granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
沙
=
少
+
氵
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is selling bottles (氵) in front of the ashram (a1). Smiley (少) comes round because thon is very thirsty and buys a bottle, just to find out that it contains only sand (沙).
坡
=
土
+
皮
:
Pinocchio (p) is out for a walk in front of the observatory (o1). He thinks that the ground is slanted (坡), but in fact somebody but some clay (土) into his leather shoes (皮) and so it is him who is sloping (坡).
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
头
=
⺀
+
大
:
Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4]
區
=
匚
+
品
:
Cupid receives a metal box in front of the space station. He opens it and finds a road sign with a pyramid on it. Clever as he is, he derives that it must have been sent to him from the region of Egypt.
区
=
乂
+
匚
:
Mnemonic symbol: An alien from Area 51.
区
=
乂
+
匚
:
Cupid is chilling in front of the space station, when an alien from Area 51 flies by and gives him a metal box. Unfortunately, even using pliers, Cupid is too weak to open it.