土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

土 character breakdown

土
- 一
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

Characters with 土 as component

堤

隄

di̅ = di + Ø1

variant of 堤[di1]

堤 = 土 + 是 : Dorothy Gale (di) is using the skulls (是) of her former enemies to build a dike (堤) around the space station (Ø1). To make the dike less daunting she adds a final layer of ordinary dirt (土).

堤

di̅ = di + Ø1

dike / Taiwan pr. [ti2]

增

ze̅ng = z + (e)ng1

to increase / to expand / to add

增 = 土 + 曾 : In front of the engine ((e)ng1) some fireflies (曾) are busy increasing (增) the height of the hill on which engine rests by piling up dirt (土) so that it counts as a mountain. Zorro (z) came to interview them but since they are so tiny they need to use an amplifier (增) so that Zorro can hear what they are saying.

增

ze̅ng = z + (e)ng1

(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to

肚

dǔ = du + Ø3

tripe

肚

dù = du + Ø4

belly

肚 = 土 + 月 : The moon (月) made tripe out of doggy dog (du) and now his belly (肚) hurts. He has to spend the rest of the day in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) pulling a heap of dirt (土) out of his belly.

在

zài = z + ai4

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

在 = 一 + 亻 + 土 : Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) exist (在) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Rosa is in the middle of balancing a flute (一) on her head and on a pile of clay (土). Zorro uses his rapier to inscribe "Z" into the flute, so as to mark that the pronunciation of "在" begins with "z".

堡

bǎo = b + ao3

an earthwork / castle / position of defense / stronghold / used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"

堡 = 保 + 土 : Beelzebub (b) created a new olace for his valuables. Inside of the aorta (ao3) he built a sand castle (堡). In the center of the castle (堡) there is a heap of clay (土) on which a safe (保) is resting.

堡

pù = pu + Ø4

variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / used in place names

走

zǒu = z + ou3

to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)

走 = 龰 + 土 : Mnemonic symbol: a Nordic walking pole. Zorro (z) is fighting Neanderthal Man (bottom of 龰) in the outhouse's living room (ou3). Neanderthal Man uses his pennant (top of 龰), and Zorro uses a Nordic walking pole (走). Zorro overcomes Neanderthal Man by using a dirty trick: he throws some dirt (土) at Neanderthal Mans face, who is blinded and hurts his foot with his pennant (the pennant pierces his foot: 龰). Just at this moment Zorro uses the opportunity to sedate Neanderthal Man and rams a syringe (龰) into his shoulder.

庄

zhua̅ng = zhu + ang1

variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]