鼠

rat / mouse / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

鼠 = 臼 + 丨 + 丶 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found that there are rats (鼠) in the space station (Ø3), and he wants to get rid of them. In a mortar (臼) pulverizes some petal leaves (丶丶丶丶) and a computer mouse (鼠) grinding with a dinosaur bone three times (丨丨丨). He hopes that the rats like the mixture and the heavy metals used to make the computer mouse will kill the rats.

鼠

shǔ = shu + Ø3

(bound form) rat; mouse

鼠 character breakdown

鼠
- 丨
- 丶
- 臼

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

臼

jiù = ji + ou4

mortar

Joan of Arc (ji) uses a mortar (臼) to process some holy herbs in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).

Characters with 鼠 as component

窜

竄

cuàn = cu + an4

to flee / to scuttle / to exile or banish / to amend or edit

窜 = 串 + 穴 : Kitty Cat hat to flee from the terrible regime of Cat Country, and she found refuge in the anthill's bathroom. All she could bring was a plastic bag with her stuff, in fact only a skewer. To make her feel at least a little at home, she covers the bathroom's walls in cave paintings of her skewer.

巤

liè = li + e4

old variant of 鬣[lie4]

鼬

yòu = y + ou4

see 鼬鼠[you4 shu3]

鼩

qú = qu + Ø2

used in 鼩鼱[qu2 jing1]

鼹

鼴

yǎn = y + an3