奚

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

surname Xi

奚 = 爫 + 幺 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: to call 911 and answer the "w"-questions.

Marie Curie (xi) tried to cheat the robot (大) in a poker game by hiding an ace (幺) in her sleeve in front of the space station (Ø1), but the robot found out and threatens to shave her head with an electric razor (爫). Terrified, Marie Curie calls 911 and answers the "w"-questions: what? / where? / why? (奚)

奚

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

(literary) what? / where? / why?

奚 character breakdown

奚
- 幺
  - 厶
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 爫
  - 丿
  - ⺍
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

surname Yao

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

幺 = 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.

幺 = 厶 : Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the aorta. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the aorta.

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

爫

zhǎo = zh + ao3

"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)

Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character remind me of a smiling mouth over a beard; thus, I'll represent it by an electric razor. James II of England (zh) uses his electric razor (爫) to shave his beard in the aorta's living room (ao3).

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 奚 as component

鸡

雞

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) prostitute

鸡 = 又 + 鸟 : Maud Younger (y) is going between a boxing (又) fight between a turkey (鸟) and a chicken (鸡) in front of the space station (Ø1).

鞋

鞵

xié = xi + e2

variant of 鞋[xie2]

鞋 = 圭 + 革 : Marie Curie (xi) made herself some shoes (鞋) and tries them on in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She cut the shoes out of a cow's hide (革) of which shreds are scattered all around. The shoes are a bit small, so Marie needs to use a jade tablet (圭) as shoehorn to get into the shoe.

溪

谿

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

variant of 溪[xi1]

溪 = 奚 + 氵 : Marie Curie (xi) finds out that what used to be a big river floating in front of the space station (Ø1) is now just a rivulet (溪). She instantly grabs as many bottles of water (氵) as she can to replenish the river and calls 911 for help, but first has to answer the "w"-questions what? / where? / why? (奚).

溪

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

creek / rivulet