鬼

guǐ = gu + ei3

ghost / demon / terrible / damnable / clever / sly / crafty / (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc) / one of the 28 constellations

鬼 = 白 + 儿 + 厶 : Mnemonic symbol: a demon.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is being haunted by a demon (鬼) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3). She has to hide in the nostril of a fake nose (厶) and wave a white flag (白), but one day Sun Wukong (儿) arrives and drives the demon away.

鬼 character breakdown

鬼
- 儿
  - 丿
  - 乚
- 厶
- 白
  - 丶
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗

儿

rén = r + (e)n2

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

儿

兒

ér = Ø + Ø2

child / son

儿 = 丿 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: "son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong (儿) are fighting in the space station's kitchen (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert Einstein has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿).

儿

兒

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

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).

白

bái = b + ai2

surname Bai

白

bái = b + ai2

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

白 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).

Characters with 鬼 as component

魔

mó = m + o2

devil / magic

魔 = 麻 + 鬼 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to become a famous magician (魔) and practices in the observatory's kitchen (o2). He has a demon (鬼) tie him up using hemp fiber (麻). His magic (魔) trick will be to undo the ties just using his teeth.

魏

wèi = w + ei4

surname Wei / name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods

魏 = 委 + 鬼 : A demon (鬼) is attacking Willy Walrus (w) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Instead of going straight at the demon, Willy surrounds Wei and saves Zhao (围魏救赵): he goes for the demon's artificial leg (委) in order to disable the demon.

魏

wèi = w + ei4

tower over a palace gateway (old)

魂

hún = hu + (e)n2

soul / spirit / immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body

魂 = 云 + 鬼 : Helga Horse (hu) just entered the encampment ((e)n2) when a demon (鬼) appears out of a cloud (云) and kills her. The next thing Helga Horse knows is how her spirit (魂) leaves her dead body.

魂

䰟

hún = hu + (e)n2

old variant of 魂[hun2]

魁

kuí = ku + ei2

chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart

瑰

gui̅ = gu + ei1

(semiprecious stone) / extraordinary

瑰

瓌

gui̅ = gu + ei1

old variant of 瑰[gui1]

魅

mèi = m + ei4

demon / magic / to charm

魅 = 未 + 鬼 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) has been hiding behind a Christmas tree (未) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) for days now. Finally he discovers what he has been waiting for: the phantom (魅) of the Eiffel Tower is a very charismatic (魅) demon (鬼).

槐

huái = hu + ai2

Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree

魄

pò = p + o4

soul / mortal soul, i.e. attached to the body

魄 = 白 + 鬼 : Pinocchio (p) is being harassed by a demon (鬼) while he uses observatory's bathroom (o4). The demon almost causes Pinocchio's mortal soul (魄) to depart his body, so Pinocchio waves with his white flag (白) as hard as he can to beg for mercy.