世

surname Shi

life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

世 = 廿 + L : Mnemonic symbol: the WTO or WHO.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is cleaning a flower pot (廿) under the shower of the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a loofah (L) because he didn't quite understand a poster next to the shower from the WHO (世) explaining dangers arising from different germs.

In this case, L is for loofah.

世 character breakdown

世
- 廿
  - 一
  - 卄
    - 一
    - 丨
- L

廿

niàn = ni + an4

twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念

廿 = 卄 + 一 : This character looks like a flower pot.

廿 = 卄 + 一 : Nefertiti needs to vent off steam. In anthill's bathroom she finds a flower pot with twenty flutes inside. With a single swing with her double axe, she splits all twenty flutes. Afterwards, she feels much better.

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: L is for loofah.

Characters with 世 as component

泄

洩

xiè = xi + e4

variant of 泄[xie4]

泄 = 世 + 氵 : Marie Curie (xi) is putting up a poster by the WHO (世) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). It is alerting everyone that when filling your water bottle (氵) from the tap not a single drop is allowed to leak (泄) through the closed bottle.

泄

xiè = xi + e4

to leak (of water or gas) / to drip / to drain / to discharge / to leak out / to divulge (secrets) / to give vent (to anger, spite etc) / to disperse / to reduce

屉

屜

tì = ti + Ø4

drawer; tier; tray

屉

屜

tì = ti + Ø4

drawer / tier / tray

屉 = 尸 + 世 : Mother Teresa (ti) finds a ghost (尸) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and thinks what a poor being it is! It stuffs the ghost into a drawer (屉) and sends it off to the WHO (世) so that they can take care of it.

枼

Character component without intrinsic meaning

贳

貰

shì = sh + Ø4

to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out

抴

yè = y + e4

to pull / to drag / to join together / oar

枻

yì = y + Ø4

oar / stand for correcting a bow