疆

border / boundary

疆 = 土 + 弓 + 畺 : Joan of Arc (ji) is upgrading her wire mesh fence (畺) in front of the anglepod (ang1). She uses clay (土) to fix composite bows (弓) on top of the fence so that anyone who tries to cross the border (疆) can be actively attacked.

疆 character breakdown

疆
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 弓
- 畺
  - 三
    - 一
    - 二
      - 一
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

弓

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)

Mnemonic symbol: this character just looks like a composite bow.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is shooting arrows with a composite bow (弓) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

畺

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

old variant of 疆[jiang1]

畺 = 三 + 田 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: if you rotate the character by 90 degrees, it looks just like a wire mesh fence.

Joan of Arc (ji) planted two fields (田) of coordinate systems (三) in front of the anglepod (ang1). To protect her fields she puts a wire mesh fence (畺) around each of them.