to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
打
=
丁
+
扌
:
Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.
薄
=
艹
+
溥
:
Beelzebub (b) has Pu Yi (溥) mince some kind of green stuff and then press it through a delicate membrane (薄) in the observatory's kitchen (o2). Beelzebub told him that it will be a special food, but he didn't tell him that in reality he is just mincing artificial lawn (艹). He is really looking down (薄) on the child for being so weak (薄).
薄
=
艹
+
溥
:
Beelzebub (b) has Pu Yi (溥) mince some kind of green stuff and then press it through a delicate membrane (薄) in the observatory's kitchen (o2). Beelzebub told him that it will be a special food, but he didn't tell him that in reality he is just mincing artificial lawn (艹). He is really looking down (薄) on the child for being so weak (薄).
剪
=
刀
+
前
:
Joan of Arc (ji) wants to cut some ingredients for her cocktail in the anthill (an3), and she wants to use some very complicated electrical scissors (剪) for the task. The scissors have to be used through a complicated front panel (前) and after having studied the front panel for 15 minutes Joan of Arc is so enraged that she cuts her ingredients as well as the front panel with a large cleaver (刀).
剪
=
刀
+
前
:
Joan of Arc (ji) wants to cut some ingredients for her cocktail in the anthill (an3), and she wants to use some very complicated electrical scissors (剪) for the task. The scissors have to be used through a complicated front panel (前) and after having studied the front panel for 15 minutes Joan of Arc is so enraged that she cuts her ingredients as well as the front panel with a large cleaver (刀).
刀
=
㇆
+
丿
:
Mnemonic symbol: 刀 looks like a cleaver (while 刂 looks like a kitchen knife).
Don Quixote (d) serves his good deed of the day in front of the aorta (ao1). In order to feed the people, he uses a plow (㇆) to dig up bananas (丿), and cuts them into slices with a broad cleaver (刀).