箜

ancient harp / cf 箜篌, Chinese harp

箜 character breakdown

箜
- 空
  - 工
    - 丨
    - 二
      - 一
  - 穴
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 宀
      - 丶
      - 冖
- 竹
  - 丨
  - 亅
  - 亇
    - 亅
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - ⺈
  - 𠂉
    - 一
    - 丿

empty / air / sky / in vain

空 = 工 + 穴 : Mnemonic symbol: an air conditioner

空 = 工 + 穴 : In front of the engine, Karl Koala found some very special cave paintings. Using steel beams he constructs a protective cover. He also installs air conditioning to make the best environment possible to preserve the cave paintings.

空

kòng = ku + (e)ng4

to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

竹

zhú = zhu + Ø2

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

竹 = 𠂉 + 丨 + 亅 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.