煤焦油

煤 = 某 + 火 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is looking for some food in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) when a fire (火) breaks out at the coal (煤) store and blocks the way down. To stay calm Mahatma Gandhi grabs a ukulele and plays "somewhere over the rainbow" (某).

焦 = 灬 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a magnifier, with which the sun rays can be bundled into its focus and something can be burnt.

Joan of Arc (ji) caught a sparrow (隹) in front of the aorta (ao1) and put it on a grill (灬). Using a magnifier (焦), she is trying to start the grill.

焦 = 灬 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a magnifier, with which the sun rays can be bundled into its focus and something can be burnt.

Joan of Arc (ji) caught a sparrow (隹) in front of the aorta (ao1) and put it on a grill (灬). Using a magnifier (焦), she is trying to start the grill.

油 = 氵 + 由 : Maud Younger (y) is creating art in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is painting a picture using oil (油) paint and occasionally using water color stored in a water bottle (氵). She is nipping a cuba libre (由) and from time to time even using her drink as color for her picture.