籍

jí = ji + Ø2

surname Ji

jí = ji + Ø2

book or record / registry / roll / place of one's family or ancestral records / membership

籍 = ⺮ + 耤 : Joan of Arc (ji) just arrived at the space station and has to register (籍) in the kitchen (Ø2). Her duty on the space station will be to plow a field (耤) using a bamboo stick (⺮).

籍 character breakdown

籍
- ⺮
- 竹
  - 丨
  - 亅
  - 亇
    - 亅
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - ⺈
  - 𠂉
    - 一
    - 丿
- 耤
  - 昔
    - 井
      - 丨
      - 丿
      - 二
        
        一
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗
  - 耒
    - 丰
      - 三
        
        一
        
        二
        
        一
      - 丨
    - 丿
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 未
      - 一
      - 木
        
        八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
        
        十
        
        一
        
        丨

⺮

zhú = zhu + Ø2

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).

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.

耤

jí = ji + Ø2

plow / a field plowed by the emperor

耤 = 耒 + 昔 : Mnemonic symbol: a plowed field. Joan of Arc (ji) is planting milk shakes (昔) in a plowed field (耤) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) after she plowed the field with a snow plow (耒).

耤

jí = ji + Ø2

plow