八宝山

八

ba̅

宝

寶

bǎo

山

sha̅n

Mt Babao in Haidian district of Beijing

Characters and words in 八宝山

八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

八 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

宝

寳

bǎo = b + ao3

variant of 寶|宝[bao3]

宝 = 宀 + 玉 : Beelzebub is busy drawing fake jewels and jade bracelets from a graduation cap in the aorta. He uses his magic graduation cap to change coal into precious treasure like jewels and jade bracelets to deceive and seduce humanity.

宝

寶

bǎo = b + ao3

jewel / gem / treasure / precious

宝

寶

bǎo

山

sha̅n

Baoshang District of Shanghai / Baoshan District of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang / Baoshan or Paoshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan

山

sha̅n = sh + an1

surname Shan

山

sha̅n = sh + an1

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

山 = 丨 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.