to engage (a teacher etc) / to hire / to betroth / betrothal gift / to get married (of woman)
聘
=
甹
+
耳
:
Pocahontas (pi) and a chivalrous knight (甹) betroth (聘) each other in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). As symbol of their love they give each other bloody ears (耳).
book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write
书
=
丨
+
㇆
+
丶
:
Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is enjoying a good book (书) in front of the space station (Ø1). Because he is lazy, he built a thingy to hold the pages in place with a dinosaur bone (丨) and two plows (㇆). He is laying very comfortable on a petal (丶) serving as sofa.
