柬
=
木
+
囗
+
丷
:
Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
柬
=
木
+
囗
+
丷
:
Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
木
=
八
+
十
:
Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).
variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
炼
=
火
+
一
+
东
:
Li Qingzhao (li) is smelting (炼) the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to make a pendant out of it. She put the tower on a big fire (火) and blows air into the fire using a flute (一).
拣
=
扌
+
一
+
东
:
Someone opened a popup store in the anthill (an3), and it looks like a Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东). Joan of Arc (ji) enters the shop to buy a new flute (一), and she chooses (拣) the right flute for her with a toy claw (扌).