亦

yì = y + Ø4

also

亦 = 亠 + 小 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: An also-ran, a very exhausted runner.

亦 = 亠 + 小 + 丿 : The also-ran arrives very late at the space station's bathroom. In fact she arrives so late that Maud Younger who was waiting for her with a daisy fell asleep on a big cozy beret. The also-ran came so late because she ate many bananas on the way.

亦 character breakdown

亦
- 丿
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶
- 小
  - 亅
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏

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).

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

小

xiǎo = xi + ao3

small / tiny / few / young

小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).

Characters with 亦 as component

赤

chì = ch + Ø4

red / scarlet / bare / naked

赤 = 一 + 亦 : Mnemonic symbol: a red letter.

Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds that the also-ran (亦) ran over his flute (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) bare-footed (赤). Angrily he gives the also-ran a red letter (赤).

恋

戀

liàn = li + an4

to feel attached to / to long for / to love

恋 = 亦 + 心 : Li Qingzhao (li) waited for the also-run (亦) to arrive in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to give her her heart (心). Qingzhao is deeply in love (恋) with the also-run.

弯

彎

wa̅n = w + an1

to bend / bent / a bend / a turn (in the road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

弯 = 亦 + 弓 : Willy Walrus (w) wants to help the also runner (亦) to also win a race after all. The also ran is racing against Bender (弯) who is in the lead and will soon reach the goal, the anthill (an1). Willy wants to help the also ran by throwing rods towards Bender, but Bender just bends (弯) them into composite bows (弓) and shoots them back towards Willy before reaching anthill.

弯

彎

wa̅n = w + an1

to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

孪

孿

luán = lu + an2

twins

孪 = 亦 + 子 : Lenny Lemur (lu) and the also-ran (亦) are twins (孪): they hatched out of the same egg (子) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

蛮

蠻

mán = m + an2

barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless

蛮 = 亦 + 虫 : The also-ran (亦) arrived very exhausted at the anthill's kitchen (an2) when she accidentally steps on a mosquito (虫). Mahatma Gandhi (m) sees the incident and calls the also-ran a barbarian (蛮).

迹

跡

jì = ji + Ø4

footprint / mark / trace / vestige / sign / indication / Taiwan pr. [ji1]

迹 = 亦 + 辶 : Joan of Arc (ji) is caring for the also-ran (亦) after she finished a marathon in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The also-ran was wearing gladiator sandals (辶) but already after half of the race they were worn through, and Joan of Arc can see the footprints (迹) the also-ran left with her bare feet when she came in.

迹

jì = ji + Ø4

variant of 跡|迹[ji4]