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本
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一
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木
:
Beelzebub (b) finds a Christmas tree (木) in the encampment ((e)n3) and feels like eating its roots (本). He uses a flute (一) to chop the roots right off.
竹
=
𠂉
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丨
+
亅
:
Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.
筷
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⺮
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快
:
In the airplane's bathroom Karl Koala is rapidly manufacturing chopsticks out of a bamboo stick so that he may soon start eating eucalyptus leaves again.
