古
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十
+
口
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Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.
Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地
=
也
+
土
:
Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
磁
=
兹
+
石
:
The King of Chu (c) broke open a mysterious, previously sealed rock (石) made of porcelain (磁) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The rock contained a magnet (磁) which as soon as the King of Chu picked up was so powerful as to attract a Nimitz class aircraft carrier (兹), crashing the hull of the space station.