down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
下
=
一
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卜
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Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.
Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
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.
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.