措

cuò = cu + o4

to handle / to manage / to put in order / to arrange / to administer / to execute / to take action on / to plan

措 = 扌 + 昔 : Kitty Cat (cu) managed (措) to create a milk shake (昔) machine in the observatory's bathroom (o4) using many toy claws (扌) connected to electric motors. The machine handles (措) the whole operation of making the milk shakes.

措 character breakdown

措
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 昔
  - 井
    - 丨
    - 丿
    - 二
      - 一
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

昔

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

昔 = 井 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake

In former times (昔), at the end of the day the sun (日) used to go down in a well (井) in front of the space station (Ø1). Xi Shi (xi) made the sun go out by pouring a milk shake (mnemonic symbol for 昔) over it.