溜

to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate

溜 = 氵 + 留 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to escape from her job (溜), which is receiving calls about defect water bottles (氵). In front of the outhouse (ou1), she quickly turns on an answering machine (留) and skates (溜) away on her ice skates (溜).

溜

liù = li + ou4

used in 冰溜[bing1 liu4]

溜 character breakdown

溜
- 留
  - 卯
    - 丿
    - 卩
      - 丨
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
    - 厶
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

留

㽞

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

留 = 卯 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.

Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.

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.

留

liú = li + ou2

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve