录

lù = lu + Ø4

to carve wood

录 = 彐 + 氺 : Lenny Lemur (lu) writes into his diary (录) that this was a very special day in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He invented a new sport by setting up an aqueduct (氺) and riding it like a water slide on a pig snout (彐) and is sure that this sport will be olympic soon.

录

錄

lù = lu + Ø4

surname Lu

录

錄

lù = lu + Ø4

diary / record / to hit / to copy

录 character breakdown

录
- 彐
- 氺
  - 水
    - 丿
    - 亅
    - ㇏
    - ㇇

彐

jì = ji + Ø4

pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

Mnemonic symbol: the character 彐 looks a bit like a pig snout seen from the side. If you need to type it, remember its pronunciation ji4 by imagining Joan of Arc wearing a fake pig snout in the space station's bathroom and making grunting and squealing sounds.

氺

shuǐ = shu + ei3

archaic variant of 水[shui3]

氺 = 水 : As archaic symbol for an archaic character I choose the aqueduct.

Characters with 录 as component

绿

綠

lǜ = lü + Ø4

green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lü4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

绿 = 录 + 纟 : Loki (lü) wants to preserve the green (绿) chlorophyll of leaves he collected in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) by putting them into his diary (录). As he opens his diary a few days later he is very upset to see that the silk worm (纟) ate all of them by eating through the pages of his diary.

碌

磟

liù = li + ou4

variant of 碌[liu4]

碌

liù = li + ou4

see 碌碡[liu4 zhou5]

碌

lù = lu + Ø4

(bound form used in 忙碌[mang2 lu4], 勞碌|劳碌[lao2 lu4], 庸碌[yong1 lu4] etc)

碌 = 石 + 录 : Lenny Lemur (lu) is keeping a diary (录) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but it is quite laborious (碌) to write down (碌) a new entry because it is just a big stone (石).

剥

剝

ba̅o = b + ao1

to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck

剥

剝

bo̅ = b + o1

to peel / to skin / to flay / to shuck

剥 = 刂 + 录 : Beelzebub (b) is skinning (剥) his diary (录) with a kitchen knife (刂) in front of the observatory (o1).

氯

lǜ = lü + Ø4

chlorine (chemistry)