疔

di̅ng = di + (e)ng1

boil / carbuncle

疔 character breakdown

疔
- 丁
  - 一
  - 亅
- 疒
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 冫
  - 广
    - 丿
    - 亠
      - 一
      - 丶

丁

di̅ng = di + (e)ng1

surname Ding

丁

di̅ng = di + (e)ng1

male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl

丁 = 一 + 亅 : Mnemonic symobl: a nail. 一 is the head of the nail and 亅 is the shaft. The point of the nail is already a bit bent.

Dorothy Gale (di) balances a flute (一) on a crowbar (亅) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). For this trick, she wins the fourth (丁) place in an artists competition and gets a quarter (丁) of a pizza as prize. Unfortunately, there is a big nail (mnemonic symbol for 丁) on the pizza slice.

疒

nè = n + e4

sick / sickness / Kang Xi radical 104 / also pr. [chuang2]

疒 = 亠 + 广 : Napoleon started a war, and his first act is to parachute into the elevator's bathroom, wearing his military beret and all. He's lucky to have landed in the bathroom because unfortunately he's sick, with a colorful rash all about his skin and the urge to puke.