末

mò = m + o4

tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man

末 = 一 + 木 : Mahatma Gandhi set up a giant flute on a Christmas tree, trying to raise awareness for the Roof of the World in the observatory's bathroom. He chose the flute and the tree as symbols for the sky and nature, but as Jehovah’s Witness enters, she thinks it's the sky that has fallen down on our heads, and the end of days is ultimately there.

末 character breakdown

末
- 一
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

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.

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.

Characters with 末 as component

抹

mò = m + o4

to plaster / to go around / to skirt

抹

mǒ = m + o3

to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc

抹 = 扌 + 末 : Inside of the observatory (o3) Jehova's Witness (末) is telling Mahatma Gandhi (m) that the world is going to end soon, but Mahatma Gandhi just wipes (扌) his mouth with a toy claw (扌) for speaking such nonsense.

抹

ma̅ = m + a1

to wipe

沫

mò = m + o4

foam / suds

沫 = 末 + 氵 : Jehova's Witness (末) is taking a bath in the observatory's bathroom (o4) and Mahatma Gandhi (m) is adding a secret ingredient from a water bottle (氵) which causes the water to foam (沫) a lot. Jehova's Witness doesn't know though that the secret ingredient is Mahatma Gandhi's saliva (沫).

袜

韤

wà = w + a4

variant of 襪|袜[wa4]

袜 = 末 + 衤 : Jehova's witness (末) is trying to sell a royal ermine coat (衤) to Willy Walrus (w) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but Willy is already quite satisfied with his sock (袜) which he wears like a sleeping bag.

袜

襪

wà = w + a4

socks / stockings