節

jie̅ = ji + e1

see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

jié = ji + e2

festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]

节 = 卩 + 艹 : Joan of Arc and the baby seal spend their holiday just inside the elevator's kitchen. They are relaxing on artificial lawn camp beds all day.

节

節

jié = ji + e2

joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)

節 character breakdown

節
- 即
  - 卩
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 艮
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗
    - 长
      - 丆
        
        一
        
        丿
      - 丿
      - 乛
- 竹
  - 丨
  - 亅
  - 亇
    - 亅
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - ⺈
      - 刀
        
        丿
        
        ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
  - 𠂉
    - 一
    - 丿

即

jí = ji + Ø2

namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near

即 = 卩 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol from 即插即用, "plug and play": a gaming console controller

即 = 卩 + 艮 : Just inside the entrance to the space station, Joan of Arc babysits the baby seal. Joan of Arc blows big bubbles of chewing gum, and to one of them she attached a controller. With the controller the baby seal can control in which direction the bubble floats, which it does promptly.

竹

zhú = zhu + Ø2

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

竹 = 𠂉 + 丨 + 亅 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.