戈

ge̅ = g + e1

surname Ge

ge̅ = g + e1

dagger-axe / abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4] / (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]

戈 = 丿 + 弋 : Guy Fawkes (g) practises his archery skills in front of the elevator (e1). He uses a bow (弋) to shoot a spear (戈) right into a banana (丿).

戈 character breakdown

戈
- 丿
- 弋

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

弋

yì = y + Ø4

to shoot

Maud Younger (y) is practicing her shooting (弋) skills with a bow in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). 弋 just looks like a bow with an arrow, which is going to be shot to the left hand side. There's even a feather on the arrow at the right hand end.

Characters with 戈 as component

我

wǒ = w + o3

I; me; my

我 = 戈 + 手 : I (我) find Willy Walrus (w) lying motionless in the observatory's living room (o3), and there's a dagger-axe (戈) sticking right in his chest. I (我) try to pull it out while wearing a baseball glove (手).

或

huò = hu + o4

maybe / perhaps / might / possibly / or

或 = 一 + 口 + 戈 : In observatory's bathroom, Osvaldo Farrés plays his famous song "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) on a flute. Helga Horse listens and doesn't know whether she should maybe give him her mandarin as reward, or perhaps stab him with a spear.

划

劃

huà = hu + a4

to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character

划

huá = hu + a2

to row / to paddle / profitable / worth (the effort) / it pays (to do sth)

划 = 刂 + 戈 : Just inside the ashram's kitchen Helga Horse is paddling in a small boat through a deadly sea of kitchen knives and spears.

划

劃

huá = hu + a2

to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match)

划 = 刂 + 戈 : Just inside the ashram's kitchen Helga Horse is paddling in a small boat through a deadly sea of kitchen knives and spears.

戏

戲

xì = xi + Ø4

trick / drama / play / show / CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]

戏 = 又 + 戈 : Marie Curie (xi) recently joined a game (戏) show (戏) featuring American gladiators. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she is ready to knock off anyone with her spear (戈) which has a boxing glove (又) at its tip.

戏

戯

xì = xi + Ø4

variant of 戲|戏[xi4]

战

戰

zhàn = zh + an4

to fight / fight / war / battle

战 = 占 + 戈 : James II of England (zh) prepares to fight a war (战) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He has a spear (戈) as a weapon and a yellow umbrella (占) as shield, following his hero Leonidas.

伐

fá = f + a2

to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1]

伐 = 亻 + 戈 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is marching up and down in the ashram's kitchen (a2). Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is really annoyed and cuts him down (伐) with a spear (戈). Frankenstein's Monster gets up and attacks (伐) her in revenge.

成

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

surname Cheng

成 = 万 + 戈 : Charlie Chaplin is queuing at the engine's kitchen, which is blocked by a neuron until the progress bar above shows 100%. Unfortunately it has been stuck at 99% for two hours now. If it doesn't finish soon, Charlie will get completely mad and destroy the neuron himself with his spear.

成 = 万 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.

成

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

成 = 万 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.

戒

jiè = ji + e4

to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)

戒 = 戈 + 廾 : Joan of Arc (ji) asked to see the holy ring (戒) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). She is allowed to see it, but she has to wear handcuffs (廾) as precaution. Additionally, there is a guard equipped with a spear (戈) standing next to the ring.