寺

sì = s + Ø4

Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

寺 = 土 + 寸 : Socrates (s) built a Buddhist temple (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud (土) around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up" (寸), because he is proud of his work.

寺 character breakdown

寺
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 寸
  - 一
  - 丶
  - 亅

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.

寸

cùn = cu + (e)n4

a unit of length / inch / thumb

寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".

Characters with 寺 as component

诗

詩

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

poem / CL:首[shou3] / poetry / verse

诗 = 寺 + 讠 : Just in front of the space station (Ø1)
Sherlock Holmes (sh) suffers a head lesion
By bumping his head on a Buddhist shrine (寺).
"Don't you drink anymore wine!"
Is written on an advertisement pole (讠):
"Better follow our Buddha's role!"
"How can drinking wine be a crime?"
Sherlock, rubbing his head, has to whine.
"I shall return back to my home,
I'm already annoyed by this little poem. (诗)"

恃

shì = sh + Ø4

to rely on / mother (formal)

痔

zhì = zh + Ø4

piles / hemorrhoid

畤

zhì = zh + Ø4

ancient sacrifice

庤

zhì = zh + Ø4

to prepare