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.

木 character breakdown

木
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

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).

八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

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.

Characters with 木 as component

杆

桿

gǎn = g + an3

stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns

杆 = 干 + 木 : Guy Fawkes (g) is putting up Christmas decorations in the anthill (an3). He is using a stick (杆) to put dried fruits (干) on top of the Christmas tree (木).

杜

dù = du + Ø4

surname Du

杜 = 土 + 木 : Doggy Dog (du) finds that there is a Christmas tree (木) growing out of the dirt (土) in the space stations bathroom (Ø4). With a sigh he nips the tree in the bud (杜) and stops (杜) it from growing while it is still small.

杜

dù = du + Ø4

birchleaf pear (tree) / to stop / to prevent / to restrict

柏

bǎi = b + ai3

cedar / cypress / Taiwan pr. [bo2]

柏 = 木 + 白 : Beelzebub (b) is approaching a cedar (柏) in the airplane (ai3) to use it as a Christmas tree (木) in hell, so the cedar is waving with a white flag (白) in terror.

柏

bó = b + o2

(used for transcribing names)

柏

bò = b + o4

variant of 檗[bo4]

柏

栢

bǎi = b + ai3

variant of 柏[bai3]

棋

棊

qí = qi + Ø2

variant of 棋[qi2]

棋 = 其 + 木 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) got a little bored on the space station, so she started to play a game of chess (棋) against herself just inside the entrance (Ø2). She was so bored that she also invented new figures like the Christmas tree (木). It moves like the watchtower (其), but with each move it has a 1d20 chance to randomly distribute presents on the board.

棋

qí = qi + Ø2

chess / chess-like game / a game of chess / CL:盤|盘[pan2] / chess piece / CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]

棋

碁

qí = qi + Ø2

variant of 棋[qi2]

朴

piáo = pi + ao2

surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak, or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2]

朴

pò = p + o4

Celtis sinensis var. japonica

朴

樸

pǔ = pu + Ø3

plain and simple / Taiwan pr. [pu2]

朴 = 卜 + 木 : Petra Penguin (pu) celebrates a very plain and simple (朴) Christmas in the space station (Ø3). She has a simple Christmas tree (木) and to let it snow she simply (朴) beats the Christmas tree with a voodoo staff (卜) so that its needles will come off and float all around.