很

(adverb of degree) / quite / very / awfully

很 = 彳 + 艮 : Hamlet feels awfully cool in the encampment, wearing black sneakers and blowing chewing gum bubbles. He is so very 90s.

很 character breakdown

很
- 彳
  - 丿
  - 亻
    - 丨
    - 丿
- 艮
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
  - 长
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - 丿
    - 乛

彳

chì = ch + Ø4

step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]

彳 = 丿 + 亻 : Mnemonic symbol for the step with the left foot: a black sneaker, because black sneakers are popular at least with the leftists I met.

Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just finished her banana (丿) and throws the peel over her shoulder in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Charlie Chaplin (彳), wearing a black sneaker on his left foot, manages to step on the banana peel with his left foot and fall over even in zero gravity.

艮

gěn = g + (e)n3

blunt / tough / chewy

艮 = 日 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.

艮 = 日 + 长 : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.

艮

gèn = g + (e)n4

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)