魄

pò = p + o4

soul / mortal soul, i.e. attached to the body

魄 = 白 + 鬼 : Pinocchio (p) is being harassed by a demon (鬼) while he uses observatory's bathroom (o4). The demon almost causes Pinocchio's mortal soul (魄) to depart his body, so Pinocchio waves with his white flag (白) as hard as he can to beg for mercy.

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魄 character breakdown

魄
- 白
  - 丶
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
- 鬼
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 厶
  - 白
    - 丶
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗

白

bái = b + ai2

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

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白 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).

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鬼

guǐ = gu + ei3

ghost / demon / terrible / damnable / clever / sly / crafty / (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc) / one of the 28 constellations

Add a new mnemonic for 鬼 = 白 + 儿 + 厶

鬼 = 白 + 儿 + 厶 : Mnemonic symbol: a demon.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is being haunted by a demon (鬼) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3). She has to hide in the nostril of a fake nose (厶) and wave a white flag (白), but one day Sun Wukong (儿) arrives and drives the demon away.

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