to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate
贬
=
乏
+
贝
:
Every day in the evening the Brunhilde (bi) gets ready to go to bed she puts her futon (乏) on the ground of the anthill (an3) carelessly and crushes a few crabs (贝) when she jumps on her futon, thereby diminishing (贬) the total available currency (贝) in the local economy.
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
低
=
亻
+
氐
:
Dorothy Gale (di) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are in a hopeless situation. They are hanging down (低) from a foundation (氐) floating in front of the space station (Ø1) and away from it. In this hopeless situation their moods are very low (低) and they let their heads hang down (低).