扯

chě = ch + e3

to pull / to tear / (of cloth, thread etc) to buy / to chat / to gossip / (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous / hokey

扯 = 扌 + 止 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit the elevator (e3), but there is a barrier (止) inside. To get past Charlie pulls and tears (扯) the barrier using a toy claw (扌).

扯

撦

chě = ch + e3

variant of 扯[che3] / to pull / to tear

扯 = 扌 + 止 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit the elevator (e3), but there is a barrier (止) inside. To get past Charlie pulls and tears (扯) the barrier using a toy claw (扌).

扯 character breakdown

扯
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 止
  - 一
  - 上
    - 一
    - 丨
    - 二
      - 一
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 丄
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 丨
  - ⺊
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 丄
    - 一
    - 丨

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

止

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

to stop / to prohibit / until / only

止 = ⺊ + 丨 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.