示

to show / to reveal

示 = 二 + 小 : A standard or guidon, as used in the military. Sherlock Holmes tries out his new guidon in the space station's bathroom. The standard features a capacitor and a daisy.

示 character breakdown

示
- 二
  - 一
- 小
  - 亅
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏

二

èr = Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

二 = 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).

小

xiǎo = xi + ao3

small / tiny / few / young

小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).

Characters with 示 as component

票

piào = pi + ao4

ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

票 = 示 + 覀 : Pocahontas (pi) urgently needs to use the aorta's bathroom (ao4). In the bathroom there is a cleaning lady next to a guidon (示) on which it is written that you have to purchase a ticket (票) if you want to use the bathroom. To make sure that everyone is willing to pay the lady equipped herself with a knuckleduster (覀).

际

際

jì = ji + Ø4

border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances)

际 = 示 + 阝 : Joan of Arc (ji) and the pope (阝) have an international (际) meeting in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). They decide on the border through the bathroom and mark their territories using standards (示).

标

標

bia̅o = bi + ao1

mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units

标 = 木 + 示 : 标 is a part of 标志, the word for "logo", like the one with the famous puma.

祭

zhài = zh + ai4

surname Zhai

祭

jì = ji + Ø4

to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / memorial ceremony / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / (lit. and fig.) to wield

祭 = 又 + 月 + 示 : The moon (月) decided to visit the space station and meets Joan of Arc (ji) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Joan of Arc is full of awe, so she decides to give the moon a sacrifice (祭). She sets up the ceremonial standard (示) and, chanting mysterious songs, sets fire to her favourite boxing glove (又). The moon is quite satisfied with the offering.

禁

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

to endure

禁

jìn = ji + (e)n4

to prohibit / to forbid

禁 = 林 + 示 : There's a small forest of two Christmas trees (林) in front of the encampment ((e)n4). Although there's a sign clearly stating that it is forbidden (示) to touch the trees, Joan of Arc (ji) set up her guideon (示) so that it is supported by the two trees and she can practice pull ups.

宗

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

surname Zong

宗 = 宀 + 示 : Zapatista Zebra graduated from middle school and celebrates in front engine by crashing a blackboard, ripping the school's banner and trashing his graduation cap.

宗

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs

宗 = 宀 + 示 : Zapatista Zebra graduated from middle school and celebrates in front engine by crashing a blackboard, ripping the school's banner and trashing his graduation cap.