国
=
囗
+
玉
:
Mnemonic symbol: a nation's flag. Let's say the Chinese flag.
In the observatory's kitchen (o2) Gitta Giraffe (gu) is practising her ballet performance. She got a whole crate (囗) full of jade bracelets (玉) and flags (国) and fixed one flag to each jade bracelet. This makes a perfect combination for throwing the ring with the flag waving behind it and catching the ring again after a few pirouettes.
border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances)
际
=
示
+
阝
:
Joan of Arc (ji) and the pope (阝) have an international (际) meeting in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). They decide on the border through the bathroom and mark their territories using standards (示).
互
=
一
+
彑
:
Helga Horse (hu) is freezing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She rubs her two front hooves mutually (互) against each other to warm up a little. Even her wet snout (彑) is frozen: she cannot play the flute (一) anymore.
to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet
联
=
关
+
耳
:
Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).
网
=
冂
+
乂
:
Willy Walrus (w) followed a secret treasure map (冂) he found inside of the anglepod (ang3). Finally he arrived at his destination and sees a net (网) of vines. He brought two pairs of pliers (乂) with which he forces the net open to obtain the treasure.
net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body
络
=
各
+
纟
:
Lenny Lemur (lu) seeks to improve his WiFi (络) signal in the observatory's bathroom (o4). He uses a silk worm (纟) as antenna, but he still has only one star (各) reception.
Words with 国际互联网络
国际互联网络
is not used as a component in another word.