卯

mǎo = m + ao3

mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) / 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit / ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) / variant of 鉚|铆[mao3] / to exert one's strength

卯 = 丿 + 厶 + 卩 : Mnemonic symbol: a rabbit.

Mahatma Gandhi entertains a baby rabbit and a baby seal inside of the aorta. He put on a fake nose and stuck a banana in each hole of the fake nose, and the bananas fit like tenons put into mortises.

卯

夘

mǎo = m + ao3

variant of 卯[mao3]

卯

戼

mǎo = m + ao3

old variant of 卯[mao3]

卯 character breakdown

卯
- 丿
- 卩
  - 丨
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 厶

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

卩

jié = ji + e2

"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)

卩 = ㇆ + 丨 : The meaning is seal as in insignia, but instead I'm going to represent it as baby seal (the animal) in other characters. Joan of Arc (ji) is using a plow (㇆) to dig up baby seals (卩) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). As soon as they jump out of the ground she clubs them with a dinosaur bone (丨).

厶

mǒu = m + ou3

old variant of 某[mou3]

厶

si̅ = s + Ø1

old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).

Characters with 卯 as component

留

㽞

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

留 = 卯 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.

Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.

留

畱

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

留

liú = li + ou2

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

聊

liáo = li + ao2

to chat / to depend upon (literary) / temporarily / just / slightly

聊 = 卯 + 耳 : Li Qingzhao (li) is chatting (聊) with the rabbit (卯) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). The rabbit likes chatting (聊) so much that he literally chews one of Qingzhao's ears (耳) off.

贸

貿

mào = m + ao4

commerce / trade

贸 = 卯 + 贝 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is negotiating with a rabbit (卯) and a crab (贝) at a world trade summit (贸) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4).

柳

栁

liǔ = li + ou3

old variant of 柳[liu3]

柳 = 卯 + 木 : Li Qingzhao's (li) pet rabbit (卯) has died. She buried him under the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse (ou3) and planted a willow (柳) on his grave.

柳

liǔ = li + ou3

surname Liu

柳 = 卯 + 木 : Li Qingzhao's (li) pet rabbit (卯) has died. She buried him under the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse (ou3) and planted a willow (柳) on his grave.

柳

liǔ = li + ou3

willow

柳 = 卯 + 木 : Li Qingzhao's (li) pet rabbit (卯) has died. She buried him under the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse (ou3) and planted a willow (柳) on his grave.

柳

桺

liǔ = li + ou3

old variant of 柳[liu3]

柳 = 卯 + 木 : Li Qingzhao's (li) pet rabbit (卯) has died. She buried him under the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse (ou3) and planted a willow (柳) on his grave.

卵

luǎn = lu + an3

egg / ovum / spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking

卵 = 丷 + 卯 : When the mean crocodile (丷) is not watching, the rabbit (卯) and Lenny Lemur (lu) are feasting on his eggs (卵) inside of the anthill (an3).

昴

mǎo = m + ao3

the Pleiades

峁

mǎo = m + ao3

round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)