乘

surname Cheng

乘 = 北 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is riding (乘) a chariot through engine's entrance ((e)ng2). He is navigating using a compass rose (北) and keeps his four horses running by suspending cereals in(禾) front of them.

乘

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed

乘

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

four horse military chariot (archaic) / four (archaic) / generic term for history books

乘

椉

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

old variant of 乘[cheng2]

乘

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books

乘 character breakdown

乘
- 北
  - 匕
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 丬
    - 丨
    - 冫
  - 爿
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - 丩
      - 丨
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

北

běi = b + ei3

north / (classical) to be defeated

北 = 丬 + 匕 : A compass rose. In the Eiffel Tower, Beelzebub tries to build a compass. As a baseplate he uses a piece of wood, on which he sticks the north pike of a compass rose. On the south pike he balances a ladle, which is supposed to adjust itself to earth's magnetic field.

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.

Characters with 乘 as component

剩

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

to remain / to be left / to have as remainder

剩 = 乘 + 刂 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is going on a rampage in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Riding (乘) a unicycle and dual wielding kitchen knifes (刂), he wants nothing to remain (剩) of this damned place.

嵊

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

name of a district in Zhejiang