surname Wei

= + : Mnemonic symbol: danger ahead sign.

There is a Greek nymph in front of the Eiffel Tower who goes around to seduce and devour all kinds of people. A crane has spotted her and flies around waving with a "danger ahead" sign to warn others, but Willy Walrus doesn't even notice: he spotted the nymph and instantaneously fell in love with her.
danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wei2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: danger ahead sign.

There is a Greek nymph in front of the Eiffel Tower who goes around to seduce and devour all kinds of people. A crane has spotted her and flies around waving with a "danger ahead" sign to warn others, but Willy Walrus doesn't even notice: he spotted the nymph and instantaneously fell in love with her.

危 character breakdown

distressed

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 尼厄丽德, Greek nymph.

A navy seal is doing push-ups in the elevator's bathroom, as a Greek nymph enters and tries to seduce him with some delicious chocolate. She even sets up a whole chocolate factory which continuously produces delicious chocolate! Albert Einstein enters and is delighted: he happily eats lots of the chocolate, making the seal very jealous. The seal is not supposed to eat chocolate during his training, so he is very distressed.
variant of 厄[e4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 尼厄丽德, Greek nymph.

A navy seal is doing push-ups in the elevator's bathroom, as a Greek nymph enters and tries to seduce him with some delicious chocolate. She even sets up a whole chocolate factory which continuously produces delicious chocolate! Albert Einstein enters and is delighted: he happily eats lots of the chocolate, making the seal very jealous. The seal is not supposed to eat chocolate during his training, so he is very distressed.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

I think this looks like a crane; to the left is its wing, and to the right its head.

Characters with 危 as component

old variant of 脆[cui4]

= + : The moon (月) is skating on the ice in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), although there's a warning sign (危) pointing out that it is very fragile (脆). Kitty Cat (cu) tries to warn him by shouting and waving at him, but the moon is too far away.
brittle / fragile / crisp / crunchy / clear and loud voice / neat

= + : The moon (月) is skating on the ice in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), although there's a warning sign (危) pointing out that it is very fragile (脆). Kitty Cat (cu) tries to warn him by shouting and waving at him, but the moon is too far away.
to kneel

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is kneeling down (跪) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) to read a danger ahead-sign (危). It wars her of the cowboy boots further ahead (⻊).
a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon
sly / crafty / weird / bizarre / contradictory / inconsistent
mast
easeful carriage of one's head
almost succeed / crafty / suddenly
uncomfortable / unsteady
to destroy / to damage / dilapidated / collapsed
quiet and nice

Words with 危

to take advantage of sb's precarious position
lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
credit crisis / see also 次貸危機|次贷危机[ci4 dai4 wei1 ji1]
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
in danger of collapse / in a parlous state / (of person) treacherous
totally exhausted as result of overexertion (idiom)
at stake / in peril

Sentences with 危

危 currently does not appear in any sentence.