朵

duǒ = du + o3

flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc

朵 = 几 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a tulip bud.

Doggy Dog (du) gets two new piercings in the observatory (o3). The piercer's table consists of a table (几) with four Christmas trees (木) as legs. The piercer is just about to pierce Doggy Dog's earlobes (朵) with tulip buds (朵).

朵

朶

duǒ = du + o3

variant of 朵[duo3]

朵 character breakdown

朵
- 几
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

几

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

small table

Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.

几

幾

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

almost

几

幾

jǐ = ji + Ø3

how much / how many / several / a few

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 朵 as component

躲

duǒ = du + o3

to hide / to dodge / to avoid

躲 = 朵 + 身 : Doggy Dog's (du) owner wants him to wear a bodysuit (身) which has lots of tulip buds (朵) attached to it, but Doggy Dog hides (躲) the terrible bodysuit by burying it inside of the observatory (o3).

垛

垜

duǒ = du + o3

variant of 垛[duo3]

垛

duǒ = du + o3

battlement / target

垛

duò = du + o4

pile

哚

duǒ = du + o3