to satirize / to mock / to recite / Taiwan pr. [feng4]
讽
=
讠
+
风
:
Frankenstein's Monster (f) is mocking (讽) an advertising column (讠) in the engine ((e)ng3). The wind (风) is blowing so hard that the column has to bend a lot in order not to break.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).
风
=
乂
+
几
:
Frankenstein's Monster has to wait in front of the engine. Because the wind is blowing, he uses pliers to disassemble a small table and builds a shelter with the parts.
Characters with 讽 as component
讽
is not used as a component in another character.