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周
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⺆
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土
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: a hula hoop. James II of England (zh) performs in front of the outhouse (ou1): he swings a hula hoop (周), juggles three mandarins (口) and balances a small heap of dirt (土) on his head. He cheated a little bit though, because he stapled the heap of dirt to his wig with a stapler (⺆).
瘦
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叟
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疒
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) and the old gentleman (叟) have been locked into the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) to be in quarantine for the very colorful rash (疒) they developed. Because of their sickness they already lost a lot of body weight and are very thin (瘦).