variant of 盍[he2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to make a list of pros and cons.

Hamlet (h) is thinking about smashing a shallow bowl (皿) with a concrete barrel (去) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He thinks "why not" (盍), and decides to make a list of pros and cons (盍) first.
why not

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to make a list of pros and cons.

Hamlet (h) is thinking about smashing a shallow bowl (皿) with a concrete barrel (去) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He thinks "why not" (盍), and decides to make a list of pros and cons (盍) first.

盍 character breakdown

to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: The "nose" part (厶) can be seen as an arm, which goes through "earth" (土), and this reminds me of some protesters who lock themselves (or their arms, to be specific) to concrete barrels. Cupids dirt capsule could also be a concrete barrel. So in other characters, I'm going to represent 去 by a concrete barrel.

Cupid (qu) is trying to send himself to earth. In the bathroom of the space station (Ø4), he has prepared a capsule made of dirt (土). He's wearing his lucky fake nose (厶) when entering the capsule.
dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108

Marilyn Monroe is eating some rice out of a shallow bowl in the encampment.
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108

Characters with 盍 as component

lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) always has to cover (盖) his rice bowl (皿) with cling wrap in the airplane's bathroom (ai4), otherwise the sheep (羊) will eat all the rice and get a stomach ache.
surname Ge
variant of 艷|艳[yan4]

= + : The glamorous (艳) Maud Younger (y) challenges you for a dice game (色) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). If you win, you can follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰), but if you loose, you have to follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰).
variant of 嗑[ke4]
to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)

= + : Karl Marx (k) knows he has to put out his cigarette before he can enter the elevator (e1) and his first instinct is to put his cigarette out by tapping (磕) it on the ancient stones (石) in front of the elevator (e1). He thinks "why not" (盍), but first makes a list with pros and cons (盍) to find the right solution to his problem.
door / to close / whole
to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
to doze off / sleepy
suddenly
Pusaetha scandens
to strike / to take in the hand
to carry food to laborers in the field

Words with 盍

盍 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 盍

盍 currently does not appear in any sentence.