宫

surname Gong

宫 = 吕 + 宀 : Helga Horse updated engine to be her personal temple palace. She used a lot of pitchpipes to make engine whole again, and she wears a graduation cap as crown.

宫

宮

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale

宫 = 吕 + 宀 : Helga Horse updated engine to be her personal temple palace. She used a lot of pitchpipes to make engine whole again, and she wears a graduation cap as crown.

宫 character breakdown

宫
- 吕
  - 口
- 宀
  - 丶
  - 冖

吕

呂

lǚ = lü + Ø3

pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

吕 = 口 : Loki (lü) conducts an experiment in the space station's living room (Ø3). Using a pitch pipe (吕) he creates two standing waves, in which he keeps one mandarin (口) respectively.

宀

mián = mi + an2

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.