to keep / to contain / to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)
含
=
今
+
口
:
Hamlet (h) caught a cold and in order to cure it, he follows a very strict medicine plan. He put up a rip-off calendar (今) in the anthill's kitchen which shows when he has to put a cough drop (mnemonic symbol for 含) in his mouth (口) to suck (含). The calendar always shows the right date: today (今). Hamlet made the cough drops himself out of mandarins (口).
to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas)
蓄
=
艹
+
畜
:
Xu Xian (xu) is storing up (蓄) herds of cows (畜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Each herd is living on a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) and when he gets a new herd, he just adds another layer on top.