山
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丨
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凵
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Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
支
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十
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又
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Mnemonic symbol: a tree branch. James II of England (zh) has to repair the hull of the space station. His tool is a big cross (十) with one end cushioned with a boxing glove (又), which he is to use as a hammer. As he is floating in front of the space station (Ø1), the only tool to support him is a wooden branch (支) so that he won't float away.