仕

shì = sh + Ø4

to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]

仕 character breakdown

仕
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 士
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

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.