From top: scholar 士, beans 豆, mouth 口. (This character has also been simplified to 吉)
A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.

Top: scholar 士, bottom: variant of door/gate 戸 (sliding dor with upper rail)
The scholar is at the door: I hear his voice.

Left: scholar 士, to show 示; right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
The scholar shows a lack (of familiarity) with this paragraph.

A posing man with wide outstretched arms
He looks like a poser, the scholar.

Top: scholar 士, below: heart 心
The scholar's heart is his: will.

Top: strong, robust 壮 (In the bed 丬 is the scholar 士 strong and robust) [丬=tree cut into half], below: clothing 衣
In the bed the scholar (recovered) and wears his clothings like a costume.

From top: scholar 士 (here: handle 士 at a cover冖), cover 冖, business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
A handle at a cover on sth. hollow is in total: a (tea) pot.

Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half; cf. 片,爿), right: scholar 士
(He is skilled at sexual practices?) In the bed, the scholar is strong and sturdy.

Top: scholar 士, bottom: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)
The scholar places a tablecloth on the table as a "shell" or carpace.

Left: person 人, right: scholar 士
A person must be a scholar to become a civil servant.