耸

to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering

耸 = 从 + 耳 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a towering (耸) web inside of the engine ((e)ng3). When she catches her first prey she is very excited (耸), but then she finds out it is only a rubber chicken (从) and shrugs her shoulders (耸). Because she has no ears (耳) she cannot hear the rubber chicken (从) scream in despair.

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耸 character breakdown

耸
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 从
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 耳

从

從

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

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从 = 人 : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).

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耳

ěr = Ø + Ø3

ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

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It ist what it looks like: an ear.

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人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

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人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

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