Wednesday, April 4, 2018

漢字を仕上げろ -- 第2節; koohi mnemonics

So I see that koohi.com lets you browse other people's mnemonics.  It seems like a good idea for these few remaining kanji.

Oh, wow, these are weird.  Maybe just weird enough to use.

I'll still make my own here:

, hide:            A young 若 one should hide in a nook, with an air hole
                            to the right.  (Maybe we're in a fairy tale.)
, chain:          Metal 金 that is sparkly (the lines going all round) to the eye 目.
                            Like a watch chain, in the Japanese Graded Reader story
                            クリスマスプレセント("The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry.)
, involvement/continually:  Your mind (田, as in 思う) continually follows
                           the thread of whatever you're involved with.
, supremacy/champion:   At the rodeo, the champ is the one who dares to make
                           his flesh 肉 go up to the wild cow 革 and put a hat 覀 on it.

...but these are inspired by koohi's peanut gallery.

, inquire:       The top is a broom. The middle is エロ, which is 日本語で
                           "erotica," e-ro.  The bottom is sometimes a hand.  So:  You're
                           sweeping under the bed and pull out エロ with your hand.  Looks
                           like somebody has some 'splaining to do.
, relay/parcel post:  Put a cornstalk (the thing with the 2 crossbars and roots
                           in a package (the roof-y thing) and send it on its way.
, cleverness: Cleverness is grasping every 毎 teaching 攵.  (Not koohi.)
, luxuriant:     A clever one can make thread into luxuriant cloth.





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