九

nine / 9

九 = 丿 + 一 + 乚 : Joan of Arc is on cloud nine in the outhouse. With a shovel, she dug up a banana: when she peeled it she found a flute inside, with which she instantly fell in love.

九 character breakdown

九
- 一
- 丿
- 乚

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

乚

yà = y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚).

Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Characters with 九 as component

丸

wán = w + an2

ball / pellet / pill

丸 = 丶 + 九 : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of painkillers.

Willy Walrus feels like floating on cloud nine after he took too many painkillers. Floating on cloud nine just inside the anthill's kitchen he covers himself with a large petal leaf and just wants to sleep.

轨

軌

guǐ = gu + ei3

course / path / track / rail

轨 = 车 + 九 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is riding a roller coaster inside of the Eiffel Tower (ei3). The roller coaster has a red cabriolet (车) follow a figure-nine (九) track (轨). Additionally, the red cabriolet does not emit normal smoke but cloud nines (九).

仇

qiú = qi + ou2

surname Qiu

仇

chóu = ch + ou2

hatred / animosity / enmity / foe / enemy / to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)

仇 = 九 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the Queen of Hearts (qi) are now companions and float on cloud nine (九) through the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Rosa's former lover Charlie Chaplin (ch), however, is their hatred enemy (仇).

仇

qiú = qi + ou2

spouse / companion

仇

讎

chóu = ch + ou2

variant of 仇[chou2]

仇

讐

chóu = ch + ou2

variant of 仇[chou2]

旭

xù = xu + Ø4

dawn / rising sun

旭 = 九 + 日 : The character 旭 looks like the sun rising over a mountain. Xu Xian (xu) is watching the sun (日) rising (旭) over cloud nine (九) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

究

jiu̅ = ji + ou1

after all / to investigate / to study carefully / Taiwan pr. [jiu4]

究 = 九 + 穴 : Joan of Arc (ji) is carefully studying (究) cave paintings (穴) that have appeared over night in front of the outhouse (ou1) using mass spectrometry. She carves off a little of the paintings and puts them in the mass spectrometer. As it emits a huge cloud nine (九), the spectrometer shows on the display that the main component is love.

杂

襍

zá = z + a2

variant of 雜|杂[za2]

杂 = 九 + 朩 : Zorro (z) discovers that a sewage pipe (朩) broke just inside the ashram's kitchen (a2), and a weird mix (杂) of different smells comes out. It is in fact a cloud nine (九) which involves at least nine mixed smells.

杂

雜

zá = z + a2

mixed / miscellaneous / various / to mix

氿

guǐ = gu + ei3

mountain spring

氿 = 九 + 氵 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is hiking in the Eiffel Tower (ei3). At a small mountain spring (氿) she refills her water bottle (氵). As she takes a sip she instantly falls in love with the fresh water and is on cloud nine (九).