本草纲目

本
本
草
草
纲
綱
目
目
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]

Characters and words in 本草纲目

本
běn = b + (e)n3
root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
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.
本
草
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
草
艸
cǎo = c + ao3
variant of 草[cao3]
草 = 艹 + 早 : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.
草
cǎo = c + ao3
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
草 = 艹 + 早 : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.
草
cào = c + ao4
variant of 肏[cao4]
纲
綱
ga̅ng = g + ang1
head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program
纲 = 冈 + 纟 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to become a fisher of men, so he sets up a net in front of the anglepod (ang1) between two ridges (冈). The silk worm (纟) helps him by spanning the head rope of the fishing net (纲) between the two ridges.
目
mù = mu + Ø4
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
目 = 囗 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

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