淨

clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role

净 = 争 + 冫 : The grim reaper (争) is very annoyed by Joan of Arc (ji) eating popsicle after popsicle (冫) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). She does not take care at all and repeatedly messes up the floor which the grim reaper has to clean (净) again and again.

淨 character breakdown

淨
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀
- 爭
  - 爫
    - 丿
    - ⺍
      - 小
        
        亅
        
        八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
  - 肀

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

争

爭

zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1

to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)

争 = ⺈ + 肀 : Mnemonic symbol: The grim reaper, as 争 is often used in words involving war (...战争). In front of the engine ((e)ng1), the grim reaper (争) marks his next victims in passing. With a crayon (肀) he draws big "X"s on the crane (⺈) and James II of England (zh).

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淨

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