荤

strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene

荤 character breakdown

荤
- 冖
- 艹
- 车
  - 七
    - 一
    - 乚
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

mì = mi + Ø4

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a cooking top. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a cooking top (冖) instead.

艹

cǎo = c + ao3

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

Artificial lawn. The King of Chu burns artificial lawn in the aorta.

车

車

che̅ = ch + e1

surname Che

车

車

che̅ = ch + e1

car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

车 = 七 + 十 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is parading in a cabriolet (mnemonic symbol for 车) in front of the elevator (e1), because he wants to establish his new cult. Like all successful leaders, he takes the carrot-and-stick approach: In one hand he's waving with a seven-branched laser sword (七), in the other one he's waving with a cross (十).

车

車

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)