Mnemonic comic for 乂

父 = 乂 + 八 : Father Time. Father Time is trying to cut an eight ball with pliers. Besides, he looks like he has just bitten in a lemon.

丈 = 一 + 乂 : Mnemonic symbol: ten feet are about 3 meters, so let's say Bigfoot. Nice side effect: that way it's easier to remember 丈夫 = husband (if your husband looks like Bigfoot). The ten feet tall Bigfoot (丈) just left the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), and he left something that looks like a big flute (一). James II of England (zh) needs to move it out of the way, but he'll touch it only with pliers (丈).

义 = 丶 + 乂 : Mnemonic symbol: Justitia.

Justitia (义) and Maud Younger (y) want to fix the shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Just as Justitia is about to grab the shower head with her pliers (乂) she is blinded by a petal leaf (丶) floating about and instead grabs Maud's head with her pliers. This is Maud's just punishment as she broke the shower head in the first place.

史 = 口 + 乂 : For a mission in the space station (Ø3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) has to find out the history (史) of a mandarin (口), so with a pair of pliers (乂) he took to the space station he squeezes the mandarin like an orange.

赵 = 乂 + 走 : James II of England (zh) uses a pair of pliers (乂) to cut the walking sticks (走) of any Tom, Dick or Harry (张王李赵) who is walking through the aorta's bathroom (ao4).

文 = 乂 + 亠 : Mnemonic symbol: a thick book.

Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.

凶 = 乂 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: a vicious (凶) demon mask. Xu Xian (xu) tried out an electric demon mask (凶) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but now he can't take it off anymore. He already tried to pull the cable out of the receptacle (凵), but it didn't work. Maybe he has more luck using pliers (乂) to pull at the mask.

杀 = 乂 + 朩 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is messing around with a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) in front of the ashram (a1) using pliers (乂). To reduce (杀) the marks he left he is trying to rub them off with an eraser (杀).

网 = 冂 + 乂 : Willy Walrus (w) followed a secret treasure map (冂) he found inside of the anglepod (ang3). Finally he arrived at his destination and sees a net (网) of vines. He brought two pairs of pliers (乂) with which he forces the net open to obtain the treasure.

冈 = 冂 + 乂 : Guy Fawkes followed a secret map to the anglepod and in front of it he finds a small mound. The instructions on the map say that if he can pull out the secret treasure, he will have the control over all of England, so he starts to pull on a small thing sticking out of the mound using pliers.