齿

tooth / CL:顆|颗[ke1]

齿 = 止 + 凵 + 人 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has an aching tooth (齿), and Neanderthal Man (人) is about to help him take it out using an electrical barrier (止) in the space station (Ø3). They attached the barrier to the tooth and as Neanderthal Man will plug it into the receptacle (凵), the barrier will pull out the tooth.

齿 character breakdown

齿
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 凵
- 止
  - 一
  - 上
    - 一
    - 丨
    - 二
      - 一
    - 丄
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 丨
  - ⺊
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 丄
    - 一
    - 丨

凵

kǎn = k + an3

receptacle

Mnemonic symbol: receptacle as in wall plug.

Karl Marx (k) wants to recharge his phone in the anthill's living room (an3), but he can't find a receptacle (凵).

止

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

to stop / to prohibit / until / only

止 = ⺊ + 丨 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 齿 as component

龄

齡

líng = li + (e)ng2

age / length of experience, membership etc

龄 = 令 + 齿 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to enter engine, but in the kitchen ((e)ng2) she has to undergo a check first. An old codger with an imperial name tag (令) is entitled to check her teeth (齿) in order to now Qingzhao's age (龄).

龈

齦

yín = y + (e)n2

gums (of the teeth)

龈

齦

kěn = k + (e)n3

variant of 啃[ken3]

啮

嚙

niè = ni + e4

to gnaw / to erode