亿

yì = y + Ø4

100 million

亿 = 乙 + 亻 : A big sack of money with a big dollar sign on it.

亿 = 乙 + 亻 : Maud Younger and Rosa Luxemburg are fighting about a sack of money with 100000000 bucks. Maud has the advantage of having a silver medal to beat Rosa with.

亿 character breakdown

亿
- 乙
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿

乙

yǐ = y + Ø3

second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°

Who's second always gets a silver medal.

Maud Younger is proudly holding her silver medal in the camera.

The character 乙 actually looks like the character 2.

乙

zhé = zh + e2

turning stroke (in Chinese characters) / see also 折[zhe2]

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).