Mandarinbanana

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

老 = ⺹ + 匕 : Lancelot (l) is showing his respect to grandpa (老) in the aorta's living room (ao3). He's bowing deep and offering a crown (⺹), but grandpa refuses by hitting Lancelot on the head with a ladle (匕).

头

頭

tóu = t + ou2

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

头 = ⺀ + 大 : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.

头

頭

tou = t + ou5

suffix for nouns

那

na̅ = n + a1

surname Na

那

nuó = nu + o2

surname Nuo

那

nǎ = n + a3

variant of 哪[na3]

那

nà = n + a4

that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

那 = 二 + 刀 + 阝 : The emperor is wielding a sword with a capacitance, because it's electrical. So in other characters this will be a laser sword.

那 = 二 + 刀 + 阝 : Napoleon is practising with his laser sword in the ashram's bathroom, in the case that he will be released from this prison. Then he'll be ready to take on the world.

那

nuó = nu + o2

(archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2]

蟠

pán

桃

táo

flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母

蟠

pán = p + an2

to coil

桃

táo

园

園

yuán

Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan

桃

táo = t + ao2

peach

桃 = 兆 + 木 : A few vultures (兆) cast an eye at Tecumseh's (t) Christmas tree (木) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To keep the vultures at bay Tecumseh throws peaches (桃) at them.

园

園

yuán = yu + an2

surname Yuan

园 = 元 + 囗 : Yu the Great receives a big wooden box just inside the anthill's kitchen. It's written that it comes from the land of growing plants, but as she opens it, she finds out that it's actually full of coins.

园

園

yuán = yu + an2

land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc

在

zài = z + ai4

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

在 = 一 + 亻 + 土 : Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) exist (在) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Rosa is in the middle of balancing a flute (一) on her head and on a pile of clay (土). Zorro uses his rapier to inscribe "Z" into the flute, so as to mark that the pronunciation of "在" begins with "z".

什

shén

么

麼

地

dì

方

fang

somewhere / someplace / where

什

shén

么

麼

what? / something / anything

什

shén = sh + (e)n2

what

什

shí = sh + Ø2

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous

么

麼

má = m + a2

exclamatory final particle

么

麼

ma = m + a5

interrogative final particle

么

麼

me = m + e5

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

么 = 丿 + 厶 : Mahatma Gandhi wears a fake nose and wants to eat a banana on top of the elevator, but it's actually very hard to eat a banana when you're wearing a fake nose.

么

麽

me = m + e5

variant of 麼|么[me5]

么 = 丿 + 厶 : Mahatma Gandhi wears a fake nose and wants to eat a banana on top of the elevator, but it's actually very hard to eat a banana when you're wearing a fake nose.

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

surname Yao

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

幺 = 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.

幺 = 厶 : Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the aorta. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the aorta.

地

dì

方

fa̅ng

region / regional (away from the central administration) / local

地

dì

方

fang

area / place / space / room / territory / CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]

地

de = d + e5

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

地

dì = di + Ø4

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) operates the excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to move a pile of dirt (土) out of the way.

方

fa̅ng = f + ang1

surname Fang

方 = 丶 + 万 : In front of the anglepod, Frankenstein's monster is creating a piece of art. He uses a square as a frame, in which he installs a petal leaf held in the frame by neurons.

方

fa̅ng = f + ang1

square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter

方 = 丶 + 万 : In front of the anglepod, Frankenstein's monster is creating a piece of art. He uses a square as a frame, in which he installs a petal leaf held in the frame by neurons.

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