麻

má = m + a2

variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp

麻 = 广 + 林 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is busy deploying Christmas Trees (林) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). He attaches each of the small forest's (林) trees to a parachute (广) using flax fiber (麻) and then throws them towards their destination.

麻

má = m + a2

surname Ma

麻

má = m + a2

generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb

麻 character breakdown

麻
- 广
  - 丿
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
- 林
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

广

yǎn = y + an3

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

广

廣

guǎng = gu + ang3

surname Guang

广 = 亠 + 丿 : The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.

广

廣

guǎng = gu + ang3

wide / numerous / to spread

林

lín = li + (e)n2

woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

林 = 木 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to plant a small forest (林) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She already put up two Christmas trees (木).

Characters with 麻 as component

嘛

ma = m + a5

modal particle indicating that sth is obvious / particle indicating a pause for emphasis

嘛 = 口 + 麻 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) retreated to the top of the ashram (a5) to start another hunger strike. Soon the 喇嘛 climbs to the top as well using a hemp (麻) rope, hands him a mandarin (口) and asks him what the hell he is doing (干嘛).

嘛

má = m + a2

used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1] / (Tw) (coll.) what?

磨

mó = m + o2

to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist

磨 = 石 + 麻 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) has been tied down in the observatory's kitchen (o2) with ropes made of hemp (麻). He uses a stone (石) to patiently rub (磨) through the ropes.

磨

mò = m + o4

grindstone / to grind / to turn round

么

麼

ma = m + a5

interrogative final particle

么

麼

me = m + e5

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

么 = 丿 + 厶 : Mahatma Gandhi wears a fake nose and wants to eat a banana on top of the elevator, but it's actually very hard to eat a banana when you're wearing a fake nose.

么

麼

má = m + a2

exclamatory final particle

魔

mó = m + o2

devil / magic

魔 = 麻 + 鬼 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to become a famous magician (魔) and practices in the observatory's kitchen (o2). He has a demon (鬼) tie him up using hemp fiber (麻). His magic (魔) trick will be to undo the ties just using his teeth.

摩

mó = m + o2

to rub

摩 = 手 + 麻 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a complicated machine which in essence uses many flax fiber (麻) ropes to operate baseball gloves (手) in the observatory's kitchen (o2). The machine is set up so that Mahatma Gandhi has the baseball gloves massage (摩) his back when he pulls the right ropes.

麽

麼

mó = m + o2

tiny / insignificant

靡

mǐ = mi + Ø3

extravagant / go with fashion / not

靡

mí = mi + Ø2

to waste (money)