竹

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

竹 = 𠂉 + 丨 + 亅 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.

竹 character breakdown

竹
- 丨
- 亅
- 亇
  - 亅
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - ⺈
- 𠂉
  - 一
  - 丿

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

亅

jué = ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).

亇

gè = g + e4

variant of 個|个[ge4]

亇 = ⺈ + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a hammer, since 亇 is a hammer in Korean. The crane clogged up the elevator's bathroom (e4) and Guy Fawkes (g) helps unclogging the toilet by hammering (亇) a crowbar (亅) into it.

𠂉

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂉 = 丿 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 𠂉 looks like a key.

Imagine a banana you can't open without putting a key into each of the holes of a flute which is painted on its peel.

Characters with 竹 as component

个

箇

gè = g + e4

variant of 個|个[ge4]

帘

簾

lián = li + an2

hanging screen or curtain

帘 = 巾 + 穴 : Li Qingzhao (li) is creating a new flag to be used by the anthill as a shop sign (帘). She's painting very beautiful cave paintings (穴) on a towel (巾) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The owner is skeptic about his anthill being a cave or not, but he likes the flag anyway.

筛

篩

sha̅i = sh + ai1

to filter / to sift / to sieve

筛 = ⺮ + 师 : One time in front of the airplane (ai1) Sherlock Holme's (sh) teacher (师) showed him how to filter (筛) urine into drinkable water using just a bamboo stick (⺮). That one was actually a prank to make Sherlock Holmes drink his own urine.

筝

箏

zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1

guzheng or long zither / long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times / Japanese koto

筱

xiǎo = xi + ao3

dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo

笙

she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1

sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

笋

筍