car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
车
=
七
+
十
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) is parading in a cabriolet (mnemonic symbol for 车) in front of the elevator (e1), because he wants to establish his new cult. Like all successful leaders, he takes the carrot-and-stick approach: In one hand he's waving with a seven-branched laser sword (七), in the other one he's waving with a cross (十).
to record in writing / to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc) / Taiwan pr. [zai4] / year
载
=
𢦏
+
车
:
Zorro (z) carried the remains of his cabriolet (车) into the airplane (ai3). In a diary, he records in writing (载) all the wounds he had to sew (𢦏) and the remaining pieces of his crashed cabriolet.
to carry / to convey / to load / to hold / to fill up / and / also / as well as / simultaneously
载
=
𢦏
+
车
:
Zorro (z) crashed his cabriolet (车) right into the airplane's bathroom (ai4). He got some cuts during the accident, but he already sewed (𢦏) them. Now he is busy carrying (载) the remains of his car out of the room.
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
斗
=
⺀
+
十
:
Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 (dou4 niu2 shi4) is a matador, who will represent 斗 when used as component.
The matador (斗) and Don Quixote (d) are fighting (斗) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) about who may use the bathroom next. The matador yields a holy cross (十) as a weapon, while Don Quixote (d) wisely chose a blossom (⺀) to cushion the crosses' blows.
量
=
旦
+
里
:
Li Qingzhao uses a measuring cup for a recipe in the anglepod's kitchen. Unfortunately she made a terrible mistake: instead of measuring cups of sunflowers, she throws sunflowers and cups together into a measuring cup.