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

柄

bǐng = bi + (e)ng3

handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades

柄 = 木 + 丙 : Brunhilde (bi) wins a bronze medal (丙) for controlling the engine in its living room ((e)ng3) by using a self-built controller (柄) featuring the stems of two Christmas trees (木) as handles (柄).

休

xiu̅ = xi + ou1

surname Xiu

休 = 亻 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a folding chair

休 = 亻 + 木 : Rosa Luxemburg took Marie Curie for a long trip to the outhouse, and now Marie Curie is tired. Luckily there's a nice and big Christmas tree in front of the outhouse, so Rosa Luxemburg sets up Marie's folding chair in its shadow to let her rest.

休

xiu̅ = xi + ou1

to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't

休 = 亻 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a folding chair

杖

zhàng = zh + ang4

a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old)

杖 = 丈 + 木 : James II of England (zh) put a walking stick (杖) as a present for Bigfoot (丈) under the Christmas tree (木) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but Bigfoot thinks the whole Christmas tree is supposed to be his walking stick, breaks of the branches and just uses the trunk of the tree as his new cane (杖).

校

jiào = ji + ao4

to check; to collate; to proofread

校

jiào = ji + ao4

to proofread / to check / to compare

校

xiào = xi + ao4

school / military officer / CL:所[suo3]

校 = 交 + 木 : In the aorta's bathroom, Marie Curie and Linus Pauling find their Christmas presents of a lifetime under a Christmas tree. They are given the gift of being able to go to school so that they can become accomplished scientists.

床

chuáng = chu + ang2

bed / couch / classifier for beds / CL:張|张[zhang1]

床 = 广 + 木 : Chantal Chicken (chu) is celebrating Christmas just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). She got a new parachute (广) and immediately tries it out by skydiving from the top of the Christmas tree (木) into her bed (床).

床

牀

chuáng = chu + ang2

variant of 床[chuang2]

桩

樁

zhua̅ng = zhu + ang1

stump / stake / pile / classifier for items

桩 = 木 + 庄 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) made a pile (桩) of stakes (桩) out of the Christmas trees (木) growing next to the farmstead (庄) in front of the anglepod (ang1) so that he's prepared if any vampires should try to attack him.

栋

棟

dòng = du + (e)ng4

classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)

栋 = 东 + 木 : Doggy Dog sets up his tent in the engine's bathroom. He already set up a Christmas tree and an Oriental Pearl Tower model as tent poles, and he is busy fixing the ridgepole atop of them.

杯

be̅i = b + ei1

cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

杯 = 不 + 木 : Beelzebub (b) won a trophy cup (杯) for his amazing Christmas tree (木). Actually, it was forbidden to log trees in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1); but Beelzebub didn't care and took the tree anyway. He even took the forbidden sign (不) as well, and as he receives his trophy cup he uses the forbidden sign as a tablet to put the trophy cup on.