践

to fulfill (a promise) / to tread / to walk

践 = ⻊ + 戋 : Joan of Arc (ji) is practicing to tread (践) through water in the anthill's bathroom (an4). For this purpose, she set up a floating tank (戋) and is treading through the water wearing tall cowboy boots (⻊).

践 character breakdown

践
- 戋
  - 一
  - 戈
    - 丿
    - 弋
- ⻊
  - 口
  - 止
    - 一
    - 上
      - 一
      - 丨
      - 二
        
        一
      - 丄
        
        一
        
        丨
    - 丨
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 丄
      - 一
      - 丨

戋

戔

jia̅n = ji + an1

narrow / small

戋 = 一 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a narrow and small floating tank.

戋 = 一 + 戈 : Joan of Arc keeps guard in front of the anthill, her spear at her side. All has been quiet for a long time though, so she just prefers to play her flute all day.

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.