Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : 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

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.
ten / 10

= + : 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

to arrive / most / to / until

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: one of these conveyor belts from which you pick up your suitcase when you arrived at an airport. James II of England (zh) finally got the package he was waiting for! He picks it up from the arrivals (至) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). In it is a flute (一), which he sticks into his nose (厶). He blows his nose, and boy, does a lot of clay (土) come out! He's glad to have a free nose again.
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: The "nose" part (厶) can be seen as an arm, which goes through "earth" (土), and this reminds me of some protesters who lock themselves (or their arms, to be specific) to concrete barrels. Cupids dirt capsule could also be a concrete barrel. So in other characters, I'm going to represent 去 by a concrete barrel.

Cupid (qu) is trying to send himself to earth. In the bathroom of the space station (Ø4), he has prepared a capsule made of dirt (土). He's wearing his lucky fake nose (厶) when entering the capsule.
platform / rostrum / altar

= + : Tecumseh (t) set up an altar (坛) made of clay (土) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) to be used as a forum (坛). He prepared his entrance very well: before stepping out to the crowd he dispenses clouds (云) from an earthen jar (坛) so that it appears that he is stepping out of nowhere.
earthen jar

= + : Tecumseh (t) set up an altar (坛) made of clay (土) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) to be used as a forum (坛). He prepared his entrance very well: before stepping out to the crowd he dispenses clouds (云) from an earthen jar (坛) so that it appears that he is stepping out of nowhere.
to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a hula hoop. James II of England (zh) performs in front of the outhouse (ou1): he swings a hula hoop (周), juggles three mandarins (口) and balances a small heap of dirt (土) on his head. He cheated a little bit though, because he stapled the heap of dirt to his wig with a stapler (⺆).
surname Zhou / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
week / weekly / variant of 周[zhou1]
dam / dike / embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]

= + : The crab (贝) wants to use the ashram's bathroom (a4), but Beelzebub (b) built a dike (坝) made out of dirt (土) and the crab is unable to overcome the dike.
dam / dike; embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]
holy / sacred / saint / sage

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Father Christmas, 圣诞老人.

Sherlock Holmes is about to lose against Santa Claus in a boxing match in the engine's bathroom when he uses a dirty trick: lying on the floor he grabs some dirt and throws it into Santa Claus's face, thereby blinding him. Sherlock uses the opportunity to land a critical blow onto Santa Claus's big belly, but Santa doesn't even notice.
to dig
old variant of 聖|圣[sheng4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Father Christmas, 圣诞老人.

Sherlock Holmes is about to lose against Santa Claus in a boxing match in the engine's bathroom when he uses a dirty trick: lying on the floor he grabs some dirt and throws it into Santa Claus's face, thereby blinding him. Sherlock uses the opportunity to land a critical blow onto Santa Claus's big belly, but Santa doesn't even notice.
ridge between fields / row of crops / grave mound

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) is dead and the dragon (龙) prepares to bury him. He puts him in the center of the engine ((e)ng3) and lines up several rows of crop (垄) next to him. Then the dragon piles up dirt (土) until a sizable grave mound (垄) accumulated. Finally the dragon builds a circular ridge (垄) to separate the grave from the surrounding fields.
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture

= + : Tecumseh (t) is queuing at the canteen (堂) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He sees how the Buddhist monk (尚) in front of him just gets a pile of earth (土) and is suddenly afraid of the food he will get.

Words with 土

to bury / buried / interred
Sino-Turkish
aridisol (soil taxonomy)
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
Huzhu Tuzu Autonomous County in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai
anthrosol (soil taxonomy)
buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
mortar / concrete / cement
(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place / not acclimatized

Sentences with 土

xiǎo
shén
shì
běn
yuán
tǔ
di
 
 
lái
zhè
r
cì
hòu
dà
shèng