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作 = 亻 + 乍 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Zapatista Zebra (zu) engage in (作) high-fiveing in the observatory's bathroom (o4) because they're growing so awesome Mohawk (乍) haircuts.

Mnemonic symbol: a Mohawk haircut. It fits the hair "to stand on end" and the character itself looks like a left facing head with a Mohawk haircut.

James II of England (zh) tries out a Mohawk haircut (乍) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

旁 = 六 + 冖 + 方 : Mnemonic symbol: bourbon, 波旁 (bo1 pang2).

The beast (六) is nominated for a challenge by Pinocchio (p) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). Pinocchio asks the beast to fit a saucepan lid (冖) into a square (方). If he succeeds, he'll get a bottle of bourbon (旁) that Pinocchio keeps at his side (旁), so the beast is jumping on the saucepan lid madly trying to push it through the square.

觉 = 小 + 冖 + 见 : Lately Zeus has been acting strange when he entered the elevator, so there have been a lot of surveillance cameras put up to observe him. Zeus thinks that they are ugly and decorates them with daisies. He also feels that the cameras are emitting radiation to read his mind, so he put up a saucepan lid as hat to protect his brain from the radiation.

探 = 扌 + 冖 + 八 + 木 : Tecumseh (t) lost an eight-ball (八) during the last billiard game and goes scouting (探) to find it. Eventually he arrives at the anthill's bathroom (an4) and looks under a big Christmas tree (木). He lifts a saucepan lid (冖) with a toy claw (扌) and finally finds the eight-ball under it.

滞 = 氵 + 卅 + 冖 + 巾 : James II of England (zh) has stacked thirty (卅) saucepan lids (冖) as a pyramid on top of a towel (巾) on the floor of the space station bathroom (Ø4), and sluggishly (滞) pulls the towel with a belt (带). He soaks the towel in water from a bottle of water (氵) to make it slide more easily.

⺳ = 冖 + 八 : As a variant of the "net" radical, let's say the mnemonic symbol for this one is a butterfly net. Imagine a butterfly net catching eight-balls and prevent the eight-balls from escaping by putting a saucepan lid on the ring of the net.

蒙 = 艹 + 冖 + 一 + 豕 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is leading a swine (豕) through the mist (蒙) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) by playing the flute (一) for her. He wants to pickle her with artificial lawn (艹) and already lifted the saucepan lid (冖) of his kettle.

冠 = 冖 + 元 + 寸 : After a long day of work Gitta Giraffe (gu) empties her hat (冠) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), puts the coins (元) in her pocket and puts the hat on (冠). She tosses the saucepan lid (冖) in a corner and gives herself the thumbs up (寸).

壶 = 士 + 冖 + 业 : The bachelor (士) invited Helga Horse (hu) to come over for dinner just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Everything is perfect until he pours Helga wine from a wine pot (壶) and a bullfrog (业) jumps out of the wine. The bachelor is so embarrassed and angry that he sends the bullfrog flying through the space station by beating it with a saucepan lid (冖).

冠 = 冖 + 元 + 寸 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is busking in front of the anthill (an1). She has a hat (冠) lying in front of her, but the hat is protected by a saucepan lid (冖). Many passersby give her the thumbs up (寸) or put some coins (元) into her hat.

冘 = 儿 + 冖 : Mnemonic symbol: a treadmill.

Maud Younger (y) and Sun Wukong (儿) are exercising together in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). They are running on treadmills (冘) and using saucepan lids (冖) to fan themselves some air.

晕 = 军 + 日 : The sun (日) was driving Yu the Great (yu) around in its cabriolet (军) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), but Yu the Great got car sick (晕) and almost had to puke if it weren't for the sun pressing a saucepan lid (军) against her mouth.

孛 = 十 + 冖 + 子 : Beelzebub (b) wants to fry an egg (子) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). He breaks the egg onto a saucepan lid (冖) and to fry it, he summons a comet (孛) using a cross (十) he holds the other way around. The comet causes a fire on which Beelzebub fries the egg.

荣 = 艹 + 冖 + 木 : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) is striving for honor and glory (荣) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) by participating in a cooking contest. She knows she'll win because she is just about to prepare her special recipe. She already put a Christmas tree (木) in her cooking pot and is just about to lift the saucepan lid (冖) to add some artificial lawn (艹) to her soup.

牵 = 大 + 冖 + 牛 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) likes surfing, but there is no water in front of the anthill (an1). She doesn't care though, she just has the robot (大) and the bull (牛) pull her on a tether (牵) while she is surfing on a saucepan lid (冖).

荣 = 艹 + 冖 + 木 : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) is striving for honor and glory (荣) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) by participating in a cooking contest. She knows she'll win because she is just about to prepare her special recipe. She already put a Christmas tree (木) in her cooking pot and is just about to lift the saucepan lid (冖) to add some artificial lawn (艹) to her soup.

侵 = 亻 + 彐 + 冖 + 又 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the Queen of Hearts (qi) plan to invade (侵) the encampment. In front of the encampment ((e)n1) they are equipping themselves with their makeshift weapons: They are both using boxing gloves (又), Rosa has a saucepan lid on her head (冖), and the Queen of Hearts uses a fake pig snout (彐) to protect her face.

