古

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

gǔ = gu + Ø3

ancient / old / paleo-

古 = 十 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.

Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.

古 character breakdown

古
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 口

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

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).

Characters with 古 as component

沽

gu̅ = gu + Ø1

to buy / to sell

沽

gu̅ = gu + Ø1

abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽)

居

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

居

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms

居 = 古 + 尸 : Mnemonic symbol: 寄居蟹, ji4ju1xie4, a hermite crab.

A ghost is haunting Zeus and the hermite crab in front of the space station. While the hermite crab is able to retreat into the cloister it uses as shell, Zeus can only float away in horror.

居

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

surname Ju

啇

dì = di + Ø4

stem / foot / base / root

啇 = 立 + 冂 + 古 : Dorothy Gale (di) bought a cloister (古) and wants to set it up in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The package contained a vase (立), a stem (啇) and a manual showing how to combine the two items to get the cloister (a map 冂 in a metaphorical sense), but Dorothy has no idea how to set up her cloister.

祜

hù = hu + Ø4

celestial blessing

咕

gu̅ = gu + Ø1

(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc

骷

ku̅ = ku + Ø1

skeleton

罟

gǔ = gu + Ø3

to implicate / net for birds or fish

Words with 古

亘

亙

gèn

古

gǔ

throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present)

中

zho̅ng

古

gǔ

medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand

中

zho̅ng

古

gǔ

Sino-Cuban / China-Cuba

上

shàng

古

gǔ

the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times

人

rén