not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
无
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一
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𠂇
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乚
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Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.
无
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一
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𠂇
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乚
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Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.
Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.
Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
毒
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龶
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母
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Sometimes even Gaia (母) is one of the bad guys. Just inside the entrance of the space station (Ø2) she gives a poisoned apple (毒) to Doggy Dog (du) wearing a fancy headdress (龶).
不
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丆
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卜
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Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
丈
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一
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乂
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Mnemonic symbol: ten feet are about 3 meters, so let's say Bigfoot. Nice side effect: that way it's easier to remember 丈夫 = husband (if your husband looks like Bigfoot). The ten feet tall Bigfoot (丈) just left the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), and he left something that looks like a big flute (一). James II of England (zh) needs to move it out of the way, but he'll touch it only with pliers (丈).
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
夫
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二
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人
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Mnemonic symbol: a construction worker
夫
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二
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人
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In front of the space station, Neanderthal Man and a construction worker are busy exchanging a broken capacitor. When Frieda Fox floats by they whistle at her because they think she's hot, but Frieda is just annoyed.