區

o̅u = Ø + ou1

surname Ou

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4]

區 = 匚 + 品 : Cupid receives a metal box in front of the space station. He opens it and finds a road sign with a pyramid on it. Clever as he is, he derives that it must have been sent to him from the region of Egypt.

区 = 乂 + 匚 : Mnemonic symbol: An alien from Area 51.

区 = 乂 + 匚 : Cupid is chilling in front of the space station, when an alien from Area 51 flies by and gives him a metal box. Unfortunately, even using pliers, Cupid is too weak to open it.

區 character breakdown

區
- 匚
- 品
  - 口

匚

fa̅ng = f + ang1

"right open box" radical (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in 区, 医, 匹 etc

I'm just gonna represent this element by a metal box.

Frankenstein's Monster is really mad about not being able to open a metal box in front of the anglepod.

品

pǐn = pi + (e)n3

(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)

品 = 口 : Pocahontas (pi) is watching a pyramid of oranges (mnemonic symbol for 品) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3). She wants to sample (品) one, and just as she takes one from the base, the whole commodity (品) collapses.

Characters with 區 as component

欧

歐

o̅u = Ø + ou1

(used for transliteration) / old variant of 謳|讴[ou1]

欧 = 区 + 欠 : In front oft the outhouse, Europe is waving with her IOU note towards Einstein, who is totally broke. If Europe turned around, she would notice the alien from Area 51 claiming his money from her.

欧

歐

o̅u = Ø + ou1

Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1]) / surname Ou

欧

歐

o̅u = Ø + ou1

Europe / abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1] / surname Ou

驱

驅

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

to expel / to urge on / to drive / to run quickly

驱 = 区 + 马 : Cupid (qu) drove out (驱) the unicorn (马) and the alien (区) from the space station. Just in front of the space station (Ø1) the alien is riding on the unicorn towards earth, thinking of seeking refuge in area 51.

枢

樞

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

hinge / pivot

殴

毆

o̅u = Ø + ou1

surname Ou

殴 = 区 + 殳 : In front of the outhouse (ou1) the alien from area 51 (区) is beating up (殴) Albert Einstein (Ø) with a halberd (殳).

殴

毆

o̅u = Ø + ou1

to beat up / to hit sb

殴 = 区 + 殳 : In front of the outhouse (ou1) the alien from area 51 (区) is beating up (殴) Albert Einstein (Ø) with a halberd (殳).

躯

軀

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

human body

呕

嘔

ǒu = Ø + ou3

vomit

呕 = 区 + 口 : Albert Einstein meets an alien from Area 51 in the outhouse. He wants to be nice and gives him mandarins, but since mandarins aren't alien food, he has to vomit.

抠

摳

ko̅u = k + ou1

to dig out / to pick out (with one's fingers) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / to lift one's clothes / stingy / miserly

鸥

鷗

o̅u = Ø + ou1

common gull

瓯

甌

o̅u = Ø + ou1

(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

瓯

甌

o̅u = Ø + ou1

old name for Wenzhou City 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 shi4] in Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]

岖

嶇

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

rugged

讴

謳

o̅u = Ø + ou1

to sing / ballad / folk song

沤

漚

òu = Ø + ou4

to steep / to macerate

沤

漚

o̅u = Ø + ou1

bubble / froth

妪

嫗

yù = yu + Ø4

old woman / to brood over / to protect

妪 = 区 + 女 : Bessie Coleman is in panic: an alien from Area 51 wants to harass her in the space station's bathroom! Just as she is about to prepare herself to fight, the alien's old woman Yu the Great rushes in to protect her child, and to explain Bessie Coleman that everything is a huge misunderstanding.

奁

奩

lián = li + an2

bridal trousseau

𫸩

彄

ko̅u = k + ou1

nock at end of bow / stretch