Pinyin initial: "xi"

牺 = 牛 + 西 : Marie Curie (xi) is selling an ox (牛) for cheap in front of the space station (Ø1) as a loss leader (牺). To pepper the ox a little up she puts a cowboy hat (西) on his head.

享 = 亠 + 口 + 子 : Marie Curie enjoys a drink inside of Angkor War. The drink contains eggs and mandarins, and instead of a little umbrella it has a little beret.

协 = 办 + 十 : Marie Curie (xi) announces her new cooperative society (协) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She wants to give crosses (十) to the poor. In reality her society is nothing more than a scam business (办): the crosses cost a lot of money.

胁 = 办 + 月 : Marie Curie (xi) started a new business (办) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) offering gymnastic practice which helps to relieve tension in one's flank (胁). At first she offers the moon (月) to participate, but as the moon declines she threatens (胁) him with an impressive gymnastic move.

胁 = 办 + 月 : Marie Curie (xi) started a new business (办) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) offering gymnastic practice which helps to relieve tension in one's flank (胁). At first she offers the moon (月) to participate, but as the moon declines she threatens (胁) him with an impressive gymnastic move.

幸 = 土 + 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).

幸 = 土 + 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).

幸 = 土 + 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).

峡 = 夹 + 山 : Marie Curie (xi) is gorging (峡) on sandwiches (夹) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). She opens her mouth as wide as a gorge (峡) and puts the sandwiches in her mouth using a big fork (山).

侠 = 亻 + 夹 : Marie Curie (xi) decided to become a knight errant (侠). In the ashram's kitchen (a2) Rosa Luxemburg (亻) gives her a sandwich (夹) for her journeys and says goodbye to her.

辛 = 十 + 立 : Marie Curie (xi) is preparing for the winter by making kimchi (辛) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She is drying the vegetables by hanging them on crosses (十) and puts the finished kimchi into vases (立). She has been working very hard (辛) and in the end the filled eight (辛) vases with pungent hot (辛) kimchi.

辛 = 十 + 立 : Marie Curie (xi) is preparing for the winter by making kimchi (辛) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She is drying the vegetables by hanging them on crosses (十) and puts the finished kimchi into vases (立). She has been working very hard (辛) and in the end the filled eight (辛) vases with pungent hot (辛) kimchi.

丅 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol from the shape which looks like a T: a T-bone steak.

Xi Shi (xi) is secretly eating a steak (丅) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). She uses two flutes (一) as chopsticks and even devours the steak's bones (丨).

新 = 亲 + 斤 : Xi Shi (xi) and her bride (亲) are inspecting their wedding presents in front of the encampment ((e)n1). There's a brand new (新) pair of barbells (斤) packed in plastic foil.

析 = 斤 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a mass spectrometer.

Marie Curie (xi) got a new mass spectrometer (析) for Christmas. In front of the space station (Ø1) she smashes the Christmas tree (木) into a small powder using two barbells (斤) so that she can analyze (析) it with her new mass spectrometer.

晰 = 日 + 析 : Marie Curie (xi) wants to get a better understanding (晰) of the sun (日), so in front of the space station (Ø1) Marie investigates the sun's solar storms using a mass spectrometer (析).

晰 = 日 + 析 : Marie Curie (xi) wants to get a better understanding (晰) of the sun (日), so in front of the space station (Ø1) Marie investigates the sun's solar storms using a mass spectrometer (析).

县 = 且 + 厶 : Marie Curie (xi) and the county manager of her home county are manufacturing maps of her home county (县) inside of the anthill's bathroom (an4). The county has a very special form which you can reproduce by smashing a fake nose (厶) with a shelf (且).