横

horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent

横 = 木 + 黄 : Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.

横

橫

hèng = h + (e)ng4

harsh and unreasonable / unexpected

横 character breakdown

横
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 黄
  - 井
    - 丨
    - 丿
    - 二
      - 一
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 由
    - 丨
    - 曰
      - 一
      - 囗

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).

黄

黃

huáng = hu + ang2

surname Huang or Hwang

黄 = 井 + 由 + 八 : Mnemonic symbol: the Yellow Emperor.

Helga Horse invited the Yellow Emperor to join her visit anglepod. In the kitchen, he falls for her trap: Helga prepared a field of eight balls on which the Yellow Emperor trips. As he falls into the well behind the field of eight balls, Helga neighs and laughs loudly at him.

黄

黃

huáng = hu + ang2

yellow / pornographic / to fall through