吉他

吉

jí

他

ta̅

guitar (loanword) / CL:把[ba3]

Characters and words in 吉他

吉

jí = ji + Ø2

lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9) / surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

吉 = 口 + 士 : Mnemonic symbol: "Giga" apparently stems from a Greek word for "giant", so I'll represent 吉 by a giant.

The giant (吉) just entered the space station's kitchen (Ø2) and is very hungry. In each hand he holds Joan of Arc (ji) and the bachelor (士) captive and robs them for their mandarins (口) which he longs for.

他

ta̅ = t + a1

he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other

他 = 也 + 亻 : Tecumseh (t) was discovered when Rosa Luxemburg (亻) excavated (也) him (他) in front of the ashram (a1).