叩

kòu = k + ou4

to knock / to kowtow

叩 = 卩 + 口 : In the outhouse's bathroom, Karl Marx kow tows before the baby seal and its huge mandarin.

叩

敂

kòu = k + ou4

old variant of 叩[kou4] / to knock

叩 = 卩 + 口 : In the outhouse's bathroom, Karl Marx kow tows before the baby seal and its huge mandarin.

叩 character breakdown

叩
- 卩
  - 丨
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 口

卩

jié = ji + e2

"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)

卩 = ㇆ + 丨 : The meaning is seal as in insignia, but instead I'm going to represent it as baby seal (the animal) in other characters. Joan of Arc (ji) is using a plow (㇆) to dig up baby seals (卩) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). As soon as they jump out of the ground she clubs them with a dinosaur bone (丨).

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).