name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
名
=
口
+
夕
:
Mnemonic symbol: a name badge (from 名牌).
Marilyn Monroe (mi) prepared a mandarin (口) for her bat (夕) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and put her little darling's name badge (名) in front of it.
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
声
=
士
+
尸
+
丨
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) hears the terrifying sound (声) of bone (丨) on stone in front of the engine ((e)ng1), and he's sure that there must be a ghost (尸). Indeed it's only the bachelor (士) who wants to scare Sherlock.
