役

yì = y + Ø4

forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle

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役 = 彳 + 殳 : Maud Younger (y) has been forced to manucfacture black sneakers (彳) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). When she started the forced labor (役) all she got as a tool was a halberd (殳).

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役 character breakdown

役
- 彳
  - 丿
  - 亻
    - 丨
    - 丿
- 殳
  - 几
  - 又
    - ㇏
    - ㇇

彳

chì = ch + Ø4

step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]

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彳 = 丿 + 亻 : Mnemonic symbol for the step with the left foot: a black sneaker, because black sneakers are popular at least with the leftists I met.

Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just finished her banana (丿) and throws the peel over her shoulder in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Charlie Chaplin (彳), wearing a black sneaker on his left foot, manages to step on the banana peel with his left foot and fall over even in zero gravity.

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殳

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

surname Shu

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殳

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc

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殳 = 几 + 又 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu-) is practising his martial arts skills in front of the space station (-1). He's a specialist in the combined halberd (symbol for 殳) boxing style, and practises smashing tables (几) with his sucker punch (symbol for 又).

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