匍

pú = pu + Ø2

crawl / lie prostrate

匍 = 勹 + 甫 : Ivan Pavlov (甫) trained Petra Penguin (pu) to lie prostrate (匍) under an elephant (勹) on his command just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). He did so by lying prostrate under the elephant himself (匍).

匍 character breakdown

匍
- 勹
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 甫
  - 丶
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 月
    - 二
      - 一
    - ⺆
      - 丿
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅

勹

ba̅o = b + ao1

archaic variant of 包[bao1]

勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.

甫

fǔ = fu + Ø3

(classical) barely / just / just now

甫 = 丶 + 十 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: Ivan Pavlov, 巴甫洛夫, the scientist.

Ivan Pavlov (甫) taught Frieda Fox (fu) to jump over a big cross (十) and catch the moon on the other side (月) as soon as Pavlov waves with a petal leaf (丶) in the space station (Ø3).

Characters with 匍 as component

葡

pú = pu + Ø2

used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]

葡 = 匍 + 艹 : Petra Penguin (pu) is chilling just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's lying prostrate (匍) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) and eating grapes (葡).

葡

pú = pu + Ø2

Portugal / Portuguese / abbr. for 葡萄牙[Pu2 tao2 ya2]

葡 = 匍 + 艹 : Petra Penguin (pu) is chilling just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's lying prostrate (匍) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) and eating grapes (葡).