few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
少
=
丿
+
小
:
Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face.
There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.
to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
突
=
犬
+
穴
:
Tommy Turtle (tu) is painting cave paintings (穴) onto the saint bernard dog (犬) while he is sleeping in front of the space station (Ø1), but suddenly (突) the saint bernard dog wakes up and dashes (突) at Tommy Turtle after he quickly finds out what Tommy did to him.
胶
=
交
+
月
:
The moon (月) fell down from the heavens and lies shattered in front of the aorta (ao1). Joan of Arc (ji) and Linus Pauling (交) join forces to fix it with a lot of glue (胶).
character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
质
=
⺁
+
十
+
贝
:
James II of England (zh) captured a crab (贝) and keeps it as a hostage (质) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4). James II of England wants to find out more about the nature (质) of the banana tree (⺁), so all the crab gets to eat is the banana trees. Secretly the crab set up a small cross (十) to which it prays everyday for its release.