它
=
匕
+
宀
:
it => i.t. => information technology => a computer. Tecumseh just finished his i.t. degree - he passed his final exam using his laptop in front of the ashram. He has no desk, so he uses a big ladle to balance his computer.
匕
=
丿
+
乚
:
Brunhilde plays a game inside the space station's living room (Ø3) using zero gravity: using a big ladle (mnemonic symbol for 匕) and a shovel (乚) as bats, she beats a banana (丿) back and forth.
宀
=
丶
+
冖
:
Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).
Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
蛇
=
它
+
虫
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating the death of a mosquito (虫) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He took a blood sample from the mosquito and analyzes it with his computer (它). It turns out that the mosquito stung the venomous snake (蛇) which is sleeping across the hall, and the venom killed the mosquito.