活

huó = hu + o2

to live / alive / living / work / workmanship

活 = 氵 + 舌 : Helga Horse joined the traditional water bottle challenge and empties a bottle of water over herself in the observatory's kitchen. To raise the difficulty level, she only uses her tongue to hold the bottle.

活 character breakdown

活
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀
- 舌
  - 千
    - 丿
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 口

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.

舌

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

舌

shé = sh + e2

tongue

舌 = 千 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) used a kilogram (千) to crush mandarins (口) on the elevator's kitchen (e2) counter. He's licking up the juice with his tongue (舌).

Characters with 活 as component

阔

闊

kuò = ku + o4

rich / wide / broad

阔 = 活 + 门 : Karl Koala (ku) wants to live a rich (阔) and wide (阔) life (活). To this end he installs a wide (阔) magical trap door (门) in the observatory's bathroom (o4) which will lead him to wide landscapes.

阔

濶

kuò = ku + o4

variant of 闊|阔[kuo4]