魑

chi̅ = ch + Ø1

mountain demon

魑 character breakdown

魑
- 离
  - 㐫
    - 亠
      - 一
      - 丶
    - 凶
      - 乂
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
      - 凵
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 凶
    - 乂
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 凵
  - 禸
    - 冂
      - 丨
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
    - 厶
- 鬼
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 厶
  - 白
    - 丶
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗

离

chi̅ = ch + Ø1

mythical beast (archaic)

离

離

lí = li + Ø2

surname Li

离

離

lí = li + Ø2

to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲

离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Mnemonic symbol: from 离心机 or 离心分离机, a centrifuge.

离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Li Qingzhao is about to leave the space station. As a souvenir she put her beret in the space station's centrifuge and got a demon mask out. Angrily she tramples on the demon mask because what she wanted was a nice and modern hat.

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.