支

surname Zhi

to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

支 = 十 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: a tree branch. James II of England (zh) has to repair the hull of the space station. His tool is a big cross (十) with one end cushioned with a boxing glove (又), which he is to use as a hammer. As he is floating in front of the space station (Ø1), the only tool to support him is a wooden branch (支) so that he won't float away.

支 character breakdown

支
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 又
  - ㇏
  - ㇇

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

又

yòu = y + ou4

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

又 = ㇇ + ㇏ : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

Characters with 支 as component

翅

翄

chì = ch + Ø4

variant of 翅[chi4]

翅 = 支 + 羽 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) crafts two wings (翅) by attaching feathers (羽) to two branches (支) and flies through the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

攲

qi̅ = qi + Ø1

up / uneven

芰

jì = ji + Ø4

Trapa natans / water caltrop

跂

qì = qi + Ø4

to stand on tiptoe / to sit with feet hanging

跂

zhi̅ = zh + Ø1

see 踶跂[di4 zhi1]