更

ge̅ng = g + (e)ng1

to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

更

gèng = g + (e)ng4

more / even more / further / still / still more

更 = 丈 + 日 : 人心不足，蛇吞象: A person who always wants more is like a snake which wants to eat an elephant.

更 = 丈 + 日 : Guy Fawkes found a snake who ate an elephant in the engine's bathroom, and now it can't move anymore. Together with his friends Bigfoot and the sun, he carries it out of the bathroom.

更 character breakdown

更
- 丈
  - 一
  - 乂
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

丈

zhàng = zh + ang4

measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male

丈 = 一 + 乂 : Mnemonic symbol: ten feet are about 3 meters, so let's say Bigfoot. Nice side effect: that way it's easier to remember 丈夫 = husband (if your husband looks like Bigfoot). The ten feet tall Bigfoot (丈) just left the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), and he left something that looks like a big flute (一). James II of England (zh) needs to move it out of the way, but he'll touch it only with pliers (丈).

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 更 as component

便

biàn = bi + an4

plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards

便 = 亻 + 更 : "Handy" is a German word for "mobile phone", so that's what I will represent this character with.

便 = 亻 + 更 : Brunhilde lost her mobile phone! When Rosa Luxemburg helps her to find it by calling Brunhilde's phone, they discover that it must be inside the snake that ate an elephant which is lying in the anthill's bathroom. Together they open the snake's mouth to see wether they can find it.

便

pián = pi + an2

used in 便宜|便宜[pian2 yi5] / used in 便便[pian2 pian2] / used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]

硬

yìng = y + (e)ng4

hard / stiff / strong / firm / resolutely / doggedly / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial

硬 = 更 + 石 : Maud Younger (y) finds the snake which ate too much (更) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), and it feels miserable. To make the snake feel better Maud massages the snake using two warm stones (石). As Maud massages the snakebshe finds that the snake's belly is really hard (硬).

苏

甦

su̅ = su + Ø1

variant of 蘇|苏[su1] / to revive

苏 = 办 + 艹 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a new business (办) in front of the space station (Ø1). She is growing wild red basil (苏) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) which provide just the right nutrients. Because it will take the basil really long to grow, Susan Saint Bernard just takes a nap. When the basil is big enough she will wake up (苏) and sell it.

梗

gěng = g + (e)ng3

branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)

埂

gěng = g + (e)ng3

strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields

埂 = 土 + 更 : A snake who ate an elephant (更) found Guy Fawkes (g) hideout in the engine ((e)ng3). To catch her Guy Fawkes quickly piles up earth (土) to create a strip of high ground (埂) around the snake which it cannot pass because it just ate an elephant.

粳

秔

ji̅ng = ji + (e)ng1

variant of 粳[jing1]

粳

稉

ji̅ng = ji + (e)ng1

variant of 粳[jing1]

粳

ji̅ng = ji + (e)ng1

round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) / Taiwan pr. [geng1]

哽