to carry on one's shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
扛
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工
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扌
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Karl Mark (k) is carrying a steel beam (工) on his shoulder (扛) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) and balances the steel beam using a toy claw (扌).
工
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二
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丨
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Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam.
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.