巫

wu̅ = w + Ø1

surname Wu / also pr. [Wu2]

wu̅ = w + Ø1

witch / wizard / shaman / also pr. [wu2]

巫 = 从 + 工 : Willy Walrus (w) is fighting a wizard (巫) in front of the space station (Ø1). He is wielding a steel beam (工), while the wizard is casting rubber chicken (从).

巫 character breakdown

巫
- 从
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 工
  - 丨
  - 二
    - 一

从

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

variant of 從|从[cong2]

工

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

工 = 二 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.

从

從

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

surname Cong

从

從

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

从 = 人 : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).

Characters with 巫 as component

灵

靈

líng = li + (e)ng2

quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin

灵 = 彐 + 火 : engine's entrance is on fire! Li Qingzhao is trapped and has to escape, but there's lots of flames and smoke everywhere. Luckily she has a pig's snout which she can use as gas mask. The pig's snout is very effective, and quickly Li Qingzhao jumps over the flames and escapes through engine's entrance.

筮

shì = sh + Ø4

divine by stalk

诬

誣

wu̅ = w + Ø1

to accuse falsely

诬 = 巫 + 讠 : Everyone told Willy Walrus (w) that he has gained a lot of weight, so as an excuse he sets up an advertising column (讠) in front of the space station (Ø1) falsely blaming (诬) the wizard (巫) on having him gain weight by putting a spell on him.

鹀

鵐

wú = w + Ø2

bunting (bird) / also pr. [wu1]

觋

覡

xí = xi + Ø2

wizard

毉

yi̅ = y + Ø1

variant of 醫|医[yi1]