舌

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

shé = sh + e2

tongue

舌 = 千 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes squashed his tongue under a kilo just inside the elevator's kitchen! He tries to stem the kilo with a mandarin, but not very successfully.

舌 character breakdown

舌
- 千
  - 丿
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 口

千

qia̅n = qi + an1

thousand

千 = 丿 + 十 : The Queen of Hearts dropped a kilo on her banana in front of the anthill, and now she uses a cross to try and revive it.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

千

韆

qia̅n = qi + an1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

Characters with 舌 as component

舍

捨

shě = sh + e3

to give up; to abandon / to give alms

舍

捨

shě = sh + e3

to give up / to abandon / to give alms

舍 = 人 + 舌 : Mnemonic symbol: a pawn who is abandoned to save the king.

Neanderthal Man (人) is so hungry that he opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue (舌) and is about to devour Sherlock Holmes (sh) in the elevator (e3), but Sherlock Holmes acts quickly enough to throw a pawn (舍) onto Neanderthal Man's tongue so that he munches the pawn instead.

舍

shè = sh + e4

surname She

舍

shě = sh + e3

old variant of 捨|舍[she3]

舍

shè = sh + e4

residence

乱

亂

luàn = lu + an4

in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary

乱 = 乚 + 舌 : It's hard for Lenny Lemur to not go crazy in the anthill's bathroom: Uncountable tongues are leaping right from the abyss to reach for Lenny Lemur, who has only a shovel to defend his heart and soul.

辞

辭

cí = c + Ø2

to resign / to dismiss / to decline / to take leave / ballad (archaic poetic genre) / variant of 詞|词[ci2]

辞 = 舌 + 辛 : The King of Chu (c) is offered some kimchi (辛) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but after having tasted it with his tongue (舌) he politely refuses (辞).

辞

辤

cí = c + Ø2

old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]

辞 = 舌 + 辛 : The King of Chu (c) is offered some kimchi (辛) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but after having tasted it with his tongue (舌) he politely refuses (辞).

刮

gua̅ = gu + a1

to scrape / to blow / to shave / to plunder / to extort

刮 = 刂 + 舌 : In front of the ashram (a1) a terrible wind is blowing (刮). Gitta Giraffe (gu) can only advance by cutting the wind with a kitchen knife (刂). The wind is so strong that Gitta's tongue (舌) is being pulled out of her mouth and getting longer and longer.

刮

颳

gua̅ = gu + a1

to blow (of the wind)

适

適

shì = sh + Ø4

to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue

适 = 舌 + 辶 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) got some new gladiator sandals (辶), but in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) he finds that they don't fit (适) his feet. He does notice however that they fit (适) quite nicely his tongue (舌) if he sticks it into one of the sandals.

适

kuò = ku + o4

see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]

适

適

shì = sh + Ø4

surname Shi

敌

敵

dí = di + Ø2

enemy / to be a match for / to rival / to resist / to withstand

敌 = 攵 + 舌 : Dorothy Gale (di) is fighting her enemy (敌), the Wicked Witch of the West, by attacking her with a sledgehammer (攵) while threatening her with her tongue (舌) stuck out just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2).

话

諙

huà = hu + a4

old variant of 話|话[hua4]

话 = 舌 + 讠 : Helga Horse can't talk at all right now, because her tongue is stuck on an advertisement column in the ashram's bathroom. In an ad on the advertising column, two people were discussing a depicted beautiful carrot; Helga thought it looked so tasty she had to lick it, and now her tongue is stuck.