垂

to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach

垂 = 壬 + 工 + 工 : The cat o' nine tails (壬) has been chasing Chantal Chicken (chu) all around the Eiffel Tower. In the kitchen (ei2) there is a weeping willow (垂, 垂柳) on which Chantal Chicken sits. Next to the willow, the cat o' nine tails is approaching. Both of them are holding a steel beam (工) in their hands to use as sword in their final encounter.

垂 character breakdown

垂
- 壬
  - 丿
  - 士
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
- 工
  - 丨
  - 二
    - 一

壬

rén = r + (e)n2

ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona

壬 = 丿 + 士 : Symbol: a cat o' nine tails. Robinson Crusoe wants to propose to the bachelor just inside the encampment's kitchen. To Robinson's despair, just as he presents his banana, a cat o' nine tails jumps between the two and eats the banana.

工

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

工 = 二 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam. In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Gitta Giraffe (gu) is doing some hard work: She's stacking a capacitor (二) on a dinosaur bone (丨) on a capacitor (二). She's not very successful, but then she gets the idea to use steel beams (工) as support.

Characters with 垂 as component

睡

shuì = shu + ei4

to sleep / to lie down

睡 = 垂 + 目 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is sleeping (睡) on top of a weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). His sleep (睡) is guarded by the eye of providence (目) which is hovering next to the tree (睡).

邮

郵

yóu = y + ou2

post (office) / mail

邮 = 由 + 阝 : Maud Younger (y) received a postcard (邮) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). The postcard is from the imperator (阝) and shows himself enjoying a cuba libre (由). On the postcard he invites Maud to visit him in his holiday lodge.

锤

錘

chuí = chu + ei2

hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer

锤 = 垂 + 钅 : Chantal Chicken (chu) wants to hammer the weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) into shape (锤). She uses a golden harpoon (钅) as chisel and a hammer (锤) to shape the willow as she wishes.

锤

鎚

chuí = chu + ei2

variant of 錘|锤[chui2]

唾

tuò = tu + o4

saliva / to spit

唾 = 口 + 垂 : Tommy Turtle (tu) sees many tasty mandarins (口) hang on the weeping willow (垂) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but they are all hanging too high. Nevertheless, they make his saliva (唾) run in streams. He even tries to spit (唾) at them to make them fall down.

捶

chuí = chu + ei2

to beat with the fist / to hammer / to cudgel

捶

搥

chuí = chu + ei2

variant of 捶[chui2]

陲

chuí = chu + ei2

frontier

埵

duǒ = du + o3