井

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

井 = 二 + 丿 + 丨 : Joan of Arc (ji) is digging a well (井) inside the engine ((e)ng3). At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor (二) to a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨), which dig for her using the electrical energy.

井 character breakdown

井
- 丨
- 丿
- 二
  - 一

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

二

èr = Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

二 = 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).

Characters with 井 as component

昔

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

昔 = 井 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake

In former times, Marie Curie thought that at the end of every day, the sun falls into a well and therefore the light goes off. Nowadays as she is floating in front of the space station, she finds that she was right: as in the former times, every evening the sun goes into the well to fetch herself a milkshake.

昔

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

surname Xi

黄

黃

huáng = hu + ang2

surname Huang or Hwang

黄 = 井 + 由 + 八 : Mnemonic symbol: the Yellow Emperor.

Helga Horse invited the Yellow Emperor to join her visit anglepod. In the kitchen, he falls for her trap: Helga prepared a field of eight balls on which the Yellow Emperor trips. As he falls into the well behind the field of eight balls, Helga neighs and laughs loudly at him.

黄

黃

huáng = hu + ang2

yellow / pornographic / to fall through

进

進

jìn = ji + (e)n4

to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

进 = 井 + 辶 : Joan of Arc fell into a well after she entered the encampment's bathroom, but luckily one of her gladiator sandals got stuck on one toilet, so now she can use the string to climb out of the well.

囬

huí = hu + ei2

variant of 回[hui2]

囬 = 井 + 囗 : Let's say this one looks like a closet.

散

sàn = s + an4

to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack

散 = 井 + 月 + 攵 : Mnemonic symbol: a watering can, because it disperses its water everywhere.

In the anthill's bathroom (an4), Socrates (s) broke down (散) the moon (月) using a sledgehammer (攵). He is now fetching water for his watering can (散) from the well (井), because he plans to disperse (散) the remaining dust and small pieces of the moon by dispersing (散) water everywhere.

散

㪚

sàn = s + an4

variant of 散[san4]

散

sǎn = s + an3

scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine

阱

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

pitfall / trap

阱

穽

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

variant of 阱[jing3]

讲

講

jiǎng = ji + ang3

to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasize / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture

讲 = 井 + 讠 : Inside of the anglepod Joan of Arc finds and advertising column next to a well. The advertising column says that if a coin is thrown into the well, it will state a wise and helpful truth. Joan of Arc does so and the well speaks: "it is not wise to throw coins into a well".

寒

hán = h + an2

cold / poor / to tremble

寒 = 宀 + 井 + 一 + 八 + ⺀ : After the nuclear war the nuclear winter (寒) followed, and now the well (井) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) is frozen (寒). Hamlet (h) first puts a graduation cap (宀) over the well to protect it from radioactive fallout, then he breaks the ice by throwing a big eightball (八) into the well. Finally he is able to suck up some fresh water using a flute (一), although he discovers that under the ice beautiful blossoms (⺀) have grown.