to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)
抵
=
扌
+
氐
:
Hostile aliens want to invade the space station, but Dorothy Gale (di) resists (抵) by pressing (抵) with a toy claw (扌) against the space station's (Ø3) foundation (氐) which is about to break under the aliens' attacks.
减
=
冫
+
咸
:
Joan of Arc (ji) found that there's a giant popsicle (冫) obstructing the way to the bar inside of the anthill (an3). To clear the way, she reduces (减) the size of the popsicle by scattering salt (咸) all over it.