竈

zào = z + ao4

variant of 灶[zao4]

灶 = 土 + 火 : Zorro (z) sets up a new kitchen stove (灶) in the aorta (ao4) by building up a ring of dirt (土) and starting a fire (火) in the center.

竈 character breakdown

竈
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 穴
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 宀
    - 丶
    - 冖
- 黽

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

穴

xué = xu + e2

cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]

穴 = 八 + 宀 : Xu Xian presents his newest piece of art: Cave paintings painted on a gigantic eight-ball. Somehow he managed to set it up inside the elevators entrance. For his great artistic achievement, he gained a honorary doctor, and proudly wears his hard earned graduation cap.

黾

黽

měng = m + (e)ng3

toad

黾

黽

mǐn = mi + (e)n3

to strive

黾 = 口 + 电 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to charge (电) her phone in the encampment ((e)n3), but she finds that the charger (电) is already occupied by a toad (黾) which charges its mandarin (口). (Can you see the mandarin connected to the charger in the character 黾?)