柳

surname Liu

柳 = 卯 + 木 : Li Qingzhao's (li) pet rabbit (卯) has died. She buried him under the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse (ou3) and planted a willow (柳) on his grave.

柳

liǔ = li + ou3

willow

柳 = 卯 + 木 : Li Qingzhao's (li) pet rabbit (卯) has died. She buried him under the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse (ou3) and planted a willow (柳) on his grave.

柳

栁

liǔ = li + ou3

old variant of 柳[liu3]

柳 = 卯 + 木 : Li Qingzhao's (li) pet rabbit (卯) has died. She buried him under the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse (ou3) and planted a willow (柳) on his grave.

柳

桺

liǔ = li + ou3

old variant of 柳[liu3]

柳 = 卯 + 木 : Li Qingzhao's (li) pet rabbit (卯) has died. She buried him under the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse (ou3) and planted a willow (柳) on his grave.

柳 character breakdown

柳
- 卯
  - 丿
  - 卩
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 厶
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

卯

mǎo = m + ao3

mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) / 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit / ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) / variant of 鉚|铆[mao3] / to exert one's strength

卯 = 丿 + 厶 + 卩 : Mnemonic symbol: a rabbit.

Mahatma Gandhi entertains a baby rabbit and a baby seal inside of the aorta. He put on a fake nose and stuck a banana in each hole of the fake nose, and the bananas fit like tenons put into mortises.

卯

夘

mǎo = m + ao3

variant of 卯[mao3]

卯

戼

mǎo = m + ao3

old variant of 卯[mao3]

木

mù = mu + Ø4

surname Mu

木

mù = mu + Ø4

tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden