括

kuò = ku + o4

to enclose / to include / also pr. [gua1]

括 = 扌 + 舌 : Karl Koala (ku) has a little bit of a situation in the observatory's bathroom (o4). The situation involves (括) a toy claw (扌) and his tongue (舌).

括 character breakdown

括
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 舌
  - 千
    - 丿
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 口

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.

舌

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

舌

shé = sh + e2

tongue

舌 = 千 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes squashed his tongue under a kilo just inside the elevator's kitchen! He tries to stem the kilo with a mandarin, but not very successfully.