租

zu̅ = zu + Ø1

to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax

租 = 且 + 禾 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) started a new business in front of the space station (Ø1). It consists of a shelf (且) with many cereal bowls (禾) which anyone can rent (租). So far he's very unsuccessful though, maybe because of the poor choice of his store's location.

租 character breakdown

租
- 且
  - 一
  - 目
    - 二
      - 一
    - 囗
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

且

qiě = qi + e3

and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)

且 = 目 + 一 : Symbol: a shelf. The Queen of Hearts bought a new shelf for all her flutes. Because she is a queen and needs an extravagant shelf, she installed several Eye of Providences to give the flutes an extravagant lighting.

禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : A bowl of cereals. Hamlet made himself a bowl of cereals with bananas and a Christmas tree just inside the elevator's kitchen. He thinks the elevator's kitchen is a stage, and holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.