士

shì = sh + Ø4

member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker

士 = 十 + 一 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is meeting the bachelor (士) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). Sherlock Holmes is playing a flute (一) for him, and the bachelor is wearing a huge cross (十) around his neck.

士 character breakdown

士
- 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 士 as component

寿

壽

shòu = sh + ou4

long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary / a surname

寿 = 丰 + 寸 : Mnemonic symbol: 寿桃包, a longevity peach bun.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).

吉

jí = ji + Ø2

lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9) / surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

吉 = 口 + 士 : Mnemonic symbol: "Giga" apparently stems from a Greek word for "giant", so I'll represent 吉 by a giant.

The giant (吉) just entered the space station's kitchen (Ø2) and is very hungry. In each hand he holds Joan of Arc (ji) and the bachelor (士) captive and robs them for their mandarins (口) which he longs for.

志

zhì = zh + Ø4

aspiration / ambition / the will

志

誌

zhì = zh + Ø4

sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote

志 = 士 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a sticky note. James II of England (zh) writes down his poems on sticky notes (志) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). As he reads them to the bachelor (士), the bachelor is really moved by James II of England's ambitions (志) and wants to give James II of England his heart (心).

壮

壯

zhuàng = zhu + ang4

Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group

壮 = 丬 + 士 : Mnemonic symbol from 壮士, "hero" or "warrior (in armor)".

壮 = 丬 + 士 : The bachelor his held captive by Julian Giant Squid in the anglepod's bathroom! Fortunately the fighter hero already arrived, blinds Julian Giant Squid with sawdust and rescues his love, the bachelor.

壮

壯

zhuàng = zhu + ang4

to strengthen / strong / robust

壮 = 丬 + 士 : Mnemonic symbol from 壮士, "hero" or "warrior (in armor)".

款

kuǎn = ku + an3

section / paragraph / funds / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] / classifier for versions or models (of a product)

款 = 士 + 欠 + 示 : Karl Koala (ku) took the bachelor (士) out for dinner to the anthill (an3), but yet again he didn't bring enough money so he wants to give the bachelor an IOU note (欠) once more. The bachelor then pulls out a guideon (示) showing that he's a member of some special force, and that Karl Koala, because of his greed, will have to pay a fine (款).

壳

殼

qiào = qi + ao4

shell / carapace / crust (earth's crust etc) / also pr. [ke2]

壳 = 冗 + 士 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is dating the bachelor (士) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). The bachelor tries to impress the Queen of Hearts and inhaled a lot of helium (冗), but instead of sounding funny he is just squealing so much that the Queen of Hearts hides under her carapace (壳).

卖

賣

mài = m + ai4

to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt

卖 = 十 + ㇖ + 头 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to get rid of his worldly possessions and sets up a flea market in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). He displays a cross (十), a sickle (㇖) and a skull (头) which he wants to sell (卖), so he attached price tags to all of them.

声

聲

she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1

sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds

声 = 士 + 尸 + 丨 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) hears the terrifying sound (声) of bone (丨) on stone in front of the engine ((e)ng1), and he's sure that there must be a ghost (尸). Indeed it's only the bachelor (士) who wants to scare Sherlock.

龶

component in Chinese characters, occurring in 青, 毒, 素 etc / see also 青字頭|青字头[qing1 zi4 tou2]

龶 = 士 + 土 : Looks like a fancy headdress. The bachelor wears a really heavy headdress. He doesn't know it's full of mud.

壬

rén = r + (e)n2

ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona

壬 = 丿 + 士 : Symbol: a cat o' nine tails. Robinson Crusoe wants to propose to the bachelor just inside the encampment's kitchen. To Robinson's despair, just as he presents his banana, a cat o' nine tails jumps between the two and eats the banana.

壶

壺

hú = hu + Ø2

pot / classifier for bottled liquid

壶 = 士 + 冖 + 业 : The bachelor (士) invited Helga Horse (hu) to come over for dinner just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Everything is perfect until he pours Helga wine from a wine pot (壶) and a bullfrog (业) jumps out of the wine. The bachelor is so embarrassed and angry that he sends the bullfrog flying through the space station by beating it with a cooking top (冖).