成

surname Cheng

成 = 万 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.

成 = 万 + 戈 : Charlie Chaplin is queuing at the engine's kitchen, which is blocked by a neuron until the progress bar above shows 100%. Unfortunately it has been stuck at 99% for two hours now. If it doesn't finish soon, Charlie will get completely mad and destroy the neuron himself with his spear.

成

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

成 = 万 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.

成 character breakdown

成
- 丁
  - 一
  - 亅
- 万
  - 丆
    - 一
    - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 戈
  - 丿
  - 弋
- 戊
  - 丿
  - 厂
  - 戈
    - 丿
    - 弋

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.

万

mò = m + o4

used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]

戈

ge̅ = g + e1

surname Ge

戈

ge̅ = g + e1

dagger-axe / abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4] / (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]

戈 = 丿 + 弋 : Guy Fawkes (g) practises his archery skills in front of the elevator (e1). He uses a bow (弋) to shoot a spear (戈) right into a banana (丿).

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.

万

萬

wàn = w + an4

surname Wan

万

萬

wàn = w + an4

ten thousand / a great number

万 = 丆 + ㇆ : As mnemonic symbol I choose a neuron, since each neuron is said to connect to 10000 others.

万 = 丆 + ㇆ : Willy Walrus needs to dig up the floor in the anthill's bathroom, but he is tired of doing so manually with a plough. To make his life easier, he sets up a wind wheel for electricity, connects a neuron to the wind wheel and the plough to transmit the electricity and uses his new DIY electric plough to dig much faster.

Characters with 成 as component

城

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

城 = 土 + 成 : Again Charlie Chaplin is unable to exit engine. There is a wall of dirt blocking the entrance, and a progress bar showing that it will be removed soon, but the bar seems to be stuck.

诚

誠

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

sincere / authentic / really / truly

诚 = 成 + 讠 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit engine, but he's held up at the entrance ((e)ng2). If he wants to enter he has to pass a lie detector test first. He readily takes the test and answers all questions very honestly (诚), and the progress bar mounted on top of an advertising column (讠) shows steady progress. At the very end however the progress bar is stuck at 99% (成) and won't progress regardless of how honest (诚) Charlie answers his questions.

盛

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

surname Sheng

盛 = 成 + 皿 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) put a few magic seeds into a shallow bowl (皿) and waits for them to flourish (盛) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He anxiously awaits for the flowering to finish, but the progress bar is stuck at 99% (成).

盛

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil

盛

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

flourishing / vigorous / magnificent / extensively