浴

yù = yu + Ø4

bath / to bathe

浴 = 氵 + 谷 : Yu the Great (yu) is taking a bath (浴) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She just uses bottled spring water (氵), and for special effects she adds a few bags of popcorn (谷) too.

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浴 character breakdown

浴
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀
- 谷
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 口

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

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氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

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谷

穀

gǔ = gu + Ø3

grain / corn

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谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) conducts an experiment in the space station's living room (Ø3). She shows Neanderthal Man (人) three things: a mandarin (口), popcorn (谷), and an eight-ball (八), and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight-ball is a little crunchy.

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