Chinese Character Mnemonics

Language/Chinese

This was adapted from a Japanese mnemonic deck. I simplified some things and switched out the Japanese examples with Mandarin examples and pronunciation, plus I added some tags from the DLI (Defense Language Institute) course and reordered the cards based on that. I've also really enjoyed using mdbg so I wrote some code to add their characters breakdowns to the cards. Hopefully it's useful.

If you have any suggestions or run into any bugs feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]

Sample Data

card_id U12984
sort_id DLI::U09::L51::P2::C0152::6
Characters
Simplified
Card_Type Kanji
Word_Type
Unihan 缕 thread; detailed, precise├ 娄 surname; a constellation; to wear│ ├ 女 woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38│ └ 米 hulled or husked uncooked rice│ ├ 丷 “ears-out” component used in some Chinese characters (e.g. U+5151 兑); archaic form of U+516B 八; kwukyel, an archaic hanja-based writing system used in Korea before the invention of hangul│ └ 木 tree; wood, lumber; wooden└ 纟 silk; Kangxi radical 120
Meaning
Meaning_Mnemonic
Meaning_Hint
Meaning_Whitelist
Reading lu:3
Reading_Mnemonic
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Components_Characters
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Similar_Characters
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Found_in_Characters 縷/缕傍晚时分的罗家坡,不见一缕炊烟。, 千絲萬縷/千丝万缕
Found_in_Meaning strand, linked in countless ways
Found_in_Reading lu:3, qian1 si1 wan4 lu:3
Context_Patterns
Context_Sentences
Audio
card_id U18865
sort_id 18810
Characters 𥌛
Simplified
Card_Type Kanji
Word_Type
Unihan 𥌛 (Cant.) to gaze greedily at
Meaning
Meaning_Mnemonic
Meaning_Hint
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Reading
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Components_Characters
Components_Meaning
Components_Reading
Similar_Characters
Similar_Meaning
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Audio
card_id U7345
sort_id 8280
Characters
Simplified
Card_Type Kanji
Word_Type
Unihan 嚤 (Cant.) slow; late├ 口 mouth; open end; entrance, gate└ 摩 rub, scour, grind; friction ├ 手 hand └ 麻 hemp, jute, flax; sesame; Kangxi radical 200 ├ 广 wide, extensive, broad; rad. 53 └ 林 forest, grove; surname
Meaning
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Meaning_Hint
Meaning_Whitelist
Reading
Reading_Mnemonic
Reading_Hint
Components_Characters
Components_Meaning
Components_Reading
Similar_Characters
Similar_Meaning
Similar_Reading
Found_in_Characters
Found_in_Meaning
Found_in_Reading
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