联

to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet

联 = 关 + 耳 : Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).

联 character breakdown

联
- 耳
- 关
  - 丷
  - 天
    - 一
    - 大
      - 一
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

耳

ěr = Ø + Ø3

ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.

关

關

gua̅n = gu + an1

mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve

关 = 丷 + 天 : A mean crocodile (丷) is chasing Gitta Giraffe (gu) in front of the anthill (an1). It almost caught up, when an angel (天) appears and pushes its off button (mnemonic symbol for 关) to save Gitta Giraffe.

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联 character breakdown

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