木

mù = mu + Ø4

surname Mu

mù = mu + Ø4

tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 character breakdown

木
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

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).

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 木 as component

禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : A bowl of cereals. Hamlet made himself a bowl of cereals with bananas and a Christmas tree just inside the elevator's kitchen. He thinks the elevator's kitchen is a stage, and holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

本

běn = b + (e)n3

root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

本 = 一 + 木 : Beelzebub finds a Christmas tree in the encampment and feels like eating its roots. He uses a flute to chop the roots right off.

机

機

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic / CL:臺|台[tai2]

机 = 几 + 木 : Joan of Arc made a machine that fully automatically manufactures tables out of Christmas trees and tests it in front of the space station.

机

機

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

surname Ji

机 = 几 + 木 : Joan of Arc made a machine that fully automatically manufactures tables out of Christmas trees and tests it in front of the space station.

机

機

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic

未

wèi = w + ei4

not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

未 = 一 + 木 : Shortly after finishing a new installation in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Ai Weiwei is imprisoned by Willy Walrus, because—out of all places—Ai Weiwei put his new installation right into Willy Walrus's toilet. Ai Weiwei's installation is a Christmas tree with a tiny, slightly tilted flute on top. Ai Weiwei would really, really like to correct the tilted flute, but so far, Willy Walrus has not yet let him out.

米

mǐ = mi + Ø3

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

米 = 丷 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a sack of rice.

Marilyn Monroe and the mean crocodile celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree inside of the space station. Coincidentally they got each other the same present: each of them is giving the other one a sack of rice.

米

mǐ = mi + Ø3

surname Mi

果

guǒ = gu + o3

fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really

果 = 木 + 田 : Gitta Giraffe is not feeling well inside observatory and decides to eat healthy. To plant a field, she first distributes some Christmas trees as manure, then puts a field on it and finally plants some ravines. Soon she will be eating grapes and feel better.

果

菓

guǒ = gu + o3

variant of 果[guo3] / fruit

相

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

相

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

surname Xiang

相

xiàng = xi + ang4

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

相 = 木 + 目 : I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Marie Curie portrays an ent in the anglepod's bathroom. Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree. The Eye of Providence enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait. The Eye of Providence asks Marie Curie how much she wants to have for the painting, but Marie Curie just wonders if the Eye of Providence is made from Radium, because it radiates so much.