帖

tie̅ = ti + e1

fitting snugly / appropriate / suitable / variant of 貼|贴[tie1] / to paste / to obey

帖 = 占 + 巾 : Mother Teresa (ti) is fitting her towel (巾) into her yellow umbrella (占) in front of the elevator (e1) and she finds that it fits snugly (帖).

帖

tiě = ti + e3

invitation card / notice

帖 = 占 + 巾 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to invite everyone to her party in the elevator (e3), so she prepares invitation cards (帖) by weaving towels (巾) with depictions of yellow umbrellas (占) on them.

帖

tiè = ti + e4

rubbing from incised inscription

帖 character breakdown

帖
- 占
  - 卜
    - 丨
    - 丶
  - 口
  - ⺊
    - 一
    - 丨
- 巾
  - 丨
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

占

佔

zhàn = zh + an4

variant of 占[zhan4]

占

zha̅n = zh + an1

to observe / to divine

占

zhàn = zh + an4

to take possession of / to occupy / to take up

占 = ⺊ + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a yellow umbrella. James II of England occupies the anthill's bathroom (an4). He uses a pennant (⺊) stuck into a mandarin (口) to mark his territory, and stands there proudly with a yellow umbrella (占).

巾

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

巾 = 丨 + 冂 : Joan of Arc has smuggled a dinosaur bone out of the encampment. To hide it, she covered it in maps and towels.