捐

to contribute / to donate / contribution / tax / to abandon

捐 = 扌 + 肙 : Zeus (ju) decides that someone should offer a donation (捐) to him after all, and he also decides that he can just do it himself. Because he's so cheap he just wants to donate a small worm (肙) and because he doesn't want to touch it, he brings it out in front of the anthill (an1) using a toy claw (扌).

捐

jua̅n = ju + an1

to relinquish; to abandon / to contribute; to donate / (bound form) tax; levy

捐 character breakdown

捐
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 肙
  - 口
  - 月
    - 二
      - 一
    - ⺆
      - 丿
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅

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.

肙

yua̅n = yu + an1

a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty

肙 = 口 + 月 : The moon (月) gives a mandarin (口) as a gift to Yu the Great (yu) in front of the anthill (an1), but Yu the Great finds that there is a little worm (肙) looking out of the mandarin.