吉: joy, luck. Either a cross on an altar (how lucky we are to have it!), or a human figure stretching his arms out for joy, standing on a pedestal, celebrating his good luck.
結: tie, bind. "Blest be the ties that bind." We're joyful and lucky to be bound by such a common thread.
詰: rebuke, reprove. It's good luck to have those whose words rebuke and reprove us, pushing us toward virtue. Sort of like "faithful are the wounds of a friend."
舎: cottage. The small roofed dwelling is a joy that we're lucky to have.
Henshall says 甫 refers to hands using a tool. But he also suggests treating that stuff at the top as a needle and a point. I'll go further in my mnemonic from point of a needle (I think he means) to needlepoint, the craft. This helps because I can base mnemonics for many of the derived characters on needlepoint.
So here we go
甫: for the first time, not until. Some sweet old thing is making a needlepoint for baby's first time in the world, but not until baby arrives.
舗: store or shop. A little cottage-like building with needlepoint supplies is a kind of store.
捕: capture, catch. Use your other hand to catch loose threads while doing needlepoint.
哺: nurse, suckle. Do needlepoint while letting baby eat.
浦: bay. Branch out in your needlepoint and do an image of the waters of the bay.
補: learner, compensate, offset, supplement. The learner of needlepoint can supplement income by mending clothes, too.
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