史

surname Shi

history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China

史 = 口 + 乂 : For a mission in the space station (Ø3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) has to find out the history (史) of a mandarin (口), so with a pair of pliers (乂) he took to the space station he squeezes the mandarin like an orange.

史 character breakdown

史
- 乂
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 口

乂

yì = y + Ø4

to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow

乂 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 史 as component

驶

駛

shǐ = sh + Ø3

(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed / (of a vehicle) to run; to go / (of a boat) to sail

驶 = 史 + 马 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) tells the unicorn (马) that it has to take its history (史) examination in the space station (Ø3) immediately. The unicorn is shocked and gallops (驶) away speedily (驶).