to wake up / to be awake / to become aware / to sober up / to come to
醒
=
星
+
酉
:
A rooster (酉) is waking up (醒) Marie Curie (xi) in the engine ((e)ng3) just as the sun rises. Marie is very upset and throws a satellite (星) at the rooster to make him stop.
悟
=
吾
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忄
:
Willy Walrus (w) is idly playing with a flail (忄) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Suddenly he realizes (悟) that his flail will be much more effective if he attaches a mandarin colored pentagram (吾) to the flail's head.