back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
后
=
⺁
+
𠮛
:
Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.
heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
跟
=
⻊
+
艮
:
Guy Fawkes marries a cowboy in front of the encampment and wants to follow him forever. The cowboy wears cowboy boots and chews chewing gum all the time, even during the ceremony.
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
提
=
扌
+
是
:
When she was cleaning the entrance of the space station, mother Teresa found a skull. Disgusted, she puts it in her handbag using a toy claw.
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
带
=
卅
+
冖
+
巾
:
Don Quixote purchased thirty cooking tops in the airplane's bathroom to build new armor out of them. Now the question is: how does he get them home? Finally he has a good idea: He spreads out a towel on the floor, stacks the thirty cooking tops as a pyramid and pulls the towel with a belt. It works! This way he can bring them back to his place.