疏

variant of 疏[shu1]

surname Shu

to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation

疏 = ㇇ + 止 + 㐬 : Mnemonic symbol: a dredger. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is operating a dredger (疏) in front of the space station (Ø1). First he clears the way of all the beaks (㇇) and pendant-cups (㐬), then he puts up a barrier (止) to stop the space-road from being obstructed again.

疏 character breakdown

疏
- 止
  - 一
  - 上
    - 一
    - 丨
    - 二
      - 一
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 丄
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 丨
  - ⺊
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 丄
    - 一
    - 丨
- 疋
  - ㇖
  - 龰
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨
- ㇇
- 㐬
  - 丨
  - 云
    - 二
      - 一
    - 厶
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚

止

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

to stop / to prohibit / until / only

止 = ⺊ + 丨 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.

匹

疋

pǐ = pi + Ø3

variant of 匹[pi3] / classifier for cloth: bolt

匹 = 儿 + 匚 : 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.

疋

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

foot

疋

yǎ = y + a3

variant of 雅[ya3]

㇇

Character component without intrinsic meaning

This one looks like a beak.

㐬

Character component without intrinsic meaning

㐬 = 云 + 儿 + 丨 : Li Qingzhao asked Sun Wukong for help with the preparation of an elixir in the outhouse's kitchen. Li Qingzhao set up a large bowl with pendants and pennants to crush dinosaur bones in. Sun Wukong crushes the bones for her so fast that there's dust, even clouds, everywhere.

Characters with 疏 as component

蔬

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

vegetables

蔬 = 艹 + 疏 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is digging for vegetables (蔬) in front of the space station (Ø1) with a dredger (疏). He knows that somewhere there must be genuine vegetables under the layers of artificial lawn (艹).