国
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囗
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玉
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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.
际
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示
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阝
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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).
间
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日
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门
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Joan of Arc wants to try a new approach of solving earth's energy crisis. In front of the anthill she set up a changing cubicle and invites the sun to try it out. The sun doesn't know that the Joan of Arc installed a trap door inside of the changing cubicle and plans to exploit the sun as quasi inexhaustible energy source once she captured her.
组
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且
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纟
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Zapatista Zebra (zu) and the silk worm (纟) are starting a NGO (组) in the space station (Ø3). The NGO's goal is to distribute as many space friendly shelves (且) as possible. The shelves are radially symmetric and can be rotated so that the centrifugal force keeps the things in the shelf.
织
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只
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纟
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James II of England (zh) founded the international knitting (织) organization (织) in front of the space station (Ø1). Together with him a silk worm (纟) and a cuttlefish (只) are knitting (织) the world's longest scarf.