躇

to hesitate

躇 = ⻊ + 著 : Chantal Chicken (chu) is just about to step on important documents (著) with her cowboy boot (⻊) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but in the last moment she hesitates (躇).

躇 character breakdown

躇
- 著
  - 者
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗
    - ⺹
      - 丿
      - 土
        
        一
        
        十
        
        一
        
        丨
  - 艹
- 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

着

著

zha̅o = zh + ao1

(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add

着

著

zháo = zh + ao2

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

着 = 目 + 羊 : In the aorta's kitchen (ao2), James II of England (zh) has first contact (着) with the sheep's (羊) wool. He is so amazed by the feeling that he can't stop cuddling with the sheep and finally falls asleep (着). Unfortunately the Eye of Providence (目) watches all of it and is so jealous that it catches fire (着).

着

著

zhe = zh + e5

aspect particle indicating action in progress

着 = 目 + 羊 : James II of England (zh) cuddles with the sheep (羊) also on the roof of the aorta (e5), and again the Eye of Providence (目) catches fire (着) out of jealousy as it watches the action in progress(着).

着

著

zhuó = zhu + o2

to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply

著

zhù = zhu + Ø4

to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding

著 = 艹 + 者 : The Sun King (者) writes his memoirs in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹), and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) immediately reads these important (著) documents (著).

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.