谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

grain / corn

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

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

谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

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

谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

valley

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

谷 character breakdown

谷
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 口

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

八 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

Characters with 谷 as component

溪

谿

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

variant of 溪[xi1]

溪 = 奚 + 氵 : Marie Curie (xi) finds out that what used to be a big river floating in front of the space station (Ø1) is now just a rivulet (溪). She instantly grabs as many bottles of water (氵) as she can to replenish the river and calls 911 for help, but first has to answer the "w"-questions what? / where? / why? (奚).

峪

yù = yu + Ø4

valley

郤

xì = xi + Ø4

variant of 隙[xi4]

郤

xì = xi + Ø4

surname Xi

唂

gu̅ = gu + Ø1

(onom.) bird call