I always trip on the spelling of ten:
| Word | Meaning | Words | Mnemonic |
|---|---|---|---|
| རྟེན་ | support; depend | རྟན་འབྲེལ་ | |
| བསྟན་ | teach; indicate; show; demonstrate | Has a ས་མགོ་ (head letter) that ས་ reminds me of སང་རྒྱས་ or ས་ཀྱ་མུ་ནི་, which is clearly the བསྟན་པ་ (teacher), therefore this is how the ས་ match | |
| བརྟན་ | stable; firm; steadfast | The ར་ མགོ་ཅན་ is in fact holding the ཏ་, if you you cut it it falls, so it wouldn’t be stable without it (with ས་མགོ་ it would fall). | |
| བསྟེན་ | rely on | འཕྲོད་བསྟེན་ | |
| གཏན་ | ever-lasting, permanent | གཏན་འཁེལ |