Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]
刂
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丨
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亅
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Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.
to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out
剔
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刂
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易
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Mother Teresa (ti) is picking her teeth (剔) in front of the space station (Ø1) with a kitchen knife (刂). She got something stuck in her teeth but it should be easy (易) to remove since it is only a puzzle consisting of two pieces (易).
(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items
则
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刂
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贝
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Just inside the elevator's kitchen, Zorro found a crab. He already has a kitchen knife in his hand and wants to kill and eat the crab, but Wu Zetian quickly writes an official rule that forbids the eating of crabs, much to Zorro's disappointment.
则
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刂
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贝
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Mnemonic symbol: 武则天 (Wu Zetian), the only female emperor of China in more than four millennia. It makes sense because for sure she wrote many official statements, for which 则 is the classifier.
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items
to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before
临
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刂
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大
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囗
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丨
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In the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), the robot (大) oversees (临) his army by standing on a huge wooden box (囗). The box is only able to carry his weight because it has been reinforced using a dinosaur bone (丨) acting as a pillar. Just as the robot is about to (临) wave his kitchen knife (刂) into the direction his troops should charge, Li Qingzhao (li) shows up and kicks away the dinosaur bone, causing the robot to fall off his box.
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
到
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刂
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至
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Don Quixote has been waiting at the arrivals conveyor belt in the aorta's bathroom for way too long, but finally his new kitchen knife arrived.
览
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刂
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大
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见
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There's an exhibition (览) of kitchen knives (刂) in the anthill (an3), and Sir Lancelot (l) cannot resist but to steal one of the knifes. Unfortunately the robot (大) used his hidden surveillance camera (见) to record the deed.
制
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牛
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巾
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刂
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James II of England (zh) and the bull (牛) have to work in a sweatshop in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) where they manufacture (制) one printed circuit board (制) after the other. Their only tools are kitchen knives (刂) with which they carve the boards. They sweat a lot, so each of them has a towel (巾) wrapped around their neck.
刚
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冈
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刂
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In front of the anglepod, Guy Fawkes just pulled a kitchen knife out of a mound. He's very upset as he was expecting at least a sword. At least the kitchen knife is quite hard.
帅
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刂
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巾
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The marshal (帅) insulted Sheldon Shrimp (shu) purposefully until Sheldon attacks him with a kitchen knife (刂) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). His attacks always miss the target though because the marshal uses a towel (巾) to evade his attacks like a matador.
(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
帅
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刂
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巾
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The marshal (帅) insulted Sheldon Shrimp (shu) purposefully until Sheldon attacks him with a kitchen knife (刂) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). His attacks always miss the target though because the marshal uses a towel (巾) to evade his attacks like a matador.
剩
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乘
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刂
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) is going on a rampage in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Riding (乘) a unicycle and dual wielding kitchen knifes (刂), he wants nothing to remain (剩) of this damned place.