mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
山
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丨
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凵
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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.
庄
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土
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广
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Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is landing with his parachute (广) next to a farmstead (庄) in front of the anglepod (ang1). He is really bad at parachuting though and lands directly in the farms dung hill (土).
farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
庄
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土
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广
:
Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is landing with his parachute (广) next to a farmstead (庄) in front of the anglepod (ang1). He is really bad at parachuting though and lands directly in the farms dung hill (土).