淅

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

(onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc

淅 character breakdown

淅
- 析
  - 斤
    - 丅
      - 一
      - 丨
    - ⺁
      - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

to separate / to divide / to analyze

析 = 斤 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a mass spectrometer.

Marie Curie (xi) got a new mass spectrometer (析) for Christmas. In front of the space station (Ø1) she smashes the Christmas tree (木) into a small powder using two barbells (斤) so that she can analyze (析) it with her new mass spectrometer.

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.