歲

classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)

岁 = 夕 + 山 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) meets a bat (夕) in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower (ei4). They make a bet: The one who is older (岁) will be allowed to eat the other using a fork (山).

歲 character breakdown

歲
- 少
  - 丿
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 戊
  - 丿
  - 厂
  - 戈
    - 丿
    - 弋
- 止
  - 一
  - 上
    - 一
    - 丨
    - 二
      - 一
    - 丄
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 丨
  - ⺊
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 丄
    - 一
    - 丨

少

shǎo = sh + ao3

few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

少 = 丿 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face. There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.

少

shào = sh + ao4

young

戊

wù = w + Ø4

fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta

戊 = 厂 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a fifth wheel recreational vehicle.

戊 = 厂 + 戈 : Willy Walrus set up his fifth wheel RV in the space station's bathroom, and in front of it, his only source of food: a chocolate factory. Because both are so precious he guards them with a spear.

止

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

to stop / to prohibit / until / only

止 = ⺊ + 丨 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.