匊

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

variant of 掬[ju1]

匊 character breakdown

匊
- 勹
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 米
  - 丷
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

ba̅o = b + ao1

archaic variant of 包[bao1]

勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.

米

mǐ = mi + Ø3

surname Mi

米

mǐ = mi + Ø3

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

米 = 丷 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a sack of rice.

Marilyn Monroe and the mean crocodile celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree inside of the space station. Coincidentally they got each other the same present: each of them is giving the other one a sack of rice.

Characters with 匊 as component

曲

麴

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]

菊

jú = ju + Ø2

chrysanthemum

鞠

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

to incline (one's torso); to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up; to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2]

鞠 = 匊 + 革 : Zeus (ju) was brought up (鞠) by the inhabitants of the space station. One day, when they were out on a stroll in front of the space station (Ø1), they received a small one-person spacecraft with both hands (匊) and found baby Zeus inside cuddled in a cow's hide (革) together with a message that the sun of his home planet just exploded.

鞠

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

surname Ju