏
nà = n + a4
Right-falling stroke
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Mnemonic symbol: this one looks like a finger.

Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
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Characters with 久 as component

灸
jiǔ = ji + ou3
moxibustion (TCM)
Add a new mnemonic for 灸 = 久 + 火
灸 = 久 + 火 : Joan of Arc (ji) is preparing for her next battle with a moxibustion (灸) session in the outhouse's living room (ou3). She needs to wait for the hourglass (久) to run out before she can put out the fire (火) on her back.
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亩
畝
mǔ = mu + Ø3
classifier for fields / unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
Add a new mnemonic for 亩 = 亠 + 田
Add a new mnemonic for 畝 = 亩 + 久
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.
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亩
畂
mǔ = mu + Ø3
old variant of 畝|亩[mu3]
Add a new mnemonic for 亩 = 亠 + 田
Add a new mnemonic for 畂 = 田 + 久
玖
jiǔ = ji + ou3
black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
Add a new mnemonic for 玖 = 王 + 久
疚
jiù = ji + ou4
chronic disease / guilt / remorse
Add a new mnemonic for 疚 = 疒 + 久
羑
yǒu = y + ou3
to lead
Add a new mnemonic for 羑 = 羊 + 久

Words with 久

不
久
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
不
久
前
not long ago
久
仰
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
久
留
to stay for a long time
久
久
for a very long time
久
已
long ago / a long time since
久
久
别
別
a long period of separation
久
之
for a long time
久
久
别
別
重
重
逢
逢
to meet again after a long period of separation
久
久
治
治
县
縣
Jigzhi or Jiuzhi county (Tibetan: gcig sgril rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai (formerly in Sichuan)
久
病
my old illness / chronic condition
N
n
久
a very long time (etymology: in mathematics, n represents an arbitrarily large number)
久
仰
大
名
I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
久
保
Kubo (Japanese surname)
久
久
假
假
不
不
归
歸
to fail to return a borrowed item
久
慕
lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific). / I've been looking forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
久
慕
盛
名
I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
久
攻
不
下
to attack for a long time without success
久
久
旷
曠
to leave uncultivated for a long time / by extension, to neglect one's work / to remain single
久
治
Jigzhi or Jiuzhi county (Tibetan: gcig sgril rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai (formerly in Sichuan)

Sentences with 久

只
zhǐ
是
shì
养
yǎng
在
zài
天
tia̅n
上
shàng
 
 
日
rì
子
zi
久
jiǔ
了
le
又
yòu
要
yào
生
she̅ng
事
shì
But I think the monkey will cause more trouble once he gets used to life in heaven.
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