貞

chaste

贞 = ⺊ + 贝 : Mnemonic symbol: a girdle of chastity. James II of England (zh) wants to get rid of his girdle of chastity (贞). In front of the encampment ((e)n1) he asks the crab (贝) to destroy the girdle, but the crab waves with a pennant (⺊) instead to alarm the royal guard.

貞 character breakdown

貞
- 卜
  - 丨
  - 丶
- 貝
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 目
    - 二
      - 一
    - 囗

卜

bǔ = bu + Ø3

(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose

卜 = 丨 + 丶 : Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.

Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.

卜

蔔

bo = b + o5

see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]

贝

貝

bèi = b + ei4

cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

贝 = ⺆ + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

Characters with 貞 as component

侦

偵

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

to scout / to spy / to detect

侦 = 亻 + 贞 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is detecting (侦) a crime in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She only has to do very little detective (侦) work to find out that the James II of England (zh) broke the law by removing his chastity belt (贞).

侦

遉

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

old variant of 偵|侦[zhen1]

祯

禎

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

auspicious / lucky

桢

楨

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

evergreen shrub