Blob the Builder (建) and Joan of Arc (ji) want to construct (建) a Go (廴) field in the anthill's bathroom (an4), so they paint the field on the floor using decorator's brushes (聿).
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
筑
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Julian Giant Squid (zhu) constructed (筑) some tools just out of bamboo sticks (⺮) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The last thing he constructs for the day is a shed made out of bamboo sticks. He puts his tools inside and locks the shed with a padlock (巩).
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Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam. In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Gitta Giraffe (gu) is doing some hard work: She's stacking a capacitor (二) on a dinosaur bone (丨) on a capacitor (二). She's not very successful, but then she gets the idea to use steel beams (工) as support.
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Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).