下屬

下

xià

属

屬

shǔ

subordinate / underling

Characters and words in 下屬

下

xià = xi + a4

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.

属

屬

shǔ = shu + Ø3

category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute

属 = 尸 + 禹 : 暴龙属 is the genus Tyrannosaurus, and I'll use a T-Rex as mnemonic symbol.

The great Yu (禹) built a dyke to prevent Sheldon Shrimp (shu) from entering his side of the space station (Ø3), but then a T-Rex (属) ghost (尸) starts to haunt him until he tears down his dyke.

属

屬

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on