to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive
昂
=
卬
+
日
:
Erich Honecker (卬) lifts (昂) the sun (日) right over the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). To reach up high enough, he in turn is lifted up (昂) by Albert Einstein (Ø).
mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
山
=
丨
+
凵
:
Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
素
=
龶
+
糸
:
Susan Saint Bernard (su) has decided to become a vegan (素) and to let everyone know. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she manufactures a fancy headdress (龶) in the form of a vegan flower (素) out of her own spider silk (糸) so that everyone who sees her instantly knows that she's vegan (素).