泄

xiè = xi + e4

to leak (of water or gas) / to drip / to drain / to discharge / to leak out / to divulge (secrets) / to give vent (to anger, spite etc) / to disperse / to reduce

泄 = 世 + 氵 : Marie Curie (xi) is putting up a poster by the WHO (世) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). It is alerting everyone that when filling your water bottle (氵) from the tap not a single drop is allowed to leak (泄) through the closed bottle.

泄

洩

xiè = xi + e4

variant of 泄[xie4]

泄 character breakdown

泄
- 世
  - 廿
    - 一
    - 卄
      - 一
      - 丨
  - L
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

世

shì = sh + Ø4

surname Shi

世

shì = sh + Ø4

life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

世 = 廿 + L : Mnemonic symbol: the WTO or WHO.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is cleaning a flower pot (廿) under the shower of the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a loofah (L) because he didn't quite understand a poster next to the shower from the WHO (世) explaining dangers arising from different germs.

In this case, L is for loofah.

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.