吐

tǔ = tu + Ø3

to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances)

吐 = 口 + 土 : Tommy Turtle is spitting mandarins at a dusty, muddy earth from inside the space station.

tù = tu + Ø4

to vomit / to throw up

吐 = 口 + 土 : Tommy Turtle (tu) ate too many mandarins (口) in the space station. He can't help but vomit (吐) until he produced a muddy pile of mandarins (口) in the bathroom (Ø4).

吐 character breakdown

吐
- 口
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

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).

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.