提

di̅ = di + Ø1

used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]

tí = ti + Ø2

to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid

提 = 扌 + 是 : Mnemonic symbol: a handbag (提包)

提 = 扌 + 是 : When she was cleaning the entrance of the space station, mother Teresa found a skull. Disgusted, she puts it in her handbag using a toy claw.

提 character breakdown

提
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 是
  - 下
    - 一
    - 卜
      - 丨
      - 丶
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
  - 旦
    - 一
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗
  - 龰
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

是

昰

shì = sh + Ø4

variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)

是

shì = sh + Ø4

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

是 = 旦 + 龰 : Mnemonic symbol: a skull, from "to be or not to be".

Sherlock Holmes (sh) starts his day in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a mug of coffee (旦). Holding a skull (mnemonic symbol for 是) in his hands, he asks himself "to be, or not to be" (是). He wonders if he can make the skull come back to life using lots of coffee, and injects coffee from his mug into the skull using a syringe (龰).

是 = 日 + 下 + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a skull, from "to be or not to be".

Sherlock Holmes (sh) watches the Neanderthal Man (人) trying to climb to the sun (日) on a ladder (下) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Sherlock is afraid that he'll open the window, so he puts on a big skull (是) and scares him off.