困
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囗
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木
:
New mnemonic symbol to avoid confusion with 夗: sleeping pills.
Karl Koala (ku) prepared a nest made out of Christmas trees (木) stuffed into a plastic enclosure (囗) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). To make sure that he sleeps (困) really well he pops sleeping pills (困) before laying down in his nest.
苦
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艹
+
古
:
Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.