附
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付
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阝
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The pope (阝) hands Frieda Fuchs (fu) a paycheck (付) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but the present comes with strings attached (附): Attached (附) to the paycheck is a contract stating that she can only cash it in if she joins the church.
to add / to attach / to be close to / to be attached
附
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付
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阝
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The pope (阝) hands Frieda Fuchs (fu) a paycheck (付) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but the present comes with strings attached (附): Attached (附) to the paycheck is a contract stating that she can only cash it in if she joins the church.
小
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八
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亅
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Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.
Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).