to exist / to deposit / to store / to keep / to survive
存
=
一
+
仔
:
Mnemonic symbol: a floppy disc. Kitty Cat (cu) wants to protest against the law that women have to wear skirts, so wearing jeans (仔) she dances and plays a flute (一) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and records her demonstration on a floppy disc (存) to upload it later to her livejournal.
取
=
又
+
耳
:
Mnemonic symbol when used as component in other characters: a bloody ear.
When Mike Tyson was fighting against Evander Holyfield, he did not only beat Evander's ear (耳) with his boxing glove (又). Imagine this fight in the space station (Ø3) with cupid (qu) as referee fetching (取) a bloody ear flying through the space station.