长

长
長
cháng = ch + ang2
length / long / forever / always / constantly
长 = 乛 + 丆 + 丿 : Charlie Chaplin sped into the anglepod riding his longboard, but in the kitchen he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana.
长
長
zhǎng = zh + ang3
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
长 = 乛 + 丆 + 丿 : The chief (长) is asking James II of England (zh) for help, because his wind wheel (丆) in the anglepod's living room (丆) isn't performing very well. After finding out that there's too much friction, James II of England uses a sickle (乛) to cut open a banana (丿) and uses the pulp to grease the wind wheel and enhance (长) its performance.

长 character breakdown

丆
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system
丆 = 一 + 丿 : 丆 kinda looks like a wind wheel. 丿 is the base and 一 looks like two blades attached to the base.
丿
piě = pi + e3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
乛
zhé = zh + e2
variant of 乙[zhe2]
Mnemonic symbol: a sickle.

James II of England of England (zh) inspects his new sickle (乛) in the elevator's kitchen (e2).

Characters with 长 as component

艮
gěn = g + (e)n3
blunt / tough / chewy
艮 = 日 + 长 : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.
艮 = 日 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.
艮
gèn = g + (e)n4
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
张
張
zha̅ng = zh + ang1
surname Zhang
张
張
zha̅ng = zh + ang1
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
张 = 弓 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: a spreadsheet. James II of England (zh) practices his archery skills in front of the anglepod (ang1). Riding on a longboard (长) he shoots arrows using his composite bow (弓) trying to hit a spreadsheet (张).
账
賬
zhàng = zh + ang4
account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]
账 = 贝 + 长 : The crab (贝) opened a bank account (账) at the James II of England's (zh) bank in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but the crab soon owns a lot of money to James II of England. One day James II of England has enough and confiscates the crab's longboard (长) to cover the debt.
帐
帳
zhàng = zh + ang4
covering veil / canopy / screen / tent / variant of 賬|账[zhang4]
帐 = 巾 + 长 : When James II of England (zh) is done with longboarding, he stores his longboard (长) under a towel (巾) and goes to sleep in a tent (帐) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4).
胀
脹
zhàng = zh + ang4
dropsical / swollen / to swell / to be bloated
胀 = 月 + 长 : James II of England (zh) bumps into the moon (月) riding his longboard (长) through the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and instantly his head starts swelling (胀).
苌
萇
cháng = ch + ang2
surname Chang
苌
萇
cháng = ch + ang2
plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
怅
悵
chàng = ch + ang4
regretful; upset; despairing; depressed
怅
悵
chàng = ch + ang4
regretful / upset / despair / depressed
伥
倀
cha̅ng = ch + ang1
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
枨
棖
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
door post

Words with 长

三
三
长
長
两
兩
短
短
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
伸
伸
长
長
to stretch / to extend
伸
伸
长
長
to stretch; to extend
一
一
无
無
所
所
长
長
not having any special skill / without any qualifications
中
中
长
長
跑
跑
middle distance race
久
久
长
長
a long time
保
保
长
長
(math.) distance-preserving / isometric
保
保
长
長
head of a bao 保[bao3] in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
元
元
长
長
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
一
一
长
長
一
一
短
短
talking endlessly / long-winded
亭
亭
长
長
ancient official title
不
不
到
到
长
長
城
城
非
非
好
好
汉
漢
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
来
來
日
日
方
方
长
長
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
保
保
安
安
局
局
局
局
长
長
Secretary for Security (Hong Kong)
保
保
长
長
对
對
应
應
(math.) distance-preserving correspondence / isometry
做
做
厅
廳
长
長
(jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
不
不
经
經
一
一
事
事
，
，
,
不
不
长
長
一
一
智
智
you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / wisdom only comes with experience
不
不
长
長
眼
眼
睛
睛
see 沒長眼睛|没长眼睛[mei2 zhang3 yan3 jing5]
不
不
长
長
进
進
not improving / backward / below par
中
中
国
國
长
長
城
城
工
工
业
業
公
公
司
司
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)

Sentences with 长

人
rén
若
ruò
吃
chi̅
了
le
 
 
可
kě
以
yǐ
长
cháng
生
she̅ng
不
bù
老
lǎo
One will never age if one eats from it.
Comments

This character is a bit difficult to decompose into individual elements. For now I'm going with 乛 + 丆 + 丿 where 乛 is rotated by 90° and 丆 is mirrored.

Matthias, about 1 year ago