独生子女

独

獨

dú

生

she̅ng

子

zǐ

女

nǚ

an only child

Characters and words in 独生子女

独

獨

dú = du + Ø2

alone / independent / single / sole / only

独 = 犭 + 虫 : Everyone has left the space station, only the animals are left: Doggy Dog (du), the dachshund (犭) and the mosquito (虫). They have noone who throws them a stick or exposes their bare body parts to bite. All alone (独), they wait in the space station's entrance (Ø2).

独

獨

dú

生

she̅ng

only (child) / to be the sole survivor

生

she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

生 = 牛 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

独

獨

dú

生

she̅ng

子

zǐ

only son

生

she̅ng

子

zǐ

to give birth to a child or children

子

zǐ = z + Ø3

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

子 = 了 + 一 : Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.

子

zi = z + Ø5

(noun suffix)

子

zǐ

女

nǚ

children / sons and daughters

女

nǚ = nü + Ø3

female / woman / daughter

I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.