曷

曷
hé = h + e2
why / how / when / what / where
曷 = 匃 + 日 : So many questions! That's why I'm gonna represent this with a quiz wheel. Each section of the wheel corresponds to one of the question words.

The beggar from ancient Egypt (匃) is the candidate in a quiz game just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2). His quiz master is Hamlet (h), and the quiz wheel (曷) is spun by the sun (日).

曷 character breakdown

丐
匃
gài = g + ai4
variant of 丐[gai4]
匃 = 亾 + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: a beggar from ancient Egypt. The beggar from ancient Egypt (匃) found work as an elephant (勹) rider. He rides his elephant through the airplane's bathroom (ai4) while the elephant carries a sarcophagus (亾) with his trunk. He doesn't know that Guy Fawkes (g) secretly sneaked into the sarcophagus to hitch a ride.
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).
曰
yue̅ = yu + e1
to speak / to say
曰 = 囗 + 一 : Yu the Great is selling flutes in front of the elevator. She has a whole box of them, and she's advertising them by using a microphone.

Characters with 曷 as component

喝
he̅ = h + e1
to drink / variant of 嗬[he1]
喝 = 口 + 曷 : Hamlet (h) is playing a drinking game in front of the elevator (e1). He is turning a quiz wheel (曷) and every time he doesn't know the answer he has to drink (喝) one of the shots in front of him. The shots are glasses made of mandarins (口). Hamlet drank so much already that every time he has to drink he screams "oh my goodness!"
喝
hè = h + e4
to shout
渴
kě = k + e3
thirsty
渴 = 曷 + 氵 : Karl Marx (k) is really thirsty (渴) in the elevator (e3), where he finds a water bottle (氵) vending machine. The water is free, but attached to the machine he finds a quiz wheel (曷): only when he is able to answer five questions in a row he will get a bottle of water.
歇
xie̅ = xi + e1
to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while
歇 = 曷 + 欠 : Marie Curie (xi) is gambling on a quiz wheel (曷) in front of the elevator (e1). As she turns the wheel and it turns out that she will have to pay a great debt, she says "give me a break" (歇), leaves an IOU note (欠) instead and lies down in the grass to relax a bit (歇).
揭
jie̅ = ji + e1
to take the lid off / to expose / to unmask
揭 = 扌 + 曷 : Joan of Arc (ji) is taking part in a quiz in front of the elevator (e1). As the quiz master turns the quiz wheel (曷) and Joan of Arc answers the question correctly, the quiz master proceeds to expose (揭) the special prize by uncovering the veil using a toy claw (扌).
揭
jie̅ = ji + e1
surname Jie
揭 = 扌 + 曷 : Joan of Arc (ji) is taking part in a quiz in front of the elevator (e1). As the quiz master turns the quiz wheel (曷) and Joan of Arc answers the question correctly, the quiz master proceeds to expose (揭) the special prize by uncovering the veil using a toy claw (扌).
竭
jié = ji + e2
to exhaust
竭 = 曷 + 立 : Joan of Arc (ji) is taking part in a game show in the elevator's kitchen (e2). The top prize, a very beautiful vase (立), is standing right next to her. She is just about to spin the quiz wheel (曷) for the last time, but unfortunately she already exhausted (竭) all of her jokers.
遏
è = Ø + e4
to restrain / to check / to hold back
遏 = 曷 + 辶 : Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to turn the quiz wheel (曷) inside the elevator's bathroom (e4), but he didn't notice that the laces of his gladiator sandals (辶) got stuck in the quiz wheel and restrain (遏) its motion.
谒
謁
yè = y + e4
to visit (a superior)
谒 = 曷 + 讠 : Maud Younger (y) plans to visit her superior (谒) to ask for a raise. On an advertising column (讠) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) she reads that she should dress for success, but she doesn't know what to dress, so she turns a quiz wheel (曷) to decide for her.
葛
gé = g + e2
kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth
葛 = 艹 + 曷 : Guy Fawkes (g) keeps turning the quiz wheel (曷) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) because he wants to get the hemp cloth (葛) to make a mask out of it, but every time he just wins sheets of artificial lawn (艹).
葛
gě = g + e3
surname Ge

Words with 曷

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Sentences with 曷

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