五

wǔ = w + Ø3

five / 5

五 = 王 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a pentagram.

Martin Luther King (王) helps Willy Walrus (w) to construct a pentagram (五) out of dinosaur bones (丨) inside the space station (Ø3).

五 = 工 + 乛 : Mnemonic symbol: a pentagram.

In the space station (Ø3), Willy Walrus (w) chops up a steel beam (工) with a sickle (乛) into five (五) equal parts. He uses the five parts to assemble a steel pentagram (五).

五 character breakdown

五
- 丨
- 乛
- 工
  - 丨
  - 二
    - 一
- 王
  - 一
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

乛

zhé = zh + e2

variant of 乙[zhe2]

Mnemonic symbol: a sickle.

James II of England (zh) cuts his own hair with his new sickle (乛) in the elevator's kitchen (e2).

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.

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.

王

wáng = w + ang2

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

王 = 一 + 土 : Mnemonic symbol: Martin Luther King. Willy Walrus (wu) is stuck in a heap of dirt (土) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). Martin Luther King (王) helps him by holding out a flute (一).

王

wàng = w + ang4

to rule / to reign over

Characters with 五 as component

伍

wǔ = w + Ø3

surname Wu

伍 = 五 + 亻 : Willy Walrus is painting a pentagram on the walls of the space station. Suddenly, a squad of five soldiers appears to call him out, but Rosa Luxemburg helps him sneak away while she distracts the squad of five soldiers.

伍

wǔ = w + Ø3

squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)