仪

yí = y + Ø2

apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony

仪 = 义 + 亻 : Justitia (义) prepared a new apparatus (仪), an electric balance, and asks Maud Younger (y) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) to help her test it just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Puzzled she finds that she is not able to weigh the two women in zero gravity.

仪 character breakdown

仪
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 义
  - 丶
  - 乂
    - 丿
    - ㇏

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

义

義

yì = y + Ø4

surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy

义

義

yì = y + Ø4

justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

义 = 丶 + 乂 : Mnemonic symbol: Justitia.

Justitia (义) and Maud Younger (y) want to fix the shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Just as Justitia is about to grab the shower head with her pliers (乂) she is blinded by a petal leaf (丶) floating about and instead grabs Maud's head with her pliers. This is Maud's just punishment as she broke the shower head in the first place.