Pinyin initial: "xi"

效 = 交 + 攵 : Marie Curie (xi) and Linus Pauling (交) are testing their new special effects (效) equipment in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Marie creates lots of fog by crushing a rock with a sledgehammer (攵), and Linus creates lots of sparks by crushing a flint stone with a sledgehammer.

姓 = 女 + 生 : Marie Curie (xi) finds baby Bessie (女) lying in a cradle (生) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Marie decides to give Bessie the surname (姓) "Coleman" because she thinks it will fit very well.

媳 = 女 + 息 : Marie Curie (xi) has recently become Bessie Coleman's (女) daughter-in-law (媳), and Bessie is frequently breathing fire (息) at Marie when she comes back home and enters the space station late (Ø2).

象 = ⺈ + 口 + 豕 : Marie Curie sees the crane and the swine fight about a single mandarin in the anglepod's bathroom. To smooth down the differences, with a locomotive she drives a whole container of mandarins in the bathroom.

象 = ⺈ + 口 + 豕 : Mnemonic symbol: I already used an ordinary elephant for 勹, which is fine, because 勹 appears many times and 象 only a few times. Thus to represent 象 I'll use a locomotive from 1844's Austria, which was called "KFNB Elephant".

像 = 亻 + 象 : "Look at that elephant (象). Do you know who it looks like (像)?" Xi Shi (xi) asks Kazimierz Luxemburg in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). "No, who?" "Your aunt (亻)."

像 = 亻 + 象 : In anglepod's bathroom, Marie Curie and Rosa Luxemburg find a most delighting Elephant locomotive. They are so excited that they spontaneously start playing locomotive themselves, with Rosa grapping Marie's shoulders, and Marie exclaiming "choo choo" while pretending to pull a string, resembling the Elephant.

欣 = 斤 + 欠 : It's Marie Curie's (xi) birthday and someone sings her happy (欣) birthday in front of the encampment ((e)n1). The person gives Marie Curie a barbell (斤) as her birthday present, which makes Marie very happy (欣). The person attached an IOU note (欠) to the barbell though; Marie will have to pay for the barbell eventually.

橡 = 木 + 象 : Marie Curie (xi) wants to plant some oaks (橡) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), so she had the KFNB Elephant (象) transport young oaks to the bathroom. In exchange she provides the train with a lot of Christmas trees (木) to be used as fuel for the steam engine.

箱 = ⺮ + 相 : Mnemonic symbol: suitcase.

Marie Curie (xi) and an ent (相) are carrying a very heavy suitcase (箱) in front of the anglepod (ang1) by shouldering a bamboo stick (⺮) with which they lift the suitcase.

隙 = 阝 + 小 + 白 + 小 : The Pope (阝) wants to bring peace to the universe and starts with planting daisies (小)(小) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). As he is planting the daisies one by one each time he is creating a crack (隙) in the hull of the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Marie Curie (xi) can only watch in horror and wave her white flag (白) to make him stop.

朽 = 丂 + 木 : Marie Curie (xi) visits the outhouse (ou3) in late summer and finds an old rotten (朽) Christmas tree (木). In fact the tree is so rotten that she can't endure the smell and has to put on a breathing mask (丂).

乡 = 幺 + 丿 : Marie Curie's tractor got stuck in a pile of bananas in front of the anglepod, with the wheels spinning helplessly. Her last hope is that she'll be able to free the tractor by pushing aces under the wheels, so that she can bring the tractor back to her hometown.

乡 = 幺 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a tractor.

弦 = 弓 + 玄 : Marie Curie (xi) is getting trapped by black lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) and all she has is a composite bow (弓). She plucks the string (弦) of her bow so that the chord (弦) resonates with the lava, causing it to stop its flow.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.

写 = 冖 + 与 : Marie Curie (xi) finds the sleepy black horse (与) sleeping during a party in the elevator (e3). As it is the custom, she writes (与) on the sleepy black horse's body with a white felt-tip pen. She also decorates his head with a cooking top (冖).

戏 = 又 + 戈 : Marie Curie (xi) recently joined a game (戏) show (戏) featuring American gladiators. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she is ready to knock off anyone with her spear (戈) which has a boxing glove (又) at its tip.