Mnemonic comic for 学

Translation

xué = xu + e2: to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology

Mnemonic

Xu Xian (xu) wants to study (学) scienceology (学) and learn more about catnip. In the elevator's kitchen (e2), he puts catnip (⺍) into a prize cup (子) and covers them with a saucepan lid (冖). He wants to study the extraction rate of the catnip essential oil depending on the temperature of the water in the prize cup.

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学 character breakdown

学
- 冖
- 子
  - 一
  - 了
    - 乛
    - 亅
- ⺍
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏

冖

mì = mi + Ø4

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

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子

zǐ = z + Ø3

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

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子

zi = z + Ø5

(noun suffix)

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