亾
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乚
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人
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My mnemonic for 亡 is a tombstone, so this ancient variant gets to be a sarcophagus.
Willy Walrus (w) has to bury the Neanderthal man (人) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). The Neanderthal man (人) is lying in a half open sarcophagus (亾) next to Willy, and Willy uses a shovel (乚) to dig the grave.
to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards
继
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乚
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米
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纟
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Joan of Arc (ji) has to watch how a sack of rice (米) falls on the silk worm (纟) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and squeezes the silk worm to death. Joan of Arc, while burying the silk worm with a shovel (乚) under a heap of rice, swears to continue (继) the silk worm's work. She will take over the silk worm's jacket and earthenware bowl (继) and continue (继) its work to build the ultimate cocoon.
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
㔾
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㇆
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乚
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Mnemonic symbol: a member of the navy seals. A navy seal (㔾) is busy digging a hole with a plow (㇆) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) as part of his training. Joan of Arc (ji) thinks that this particular seal deserves to have an extra hart training, so she slyly shovels some earth back into the hole using a shovel (乚).
乳
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乚
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孚
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Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) wants to have a very special wedding ring (孚): a breast milk (乳) ring. She already stored a lot of her milk (乳) in the space station (Ø3) and started to shovel (乚) it into the hollow pearl of her ring .