禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

禾 character breakdown

禾
- 丿
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

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).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

surname Mu

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 禾 as component

和

hé = h + e2

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese

和

hú = hu + Ø2

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

和

huó = hu + o2

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]

和

huò = hu + o4

to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

和

龢

hé = h + e2

old variant of 和[he2] / harmonious

和

咊

hé = h + e2

old variant of 和[he2]

和

hé = h + e2

surname He / Japanese (food, clothes etc)

和

hé = h + e2

and / together with / with / sum / union / peace / harmony / Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"

和 = 口 + 禾 : Hamlet found a way for world peace: He wants to distribute cereals and mandarins all over the world, starting just inside the elevator's kitchen.

和

hè = h + e4

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others

科

ke̅ = k + e1

branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4]

科 = 斗 + 禾 : In front of the elevator, Karl Marx wants to conduct one of his science experiments. He wants to condition the matador to only eat cereals until the end of his life.

利

lì = li + Ø4

sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit

利 = 刂 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: the rocket Arianne, 亚利安娜.

Li Qingzhao (li) prepares to go back to earth in the Arianne rocket (利). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she prepares for the trip by stuffing lots of cereals (禾) into the rocket and sharpening (利) the tip of the rocket with a kitchen knife (刂).

利

lì = li + Ø4

surname Li