泛
=
乏
+
氵
:
Frankenstein's Monster (f) knocked over a magic water bottle (氵) which is never emptying, so it is flooding (泛) the whole anthill, especially the bathroom (an4) in which he is. Frankenstein's Monster was able to climb on a futon (乏) and is now floating (泛) on the water.
泛
=
乏
+
氵
:
Frankenstein's Monster (f) knocked over a magic water bottle (氵) which is never emptying, so it is flooding (泛) the whole anthill, especially the bathroom (an4) in which he is. Frankenstein's Monster was able to climb on a futon (乏) and is now floating (泛) on the water.
泛
=
乏
+
氵
:
Frankenstein's Monster (f) knocked over a magic water bottle (氵) which is never emptying, so it is flooding (泛) the whole anthill, especially the bathroom (an4) in which he is. Frankenstein's Monster was able to climb on a futon (乏) and is now floating (泛) on the water.
函
=
丂
+
氺
+
凵
:
Hamlet (h) is waterboarded in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He is trapped in a metal box (凵) wearing a breathing mask (丂) while being under a continuous stream provided by an aqueduct (氺). He is allowed to send one last letter (函) home, though.
函
=
丂
+
氺
+
凵
:
Hamlet (h) is waterboarded in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He is trapped in a metal box (凵) wearing a breathing mask (丂) while being under a continuous stream provided by an aqueduct (氺). He is allowed to send one last letter (函) home, though.
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
分
=
八
+
刀
:
Symbol for this character: A stopwatch (from the meaning "minute"). Frankenstein's monster (f) participates in the annual championship of chopping eight-balls (八) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Using a cleaver (刀), he chops (kind of divides / separates (分)) as many eight-balls as he can in one minute (分).
Marie Curie (xi) got a new mass spectrometer (析) for Christmas. In front of the space station (Ø1) she smashes the Christmas tree (木) into a small powder using two barbells (斤) so that she can analyze (析) it with her new mass spectrometer.