壽

surname Shou

寿 = 丰 + 寸 : Mnemonic symbol: 寿桃包, a longevity peach bun.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).

寿

壽

shòu = sh + ou4

long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary

壽 character breakdown

壽
- 乙
- 吋
  - 口
  - 寸
    - 一
    - 丶
    - 亅
- 士
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 工
  - 丨
  - 二
    - 一

乙

yǐ = y + Ø3

second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°

Who's second always gets a silver medal.

Maud Younger is proudly holding her silver medal in the camera.

The character 乙 actually looks like the character 2.

乙

zhé = zh + e2

turning stroke (in Chinese characters) / see also 折[zhe2]

吋

cùn = cu + (e)n4

inch (English)

士

shì = sh + Ø4

surname Shi

士

shì = sh + Ø4

member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker

士 = 十 + 一 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is meeting the bachelor (士) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). Sherlock Holmes is playing a flute (一) for him, and the bachelor is wearing a huge cross (十) around his neck.

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.

乙

zhé = zh + e2

turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]

Characters with 壽 as component

涛

濤

ta̅o = t + ao1

big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2]

涛 = 寿 + 氵 : Tecumseh (t) is growing longevity peaches (寿) in front of the aorta (ao1), and he waters them every day with his water bottle (氵). Today, as he is just about to water the tree, he doesn't realize that there's a huge wave (涛) behind him coming right at the tree.

筹

籌

chóu = ch + ou2

chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / means

筹 = ⺮ + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is gambling in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He already lost a couple of longevity peach buns (寿), and his debt is engraved on a bamboo stick (⺮) which serves as token for counting (筹). To win his longevity peach buns back he devises a strategy: he plans (筹) to use crowd funding (筹) to make up for his loss.

筹

籌

chóu = ch + ou2

chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means

铸

鑄

zhù = zhu + Ø4

to cast or found metals

铸 = 寿 + 钅 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is melting longevity peach buns (寿) to use them to cast (铸) a golden harpoon (钅) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

畴

疇

chóu = ch + ou2

arable fields / cultivated field / class / category

畴 = 田 + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has several fields (田) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) where he grows longevity peaches (寿). Each year he classifies (畴) his fields into arable (畴) and non-arable fields using category theory (畴).

祷

禱

dǎo = d + ao3

prayer / pray / supplication

焘

燾

dào = d + ao4

cover over / to envelope

俦

儔

chóu = ch + ou2

comrades / friends / companions

梼

檮

táo = t + ao2

dunce / blockhead

燽

chóu = ch + ou2

salience / prominent / notable

踌

躊

chóu = ch + ou2

to pace back and forth / to hesitate / to waver

踌 = ⻊ + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is about to step on a longevity peach bun (寿) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) with his cowboy boot (⻊), but he hesitates (踌) in the last moment.

壔

dǎo = d + ao3

column / cylinder

嬦

chóu = ch + ou2

(archaic) used in ladies' names

帱

幬

dào = d + ao4

canopy

帱

幬