国
=
囗
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玉
:
Mnemonic symbol: a nation's flag. Let's say the Chinese flag.
In the observatory's kitchen (o2) Gitta Giraffe (gu) is practising her ballet performance. She got a whole crate (囗) full of jade bracelets (玉) and flags (国) and fixed one flag to each jade bracelet. This makes a perfect combination for throwing the ring with the flag waving behind it and catching the ring again after a few pirouettes.
地
=
也
+
土
:
Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
质
=
⺁
+
十
+
贝
:
James II of England (zh) captured a crab (贝) and keeps it as a hostage (质) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4). James II of England wants to find out more about the nature (质) of the banana tree (⺁), so all the crab gets to eat is the banana trees. Secretly the crab set up a small cross (十) to which it prays everyday for its release.
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
调
=
周
+
讠
:
Mother Teresa (ti) wants to calm down and reconcile (调) all the people in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To this end she climbs on an advertising column (讠) and dances with a hula hoop (周).
查
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旦
+
木
:
Just inside the ashram's kitchen, the detective is investigating a passed out Charlie Chaplin who's lying under a Christmas tree. Could it have something to do with the big empty mug which was formerly filled with glühwein?
局
=
尸
+
乛
+
口
:
Zeus (ju) got a job at the post office (局) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) and already at his first day a ghost (尸) approaches him. Zeus feels extremely threatened and tries to kill the ghost with a sickle (乛), but the sickle just cuts through the ghost. As the ghost is finally right in front of Zeus it produces a mandarin (口) which it wants sent to earth.
局
=
尸
+
乛
+
口
:
Zeus (ju) got a job at the post office (局) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) and already at his first day a ghost (尸) approaches him. Zeus feels extremely threatened and tries to kill the ghost with a sickle (乛), but the sickle just cuts through the ghost. As the ghost is finally right in front of Zeus it produces a mandarin (口) which it wants sent to earth.