固

gù = gu + Ø4

hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly

固 = 古 + 囗 : Gitta Giraffe is building a hard and solid stronghold inside the bathroom's space station. The stronghold consists of a cloister inside a wooden box.

固 character breakdown

固
- 古
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 口
- 囗

古

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

古

gǔ = gu + Ø3

ancient / old / paleo-

古 = 十 + 口 : 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.

囗

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 固 as component

个

個

gè = g + e4

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

个 = 丨 + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man (人) needs to use the elevator's bathroom (e4) but it's occupied by Guy Fawkes (g), and there's only space for one individual (个). Impatiently Neanderthal Man knocks on the door using his dinosaur bone (丨).

个

箇

gè = g + e4

variant of 個|个[ge4]

个

個

gě = g + e3

used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]

锢

錮

gù = gu + Ø4

obstinate disease / to restrain / to stop