肙

a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty

肙 = 口 + 月 : The moon (月) gives a mandarin (口) as a gift to Yu the Great (yu) in front of the anthill (an1), but Yu the Great finds that there is a little worm (肙) looking out of the mandarin.

肙 character breakdown

肙
- 口
- 月
  - 二
    - 一
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

月

yuè = yu + e4

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

月 = ⺆ + 二 : Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.

Characters with 肙 as component

捐

jua̅n = ju + an1

to contribute / to donate / contribution / tax / to abandon

捐 = 扌 + 肙 : Zeus (ju) decides that someone should offer a donation (捐) to him after all, and he also decides that he can just do it himself. Because he's so cheap he just wants to donate a small worm (肙) and because he doesn't want to touch it, he brings it out in front of the anthill (an1) using a toy claw (扌).

捐

jua̅n = ju + an1

to relinquish; to abandon / to contribute; to donate / (bound form) tax; levy

鹃

鵑

jua̅n = ju + an1

cuckoo

娟

jua̅n = ju + an1

beautiful / graceful

绢

絹