down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
下
=
一
+
卜
:
Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.
Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
滑
=
氵
+
骨
:
Helga Horse (hu) is haunted by a skeleton (骨) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). Panicking she throws a water bottle (氵) at it, but it falls down just in front of its bony feet. As the skeleton wants to approach Helga it slips (滑) on the bottle, falls down and shatters to pieces. Helga wants to run out of the room as fast as possible, but she slips (滑) on the many smooth (滑) bones and falls down, too.
滑
=
氵
+
骨
:
Helga Horse (hu) is haunted by a skeleton (骨) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). Panicking she throws a water bottle (氵) at it, but it falls down just in front of its bony feet. As the skeleton wants to approach Helga it slips (滑) on the bottle, falls down and shatters to pieces. Helga wants to run out of the room as fast as possible, but she slips (滑) on the many smooth (滑) bones and falls down, too.