木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

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木 character breakdown

木
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

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十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

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八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

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八 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

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Characters with 木 as component

禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

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禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

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本

běn = b + (e)n3

root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

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本 = 一 + 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.

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未

wèi = w + ei4

not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

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未 = 一 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: the artist Ai Weiwei. Shortly after finishing a new installation in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), Ai Weiwei (未) is imprisoned by Willy Walrus (w), because—out of all places—Ai Weiwei put his new installation right into Willy Walrus's toilet. Ai Weiwei's installation is a Christmas tree (木) with a tiny, slightly tilted flute (一) on top. Ai Weiwei would really, really like to correct the tilted flute, but so far, Willy Walrus has not yet (未) let him out.

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果

菓

guǒ = gu + o3

variant of 果[guo3] / fruit

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果

guǒ = gu + o3

fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really

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果 = 木 + 田 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is not feeling well inside observatory (o3) and decides to eat healthy. To plant a field (田), she first distributes Christmas trees (木) as manure, then puts a field on it and finally plants grapevines. Soon she will be eating grapes (果) and feel better.

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相

xiàng = xi + ang4

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

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相 = 木 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).

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相

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

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查

chá = ch + a2

to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

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查 = 旦 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a detective.

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查 = 旦 + 木 : Just inside the ashram's kitchen, the detective is investigating a passed out Charlie Chaplin who's lying under a Christmas tree. Could it have something to do with the big empty mug which was formerly filled with glühwein?

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查

zha̅ = zh + a1

surname Zha

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查

zha̅ = zh + a1

variant of 楂[zha1]

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林

lín = li + (e)n2

woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)