象

elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate

象 = ⺈ + 口 + 豕 : Mnemonic symbol: I already used an ordinary elephant for 勹, which is fine, because 勹 appears many times and 象 only a few times. Thus to represent 象 I'll use a locomotive from 1844's Austria, which was called "KFNB Elephant".

象 = ⺈ + 口 + 豕 : Marie Curie sees the crane and the swine fight about a single mandarin in the anglepod's bathroom. To smooth down the differences, with a locomotive she drives a whole container of mandarins in the bathroom.

象 character breakdown

象
- 口
- 豕
  - 一
  - 𧰨
    - 丿
    - 亅
    - ㇏
- ⺈
  - 刀
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

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).

豕

shǐ = sh + Ø3

hog / swine

豕 = 一 + 𧰨 : The swine is riding Sherlock Holmes in the space station.

⺈

Character component without intrinsic meaning

I think this looks like a crane; to the left is its wing, and to the right its head.

Characters with 象 as component

像

xiàng = xi + ang4

to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)

像 = 亻 + 象 : "Look at that elephant (象). Do you know who it looks like (像)?" Xi Shi (xi) asks Kazimierz Luxemburg in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). "No, who?" "Your aunt (亻)."

像 = 亻 + 象 : In anglepod's bathroom, Marie Curie and Rosa Luxemburg find a most delighting Elephant locomotive. They are so excited that they spontaneously start playing locomotive themselves, with Rosa grapping Marie's shoulders, and Marie exclaiming "choo choo" while pretending to pull a string, resembling the Elephant.

豫

yù = yu + Ø4

happy / carefree / at one's ease / variant of 預|预[yu4] / old variant of 與|与[yu4]

豫 = 予 + 象 : Zai Yu (予) is happily (豫) playing with his elephant locomotive (象) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). When he noticed Yu the Great (yu) he hesitates (豫) for a moment, but continues playing shortly afterwards.

豫

yù = yu + Ø4

abbr. for Henan province 河南 in central China

橡

xiàng = xi + ang4

oak / Quercus serrata

橡 = 木 + 象 : Marie Curie (xi) wants to plant some oaks (橡) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), so she had the KFNB Elephant (象) transport young oaks to the bathroom. In exchange she provides the train with a lot of Christmas trees (木) to be used as fuel for the steam engine.

蟓

xiàng = xi + ang4

silkworm