挚

surname Zhi

sincere

挚 = 执 + 手 : James II of England (zh) is a sincere (挚) baseball fan and wants to take his hobby to the next level, so he gets a very expensive, officially licensed (执) baseball glove (手). The license (执) is still attached to the glove (手) as he tries it on for the first time in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

挚 character breakdown

挚
- 执
  - 丸
    - 丶
    - 九
      - 一
      - 丿
      - 乚
  - 扌
    - 亅
    - 二
      - 一
- 手

执

執

zhí = zh + Ø2

to execute (a plan) / to grasp

执 = 丸 + 扌 : Mnemonic symbol: 执照, "license". James II of England (zh) is being held up at the security check in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). They hold a bag of painkillers (丸) they found with a toy claw (扌) in front of him and they ask him to show his drug license (执).

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).