槓

coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion

杠 = 工 + 木 : In the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) Guy Fawkes (g) finds a steel beam (工) under the Christmas tree (木). He sharpens it like a knife (杠) to obtain a pole (杠) and starts practicing pole (杠) dancing.

槓 character breakdown

槓
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 貢
  - 工
    - 丨
    - 二
      - 一
  - 貝
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 目
      - 二
        
        一
      - 囗

木

mù = mu + Ø4

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

木 = 八 + 十 : 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.

贡

貢

gòng = gu + (e)ng4

surname Gong

贡 = 工 + 贝 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is offering a tribute (贡) to her god in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The tribute is a crab (贝) at the high tip of a steel beam (工) which has been rammed into the ground.

贡

貢

gòng = gu + (e)ng4

to offer tribute / tribute / gifts