牛

ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome

牛 = 𠂉 + 十 : A bull has been locked to a big cross in the outhouse's kitchen, and Nefertiti has the key. She promises to free the bull if he pledges allegiance to her leadership.

牛 character breakdown

牛
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 𠂉
  - 一
  - 丿

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

𠂉

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂉 = 丿 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 𠂉 looks like a key.

Imagine a banana you can't open without putting a key into each of the holes of a flute which is painted on its peel.

Characters with 牛 as component

牵

牽

qia̅n = qi + an1

to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in

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 cooking top (冖).

牧

mù = mu + Ø4

surname Mu

牧

mù = mu + Ø4

to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old)

牧 = 牛 + 攵 : Malte Monkey (mu) is herding (牧) a bull (牛) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) by rapping and tapping (攵) him with a sledgehammer (攵).

解

xiè = xi + e4

acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)

解

xiè = xi + e4

surname Xie

解

jiě = ji + e3

to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection

解 = 刀 + 牛 + 角 : Mnemonic symbol: acetone, in which anything can be dissolved.

Inside of the elevator (e3) Joan of Arc (ji) is dissolving a horn (角). A moment ago she cut the horn from the bull's (牛) head using a cleaver (刀). The bull is still shocked as he sees Joan of Arc dissolve (解) his horn in acetone (解).

解

jiè = ji + e4

to transport under guard

先

xia̅n = xi + an1

early / prior / former / in advance / first

先 = ⺧ + 儿 : Mnemonic symbol: the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS.

In front of the anthill, Sun Wukong, the FLOTUS and Marie Curie dance around the golden calf. When it comes to be in favour of their gods, everyone of them wants to be first.

犀

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

rhinoceros / sharp

牟

mù = mu + Ø4

see 牟平[Mu4 ping2]

牟

móu = m + ou2

barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2]

牟

móu = m + ou2

surname Mou