one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle / classifier for small objects: handful
把
=
巴
+
扌
:
A grappling hook. Beelzebub was just enjoying his lollipop in the ashram. Because he was afraid of his hand being too sticky, he used a toy claw to hold the lollipop. Now he's crying like a baby because somebody used a grappling hook to steal his lollipop right from his hand.
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
匙
=
匕
+
是
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) prepares some food for Halloween just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). With a big ladle (匕) he scoops jelly into a skull (是), making it look like the skull's brain. He also prepares small spoons (匙) made out of bone to eat the jelly with.
to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
开
=
一
+
廾
:
A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.
锁
=
钅
+
⺌
+
贝
:
Susan Saint Bernard (su) saved one of the last aloe vera (⺌) plants by locking (锁) it in a web made of spider silk in the observatory (o3). The crab (贝) wants to steal the aloe and tries to break the container open using a golden harpoon (钅).
锁
=
钅
+
⺌
+
贝
:
Susan Saint Bernard (su) saved one of the last aloe vera (⺌) plants by locking (锁) it in a web made of spider silk in the observatory (o3). The crab (贝) wants to steal the aloe and tries to break the container open using a golden harpoon (钅).