柯
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可
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木
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Karl Marx (k) is recycling a Christmas tree (木) in front of the elevator (e1). He uses the stem (柯) to make boards for his bed of nails (可), the needles of the tree as the nails for his bed of nails and the branches of the tree to make handles for his axes (柯).
尔
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⺈
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小
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Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.
克
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儿
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古
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Karl Marx and Sun Wukong both tried to change the world. After they both failed, they went crazy, and now they have to retreat into a cloister in the elevator's bathroom wearing straitjackets.