扛

to raise aloft with both hands / (of two or more people) to carry sth together

扛 = 工 + 扌 : Guy Fawkes (g) raises a steel beam (工) aloft with both hands (扛) using toy claws (扌) in front of the anglepod (ang1).

扛

káng = k + ang2

to carry on one's shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)

扛 = 工 + 扌 : 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).

扛

摃

ga̅ng = g + ang1

old variant of 扛[gang1]

扛 = 工 + 扌 : Guy Fawkes (g) raises a steel beam (工) aloft with both hands (扛) using toy claws (扌) in front of the anglepod (ang1).

扛 character breakdown

扛
- 工
  - 丨
  - 二
    - 一
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

工

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

工 = 二 + 丨 : 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.

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.