surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) finds that a small forest (林) has grown in the space station (Ø3). Decisively she puts on her gumboots (疋), grabs her punishment cane (楚) and brings back order (楚) and clarity (楚) to the wild forest.
distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) finds that a small forest (林) has grown in the space station (Ø3). Decisively she puts on her gumboots (疋), grabs her punishment cane (楚) and brings back order (楚) and clarity (楚) to the wild forest.

楚 character breakdown

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.
woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

= : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to plant a small forest (林) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She already put up two Christmas trees (木).
variant of 匹[pi3] / classifier for cloth: bolt

= + : Pocahontas has been waiting for a metal box full of bolts of cloth in the space station. Now it arrived, but as she opens it Sun Wukong jumps out with only a pair of bolts of cloth in his hands, much to Pocahontas' dismay.
foot
variant of 雅[ya3]

Characters with 楚 as component

foundation / base

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) has to leave the space station (Ø3) quickly, but the emergency exit (出) is blocked by a big rock (石). Chantal has no other choice but to dig a tunnel through the space station's foundation (础).
rough and rugged
to be afraid
name of an ancient river (in present-day Dingtao County 定陶縣|定陶县[Ding4 tao2 Xian4], Shandong)

Words with 楚

Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Nyang qu or Nian chu River in Tibet, a tributary of Yarlung Tsangpo
sorrowful / grieved
sad / wretched / miserable
serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
thorny problem / troublesome affair
the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市[Huai2 an1 shi4], Jiangsu
Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市[Huai2 an1 shi4], Jiangsu
King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC) / later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC)

Sentences with 楚

楚 currently does not appear in any sentence.