to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span
跨
=
⻊
+
夸
:
Karl Koala (ku) found a strange quark (夸) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) and to not step on it with his cowboy boots (⻊) he steps across (跨) the strange quark.
to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate
扬
=
𠃓
+
扌
:
At the end of the day, Maud Younger (y) hoists (扬) a red lantern to show the visitors of the anglepod that the kitchen (ang2) is closed. Half the way up though the lantern gets stuck, so Maud Younger has to put on her Icarus' wings (𠃓), fly to the lantern and free it using a toy claw (扌).
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
州
=
丶
+
丷
+
川
:
Mnemonic symbol: the red cotton tree, as it is the official flower of 广州 (Guangzhou). A new river (川) formed spontaneously in front of the outhouse (ou1), and James II of England (zh) was barely able to climb on a red cotton tree (州). Other animals are happy about this development: a mean crocodile (丷) is floating on a petal leaf (丶) towards the red cotton tree.