留职

留

liú

职

職

zhí

to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job

Characters and words in 留职

留

㽞

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

留 = 卯 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.

Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.

留

liú = li + ou2

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

留

畱

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

职

職

zhí = zh + Ø2

office / duty

职 = 只 + 耳 : James II of England (zh) has to visit the governmental office (职) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) to ask about his taxes. There's a cuttlefish (只) on duty, and James literally has the cuttlefish's ear (耳).