协

xié = xi + e2

to cooperate / to harmonize / to help / to assist / to join

协 = 办 + 十 : Marie Curie (xi) announces her new cooperative society (协) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She wants to give crosses (十) to the poor. In reality her society is nothing more than a scam business (办): the crosses cost a lot of money.

协 character breakdown

协
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 办
  - 丷
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 力
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

办

辦

bàn = b + an4

to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with

办 = 八 + 力 : Beelzebub wants to start a business (开办) in the anthill's bathroom. He sets up a vending machine which, upon the push of a power button, sells eight-balls.