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Menomic symbol: Peng Zu, a legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years.
When Pinocchio (p) wants to cook lunch in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) he always finds Peng Zu (彭) asleep on the kitchen counter. He finds it very gross because Peng zu has a very long Santa Clause beard (彡) and so Pinocchio wakes him up and scares him away using a big archaic drum (壴).
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
州
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丶
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丷
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Mnemonic symbol: the red cotton tree, as it is the official flower of 广州 (Guangzhou). A new river (川) formed spontaneously in front of the outhouse (ou1), and James II of England (zh) was barely able to climb on a red cotton tree (州). Other animals are happy about this development: a mean crocodile (丷) is floating on a petal leaf (丶) towards the red cotton tree.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) started a supermarket (市) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but all he has for sale right now are berets (亠) and towels (巾). He should have opened it at the beach!