pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist
泽
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氵
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又
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二
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丨
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Zorro (z) dropped a whole case of water bottles (氵) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) and they all break. He notices how the water forms a small pond (泽) which heats up in the summer's heat, making the air humid (泽). He first marks the danger zone by ramming dinosaur bones (丨) in the ground and sticking red boxing gloves (又) on top of them. Additionally he connects all these poles with wire and capacitors (二) to make an electric fence. He then starts to enjoy his very private hot spring by floating in the pond.
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
州
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丶
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丷
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川
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Mnemonic symbol: the red cotton tree, as it is the official flower of 广州 (Guangzhou). A new river (川) formed spontaneously in front of the outhouse (ou1), and James II of England (zh) was barely able to climb on a red cotton tree (州). Other animals are happy about this development: a mean crocodile (丷) is floating on a petal leaf (丶) towards the red cotton tree.
县
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且
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厶
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Marie Curie (xi) and the county manager of her home county are manufacturing maps of her home county (县) inside of the anthill's bathroom (an4). The county has a very special form which you can reproduce by smashing a fake nose (厶) with a shelf (且).