谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

grain / corn

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.

谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

valley

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

谷 character breakdown

谷
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 口

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

八 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

Characters with 谷 as component

俗

sú = su + Ø2

custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular

俗 = 亻 + 谷 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just arrived at the space station and in the entrance (Ø2) she sees Susan Saint Bernard (su) hanging out in her web. Rosa brought some popcorn (谷) as a present and asks Susan Saint Bernard whether she wants to watch a movie, which she does. Both of them think "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" (俗), so Rosa climbs up to Susan Saint Bernard in her web and Susan Saint Bernard eats some of Rosa's popcorn.

容

róng = ru + (e)ng2

surname Rong

容 = 宀 + 谷 : Mnemonic symbol: a food container.

容 = 宀 + 谷 : Rachel Rhinoceros prepares some popcorn in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. She is using a food container which she closes with a graduation cap.

容

róng = ru + (e)ng2

to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance

容 = 宀 + 谷 : Mnemonic symbol: a food container.

容 = 宀 + 谷 : Rachel Rhinoceros prepares some popcorn in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. She is using a food container which she closes with a graduation cap.

豁

huò = hu + o4

open; clear; liberal-minded; generous / to exempt; to remit

豁 = 害 + 谷 : Under normal circumstances neither horses nor popcorn (谷) are allowed in the observatory, but Calamity Jane (害) was able to get an exemption (豁) and ride Helga Horse (hu) into the observatory's bathroom (o4) while eating popcorn by showing her "special permit" (her colt) at the entrance.

豁

huá = hu + a2

to play Chinese finger-guessing game

豁

huo̅ = hu + o1

opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit

欲

慾

yù = yu + Ø4

desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

欲 = 欠 + 谷 : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).

欲

yù = yu + Ø4

to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

却

卻

què = qu + e4

but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though

却 = 卩 + 去 : Cupid and the baby seal are fighting a war in the elevator's bathroom. Cupid shoots his arrows of love while the baby seal uses its big eyes to make everyone fall for it. However, at the moment everything is silent: Cupid and the baby seal both retreated into their concrete barrels for now.

浴

yù = yu + Ø4

bath / to bathe

浴 = 氵 + 谷 : Yu the Great (yu) is taking a bath (浴) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She just uses bottled spring water (氵), and for special effects she adds a few bags of popcorn (谷) too.

裕

yù = yu + Ø4

abundant

裕 = 衤 + 谷 : Yu the Great (yu) is doing very well recently due to the abundant (裕) supplies which arrived at the space station. In the bathroom (Ø4) she is having a good time eating popcorn (谷) while wearing a royal ermine coat (衤) watching a movie.