立

lì = li + Ø4

to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately

立 = 䒑 + 亠 : Li Qing Zhao hides some weed in a vase in the space station's bathroom. To get the weed there, she transports it under her beret.

立 character breakdown

立
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶
- 䒑
  - 一
  - 丷

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

䒑

Character component without intrinsic meaning

䒑 = 丷 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: weed. A crocodile (丷) is smoking weed (䒑) in a flute (一).

Characters with 立 as component

垃

la̅ = l + a1

used in 垃圾[la1 ji1] / Taiwan pr. [le4]

垃 = 土 + 立 : Lancelot (l) unearthed some radioactive waste (垃) in front of the ashram (a1). He puts it into a vase (立) and closes the vase by filling it up with earth (土). Then he shoots it into space - someone up there will surely know what to do with it.

竞

競

jìng = ji + (e)ng4

to compete / to contend / to struggle

竞 = 兄 + 立 : Apollo (兄) and Joan of Arc (ji) are competing (竞) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Each of them tries to smash as many vases (立) as fast as possible.

粒

lì = li + Ø4

grain / granule / classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

粒 = 立 + 米 : Li Qingzhao (li) got a sack of rice (米) delivered to the space station. In the bathroom (Ø4) she fills the rice granules (粒) in a vase (立) to store them for a longer time.

竟

jìng = ji + (e)ng4

unexpectedly / actually / to go so far as to / indeed

竟 = 儿 + 音 : Mnemonic symbol: Jack in the Box.

Sun Wukong tells Joan of Arc to turn the handle of his Jack in the Box in the engine's bathroom. She does so and after turning for a bit a clown with a loudspeaker in each hand jumps out and surprises Joan of Arc. Unexpectedly, the loudspeakers play deafening loud unholy metal.

帝

dì = di + Ø4

emperor

帝 = 立 + 冖 + 巾 : Mnemonic symbol: the great emperor Caesar.

Caesar prepared to sauna in the space station's bathroom, and he has his towel already around his neck when he prepares a new aufguss. Just as he wants to lift the vase, the cooking top on top of it lifts itself as Dorothy Gale looks out, laughing at Caesar.

拉

la̅ = l + a1

to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

拉 = 扌 + 立 : Mnemonic symbol: a fiddlestick

拉 = 扌 + 立 : In front of the ashram, sir Lancelot tries to make some music using a fiddlestick and a vase by bowing along the opening of the vase. Maybe he would be successful if he put down that silly toy claw.

泣

qì = qi + Ø4

to sob

竭

jié = ji + e2

to exhaust

竭 = 曷 + 立 : Joan of Arc (ji) is taking part in a game show in the elevator's kitchen (e2). The top prize, a very beautiful vase (立), is standing right next to her. She is just about to spin the quiz wheel (曷) for the last time, but unfortunately she already exhausted (竭) all of her jokers.

商

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)

商 = 立 + 冏 : In front of the anglepod, Sherlock Holmes set up a pop-up store. He sells velvetleaf plants which he put in vases.

商

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang

商 = 立 + 冏 : In front of the anglepod, Sherlock Holmes set up a pop-up store. He sells velvetleaf plants which he put in vases.

咅

pǒu = p + ou3

pooh / pah / bah / (today used as a phonetic component in 部[bu4], 倍[bei4], 培[pei2], 剖[pou1] etc)

咅 = 口 + 立 : Pinocchio (p) ate too many mandarins (口), so he has to make a big poo-poo (咅) into a vase (立) in the outhouse (ou3). It is very stinky, so all other visitors exclaim "bah!" (咅) as they pass the vase.