营 = 艹 + 冖 + 吕 : Maud Younger (y) built a camp (营) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She is sitting on a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) with a saucepan lid (冖) serving as her roof, and playing idly on her pitch pipe (吕).

尝 = ⺌ + 冖 + 云 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is cooking some aloe vera (⺌) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). As he lifts the saucepan lid (冖) to try (尝) the aloe, a cloud (云) of steam fills the area, making everything smell like aloe.

尝 = ⺌ + 冖 + 云 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is cooking some aloe vera (⺌) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). As he lifts the saucepan lid (冖) to try (尝) the aloe, a cloud (云) of steam fills the area, making everything smell like aloe.

尝 = ⺌ + 冖 + 云 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is cooking some aloe vera (⺌) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). As he lifts the saucepan lid (冖) to try (尝) the aloe, a cloud (云) of steam fills the area, making everything smell like aloe.

写 = 冖 + 与 : Xi Shi finds the sleepy black horse (与) sleeping during a party in the elevator (e3). As it is the custom, she writes (与) on the sleepy black horse's body with a white felt-tip pen. She also decorates his head with a saucepan lid (冖).

农 = 冖 + 𧘇 : Nelson Newt (nu) started a monoculture (农) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He set up melon plants on top of the stones, and the melons are hanging down to the sides. Just above the melons he set up saucepan lids (冖) to provide some shade. To water his plants, he has to climb up a step ladder (𧘇).

农 = 冖 + 𧘇 : Nelson Newt (nu) started a monoculture (农) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He set up melon plants on top of the stones, and the melons are hanging down to the sides. Just above the melons he set up saucepan lids (冖) to provide some shade. To water his plants, he has to climb up a step ladder (𧘇).

深 = 氵 + 冖 + 八 + 木 : In front of the encampment ((e)n1) an eight ball (八) has been fixed to the top of a Christmas tree (木), and on top of the eight ball a saucepan lid is balanced carefully so that it doesn't topple over. On the saucepan lid a lot of water bottles (氵) are standing so that everything is perfectly balanced. As Sherlock Holmes (sh) comes along he finds that this construction is very interesting, and he makes a profound (深) mistake with a deep (深) impact: as he takes down only one of the bottles the whole thing collapses and all the other bottles break as they fall on the ground. Soon, Sherlock Holmes is in deep (深) trouble as the water from the water bottles gets deeper and deeper (深).

农 = 冖 + 𧘇 : Nelson Newt (nu) started a monoculture (农) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He set up melon plants on top of the stones, and the melons are hanging down to the sides. Just above the melons he set up saucepan lids (冖) to provide some shade. To water his plants, he has to climb up a step ladder (𧘇).

索 = 十 + 冖 + 糸 : Somebody destroyed Susan Spider's (su) web in the observatory's living room (o3) and as a revenge she put all the observatory's food in a container, put a saucepan lid on it (冖) and then sealed it with a silken scarf (糸). Then she attached a cross (十) to be used as hook and hang the package right under the ceiling using a large rope (索). Everyone is sorry and asks (索) her to give the food back, but she is still quite angry.

劳 = 艹 + 冖 + 力 : Mnemonic symbol: a very hardworking laborer from the 劳动人民.

A laborer worked very hard to outfit the aorta's kitchen with artificial lawn and an electrically movable sunshade made from a saucepan lid. As he finishes he is overjoyed to play with the sunshade, having it move up and down, to and fro in crazy ways. As Lancelot enters, Lancelot pushes the off button and gives the laborer an upset look, asking without using words what nonsense he's doing.

毫 = 亠 + 口 + 冖 + 毛 : Hamlet (h) is drawing a painting just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He put on an beret (亠) to look like a real painter, and he uses a saucepan lid (冖) as canvas for his painting. With a big hairy (毛) brush (毫) He is painting a hairy (毛) mandarin (口) in the saucepan lid (冖).

帝 = 立 + 冖 + 巾 : Mnemonic symbol: the great emperor Caesar.

Caesar prepared to sauna in the space station's bathroom, and he has his towel already around his neck when he prepares a new aufguss. Just as he wants to lift the vase, the saucepan lid on top of it lifts itself as Dorothy Gale looks out, laughing at Caesar.

带 = 卅 + 冖 + 巾 : Don Quixote purchased thirty saucepan lids in the airplane's bathroom to build new armor out of them. Now the question is: how does he get them home? Finally he has a good idea: He spreads out a towel on the floor, stacks the thirty saucepan lids as a pyramid and pulls the towel with a belt. It works! This way he can bring them back to his place.

觉 = 小 + 冖 + 见 : There have been reports of illegal sleepovers in Angkor Wat's bathroom, so Joan of Arc wants to get to the bottom of it. She plans to film the intruders with a surveillance camera, but at the same time she may not be discovered, so she hides under a saucepan lid which is in turn covered up with daisies. However her attempt at filming the sleepovers fail: as the night comes, she falls asleep herself in her hideout.

