公

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

公 = 八 + 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 公交车: a (magic) bus.

公 = 八 + 厶 : Gitta Giraffe has to deliver 100 eight balls to engine driving a magic bus. She is driving in front of the engine and because the load is so heavy, she is driving very slowly. Additionally, she tried to decrease the wind resistance by installing a large fake nose at the front of the bus.

公 character breakdown

公
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 厶

厶

mǒu = m + ou3

old variant of 某[mou3]

厶

si̅ = s + Ø1

old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).

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 公 as component

松

so̅ng = su + (e)ng1

pine / CL:棵[ke1]

松 = 公 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: 松鼠, a squirrel.

The squirrel (松) almost got a heart attack when it drove its bus (公) off of one of the stones in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but as it realizes it got stuck in the Susan Saint Bernard's (su) web which spans a Christmas tree (木) and one of the engine's boulders the squirrel (松) relaxes (放松).

松

鬆

so̅ng = su + (e)ng1

loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)

松

so̅ng = su + (e)ng1

surname Song

翁

we̅ng = w + (e)ng1

elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old)

翁 = 公 + 羽 : Willy Walrus (w) is driving his old man (翁) in a bus (公) full of feathers (羽) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

颂

頌

sòng = su + (e)ng4

ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters)

颂 = 公 + 页 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) loves the bus (公) which is frequently driving through engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). One day she decides to write an ode (颂) for the bus on a sheet of paper (页).

讼

訟

sòng = su + (e)ng4

litigation

讼 = 公 + 讠 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a large advertising column (讠) to warn about her web in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), but still a bus (公) got stuck inside and a lawsuit (讼) ensued.

衮

袞

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

imperial robe

衮 = 公 + 衣 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is driving her magic bus (公) right through the encampment ((e)n3) and over the imperial robes (衮). She cuts them in halves, effectively creating shirts and kilts (衣). Look at the character 衮: it the bus driving right through the clothes (衣).

瓮

罋

wèng = w + (e)ng4

variant of 甕|瓮[weng4]

瓮

甕

wèng = w + (e)ng4

pottery container for water, wine etc

瓮

甕

wèng = w + (e)ng4

surname Weng