澄

variant of 澄[cheng2]

澄 = 氵 + 登 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds a stack of water bottles (氵) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The water in the bottles is exceptionally clear (澄). He even climbs (登) to the top of the stack to verify that the water in these bottles is very clear too.

澄

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

surname Cheng

澄

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

clear / limpid / to clarify / to purify

澄

dèng = d + (e)ng4

(of liquid) to settle / to become clear

澄 = 氵 + 登 : Don Quixote (d) built a complex tower of water bottles (氵) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He set it up so that the water from one bottle is flowing into the next, and as impurities settle (澄) on the bottom of the bottles the water gets clearer and clearer (澄). To retrieve the cleanest water he has to climb (登) to the top of the tower though.

澄 character breakdown

澄
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀
- 登
  - 癶
  - 豆
    - 䒑
      - 一
      - 丷
    - 𠮛
      - 一
      - 口

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.

登

de̅ng = d + (e)ng1

to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

登 = 癶 + 豆 : To finance his adventures, Don Quixote (d) signed a sponsorship contract with a famous company producing canned beans (豆). In front of the engine ((e)ng1) he is scaling (登) a mountain of canned beans while wearing sexy nylons (癶). The character 登 depicts Don Quixote's legs (in nylons) standing on the mountain of canned beans.