丈

measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male

丈 = 一 + 乂 : Mnemonic symbol: ten feet are about 3 meters, so let's say Bigfoot. Nice side effect: that way it's easier to remember 丈夫 = husband (if your husband looks like Bigfoot). The ten feet tall Bigfoot (丈) just left the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), and he left something that looks like a big flute (一). James II of England (zh) needs to move it out of the way, but he'll touch it only with pliers (丈).

丈 character breakdown

丈
- 一
- 乂
  - 丿
  - ㇏

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

乂

yì = y + Ø4

to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow

乂 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.

Characters with 丈 as component

更

gèng = g + (e)ng4

more / even more / further / still / still more

更 = 丈 + 日 : 人心不足，蛇吞象: A person who always wants more is like a snake which wants to eat an elephant.

更 = 丈 + 日 : Guy Fawkes found a snake who ate an elephant in the engine's bathroom, and now it can't move anymore. Together with his friends Bigfoot and the sun, he carries it out of the bathroom.

更

ge̅ng = g + (e)ng1

to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

吏

lì = li + Ø4

minor government official or functionary (old)

吏 = 丈 + 口 : Li Qingzhao finds the space station's clerk making out with Bigfoot in the bathroom, and she's pretty jealous, so she throws mandarins at them to disturb them.

杖

zhàng = zh + ang4

a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old)

杖 = 丈 + 木 : James II of England (zh) put a walking stick (杖) as a present for Bigfoot (丈) under the Christmas tree (木) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but Bigfoot thinks the whole Christmas tree is supposed to be his walking stick, breaks of the branches and just uses the trunk of the tree as his new cane (杖).

仗

zhàng = zh + ang4

weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle

仗 = 丈 + 亻 : It's dog eat dog in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). James II of England (zh), Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Bigfoot (丈) are all getting ready for the big war (仗) between them, where they will fight to death for the title "Master of the Universe".

尧

堯

yáo = y + ao2

surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]

尧 = 丈 + 兀 : Maud Younger (y) is dancing with Tang Yao (尧) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). They are dancing to the music produced by Bigfoot (丈) playing a Sihu (兀).

粀

zhàng = zh + ang4

decameter (old)