吕

surname Lü

pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

吕 = 口 : Loki (lü) conducts an experiment in the space station's living room (Ø3). Using a pitch pipe (吕) he creates two standing waves, in which he keeps one mandarin (口) respectively.

吕 character breakdown

吕
- 口

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).

Characters with 吕 as component

㗊

Character component without intrinsic meaning

㗊 = 吕 : Mnemonic symbol: a lot of clamor can be made with a bagpipe. Jeanne of Arc wants to create a clamor to voice her public opinion. She attached two pitchpipes to a bagpipe and creates a lot of noise with her combined instruments.

器

qì = qi + Ø4

device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2]

器 = 㗊 + 犬 : The Saint Bernard dog has been practising playing his bagpipe all day in the space station's bathroom. The Queen of Hearts is so annoyed that finally she grabbed a screwdriver as utensil to end this torture.

营

營

yíng = y + (e)ng2

camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for

营 = 艹 + 冖 + 吕 : Maud Younger (y) built a camp (营) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She is sitting on a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) with a cooking top (冖) serving as her roof, and playing idly on her pitch pipe (吕).

串

chuàn = chu + an4

to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across

串 = 丨 + 吕 : Chantal Chicken opened a secret popup store in the anthill's bathroom. She prepared lots of skewers using mandarins and dinosaur bones. After she finishes the last one, she lets everyone know by playing a pitchpipe.

宫

宮

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

surname Gong

宫 = 吕 + 宀 : Helga Horse updated engine to be her personal temple palace. She used a lot of pitchpipes to make engine whole again, and she wears a graduation cap as crown.

宫

宮

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale

宫 = 吕 + 宀 : Helga Horse updated engine to be her personal temple palace. She used a lot of pitchpipes to make engine whole again, and she wears a graduation cap as crown.

铝

鋁

lǚ = lü + Ø3

aluminum (chemistry)

侣

侶

lǚ = lü + Ø3

companion

躬

躳

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

old variant of 躬[gong1]

躬 = 弓 + 身 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) tries to personally (躬) shoot herself (躬) with a composite bow (弓). In front of the engine she bows (躬) to fit her body (躬) into the bow, and so as to not get her clothes stuck in the bowstring she wears a well-fitting body suit (身).

闾

閭

lǘ = lü + Ø2

gate of a village / village

嚣

囂

xia̅o = xi + ao1

clamor

嘂

jiào = ji + ao4

old variant of 叫[jiao4] / ancient musical instrument similar to ocarina

嚚