受 = 爫 + 冖 + 又 : Sherlock Holmes lost a boxing fight in the outhouse, and he's lying on a stretcher in the bathroom now. He still has his boxing gloves on. He got beaten so badly that is opponent was even able to shave his head with an electric razor. Nobody had a cover at hand, so he's just provisionally covered with a saucepan lid.

常 = 小 + 冖 + 吊 : Charlie Chaplin is fighting his way through anglepod's underbrush with a coat hanger. The anglepod has not been visited in a hundred years, and with his coat hanger, Charlie Chaplin has to cut down a lot of daisies. Finally he found what he was looking for: the centennial light, protected from the daisies and the rain by a saucepan lid.

学 = 小 + 冖 + 子 : Xu Xian wants to study scienceology and learn more about daisies. Just inside the elevator's kitchen, he put some daisies into a prize cup and covered them with a saucepan lid. He wants to study the growth rate of the daisies depending on the pH of the water in the prize cup.

亮 = 亠 + 口 + 冖 + 几 : Li Qingzhao polishes her new sculpture in the anglepod's bathroom shortly before it is to be presented. Her sculpture consists of a table, a saucepan lid, a mandarin and a beret which are assembled to a large tower. She uses a lot of polish to make it shine as much as possible.

亭 = 亠 + 口 + 冖 + 丁 : Mother Teresa is sitting in a kiosk just inside the engine's kitchen. All she has for sale is a beret, a mandarin, a saucepan lid and a nail.

荧 = 艹 + 冖 + 火 : Maud Younger (y) has been cooking a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) on a saucepan lid (冖) over a fire (火) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and after she ate her dinner she started to fluoresce (荧).

冗 = 冖 + 几 : Rachel Rhinoceros is looking at some liquid helium, stored in a saucepan lid on a table inside of the engine. Because it's superfluous, it creeps along the saucepan lid and flows out of it.

冗 = 冖 + 几 : Rachel Rhinoceros is looking at some liquid helium, stored in a saucepan lid on a table inside of the engine. Because it's superfluous, it creeps along the saucepan lid and flows out of it.

叠 = 冝 + 叒 : Dorothy Gale (di) finds the shelves (冝) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) are a complete mess. First she completely empties the shelves, piling up a heap of boxing gloves (叒) and another heap of saucepan lids (冝). Then she proceeds to neatly layer (叠) the boxing gloves and saucepan lids back into the shelves.

冤 = 冖 + 兔 : Yu the Great (yu) is falsely accused (冤) by the rabbit (兔) to have beaten him over the head with a saucepan lid (冖) in front of the anthill (an1), but she didn't do anything.

浸 = 氵 + 彐 + 冖 + 又 : Joan of Arc (ji) has an urge to eat pig snouts (彐) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). She puts a saucepan lid (冖) upside down on the floor, puts the pig snout inside and fills the improvised bowl with bottled water (氵) to soak (浸) the pig snout. To make it tender she also beats it wearing a boxing glove (又).

冤 = 冖 + 兔 : Yu the Great (yu) is falsely accused (冤) by the rabbit (兔) to have beaten him over the head with a saucepan lid (冖) in front of the anthill (an1), but she didn't do anything.

军 = 冖 + 车 : As a component in other characters: a general.

Zeus is driving a car in front of the restaurant. It's a cabriolet, so he uses a saucepan lid to protect himself from the weather. With the saucepan lid on his head, he looks kinda like a weird general.

党 = ⺌ + 冖 + 兄 : Apollo (兄) is trying to convince Don Quixote (d) to join the party (党) in the anglepod (ang3). To make the people come to his info booth he prepared aloe vera (⺌) snacks on a saucepan lid (冖).

疐 = 十 + 冖 + 田 + 疋 : In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), James II of England is wading through a field (田) of crosses (十) wearing gum boots (疋). Soon he looses balance and crashes into a pile of saucepan lids (冖), having the crosses fall on him as well. It is such a mess that the James II of England lies prostrate (疐) barely able to move before he is able to free himself only after a long time and a huge effort.

党 = ⺌ + 冖 + 兄 : Apollo (兄) is trying to convince Don Quixote (d) to join the party (党) in the anglepod (ang3). To make the people come to his info booth he prepared aloe vera (⺌) snacks on a saucepan lid (冖).

P is for Pinocchio.

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.

六 = 亠 + 八 : 666 is the number of the Beast, so I'll represent 六 in other character's mnemonics as the Beast.

The Beast (六) captured Li Qingzhao (li) in a big beret (亠) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) but as he wants to escape he trips on six eightballs (八) and drops the beret.

杯 = 不 + 木 : Beelzebub (b) won a trophy cup (杯) for his amazing Christmas tree (木). Actually, it was forbidden to log trees in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1); but Beelzebub didn't care and took the tree anyway. He even took the forbidden sign (不) as well, and as he receives his trophy cup he uses the forbidden sign as a tablet to put the trophy cup on.

B is for Beelzebub.

In front of the Eiffel Tower.

In the Eiffel Tower's kitchen.

In the Eiffel Tower's living room.

In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom.

On the Eiffel Tower's roof.