棕

palm / palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) / brown

棕 = 宗 + 木 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) got a new blackboard (宗) delivered and receives it in front of the engine ((e)ng1). It is of fairly low quality: the two vertical beams are made from a Christmas tree (木) and a palm (棕) respectively. Also, the blackboard is not exactly black, but rather brown (棕).

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棕

椶

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

variant of 棕[zong1]

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棕 character breakdown

棕
- 宗
  - 宀
    - 丶
    - 冖
  - 示
    - 二
      - 一
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

宗

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs

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宗 = 宀 + 示 : Zapatista Zebra graduated from middle school and celebrates in front engine by crashing a blackboard, ripping the school's banner and trashing his graduation cap.

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木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

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木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

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