丽

lí = li + Ø2

Korea

lì = li + Ø4

beautiful

丽 = 一 + 卩 + 丶 : This character looks like someone with a monobrow used too much Mascara.

丽 = 一 + 卩 + 丶 : Li Qingzhao and a baby seal are making each other beautiful in the space station's bathroom. Li Qingzhao helps the baby seal apply Mascara with a flute, while the baby seal paints Li Qingzhao's monobrow with a petal leaf.

丽 character breakdown

丽
- 一
- 丶
- 卩
  - 丨
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 卪
  - 丶
  - 卩
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

卩

jié = ji + e2

"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)

卩 = ㇆ + 丨 : The meaning is seal as in insignia, but instead I'm going to represent it as baby seal (the animal) in other characters. Joan of Arc (ji) is using a plow (㇆) to dig up baby seals (卩) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). As soon as they jump out of the ground she clubs them with a dinosaur bone (丨).

卪

jié = ji + e2

archaic variant of 節|节[jie2]: knot, node / joint / segment / link / ...

卪 = 卩 + 丶 : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to make the baby seals (卩) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) even cuter, so she fastens petal leaves (丶) to the ears of the seals using pretty knots (卪).

卪

one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system