跌

die̅ = di + e1

to fall / to tumble / to trip / (of prices etc) to drop / Taiwan pr. [die2]

跌 = ⻊ + 失 : In front of the elevator (e1) Dorothy Gale (di) tumbles (跌) over a cowboy boot (⻊) and falls (跌) into a lost+found box (失).

跌 character breakdown

跌
- 失
  - 丿
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 夫
    - 一
    - 二
      - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 大
      - 一
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
  - 𠂉
    - 一
    - 丿
- 足
  - 口
  - 龰
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨
- ⻊
  - 口
  - 止
    - 一
    - 上
      - 一
      - 丨
      - 二
        
        一
      - 丄
        
        一
        
        丨
    - 丨
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 丄
      - 一
      - 丨

失

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

to lose / to miss / to fail

失 = 𠂉 + 大 : Sherlock (sh) locked himself out of the space station (Ø1)! He lost (失) his key (𠂉)! After he was floating in front of the space station for an eternity, a robot (大) came by with a lost+found box (失) which contained his lost key.

足

jù = ju + Ø4

excessive

足

zú = zu + Ø2

foot / to be sufficient / ample

足 = 龰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.

⻊

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⻊ = 口 + 止 : Mnemonic symbol: A big, left cowboy boot with spurs and everything. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to enter the space station's kitchen (), but he is hold up at the barrier (止). The spurs at his cowboy boot (⻊) are not safe enough, so he has to stick a mandarin (口) on it to make them safe.