刁

surname Diao

artful / wicked

刁 = ㇆ + ㇀ : Dorothy Gale (di) feels wicked (刁) and purposefully scratches the plow (㇆) in front of the aorta (ao1). The ㇀ in 刁 symbolizes the scratch.

刁 character breakdown

刁
- ㇆
  - 一
  - 亅
- ㇀

㇆

Character component without intrinsic meaning

㇆ = 一 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: ㇆ just looks like a plow.

Someone attached a flute to the top of a crowbar to create a new instrument. When the crowbar is bowed with a plow, the vibrations of the crowbar will transfer to the flute, which in turn is producing eerie sounds.

㇀

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: a scratch.

Characters with 刁 as component

习

習

xí = xi + Ø2

surname Xi

习 = ㇆ + 亠 : Marie Curie is practising to take off her beret using a plough in the space station's entrance.

习

習

xí = xi + Ø2

(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom

习 = ㇆ + 亠 : Marie Curie is practising to take off her beret using a plough in the space station's entrance.

叼

dia̅o = di + ao1

to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

叼 = 刁 + 口 : After Dorothy Gale (di) viciously (刁) scratched a plough in front of the aorta (ao1) the steals a mandarin (口) and holds it in her mouth (叼) until she is out of sight.

汈

dia̅o = di + ao1

(used in place names)