九
=
丿
+
一
+
乚
:
Joan of Arc is on cloud nine in the outhouse. With a shovel, she dug up a banana: when she peeled it she found a flute inside, with which she instantly fell in love.
宫
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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.
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.
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.