肖

surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]

similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like

肖 = ⺌ + 月 : The aloe vera on the moon resembles the rose on the little prince's planet. Thus I'll represent this character by the little prince.

In the aorta's bathroom, the little prince misses his asteroid and his rose so much. To comfort him, Marie Curie gives him a moon and an aloe vera to remind him of home.

肖 character breakdown

肖
- 小
  - 亅
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 月
  - 二
    - 一
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- ⺌
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏

小

xiǎo = xi + ao3

small / tiny / few / young

小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).

月

yuè = yu + e4

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

月 = ⺆ + 二 : Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.

⺌

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: ⺌ looks a bit like an aloe vera plant. Marie Curie planted aloe vera plants in the aorta's living room.

Characters with 肖 as component

稍

sha̅o = sh + ao1

somewhat / a little

稍 = 禾 + 肖 : The little prince (肖) and Sherlock Holmes (sh) got their ration of cereals (禾) in front of the aorta (ao1). Because the little prince is so little (稍), he only got a little bit (稍) of cereals.

稍

shào = sh + ao4

see 稍息[shao4 xi1]

哨

shào = sh + ao4

a whistle / sentry

哨 = 口 + 肖 : The little prince (肖) took a part time job working as a sentry (哨) for Sherlock Holmes (sh). In the aortas's bathroom (ao4) he whistles (哨), thereby giving the secret signal to Sherlock. Sherlock answers by holding up a mandarin (口), which is the secret signal of acknowledgement.

梢

sha̅o = sh + ao1

tip of branch

梢 = 木 + 肖 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) set up a Christmas Tree (木) in front of the aorta (ao1). Because he lacks a star for the top of the tree (梢) he asks the little prince (肖) to chip in and climb to the top of the tree.

俏

qiào = qi + ao4

good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food)

俏 = 亻 + 肖 : Rosa Luxemburg and the Queen of Hearts meet the little prince in the aorta's bathroom, and they are overwhelmed by his charm. They just can't stop to adore his golden hair and overall cuteness, much to the little prince's frustration.

宵

xia̅o = xi + ao1

night

宵 = 宀 + 肖 : When the Little Prince (肖) got his graduation cap (宀) he partied with Marie Curie (xi) all night (宵), and he woke up the next day in front of the aorta (ao1).

削

xue̅ = xu + e1

to pare / to reduce / to remove / Taiwan pr. [xue4]

削 = 刂 + 肖 : Olymp's rulers decided that they want to reduce (削) their staff. In front of the elevator (e1) Xu Xian (xu) and the little prince (肖) have to fight with kitchen knifes (刂) to see who will be allowed to stay.

削

xia̅o = xi + ao1

to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

削 = 刂 + 肖 : In front of the aorta (ao1) Marie Curie (xi) teaches the little prince (肖) how to peel (削) fruits using a kitchen knife (刂).

捎

sha̅o = sh + ao1

to bring sth to sb / to deliver

捎 = 扌 + 肖 : The Little Prince (肖) delivers (捎) a toy claw (扌) to Sherlock Holmes (sh) in front of the aorta (ao1) to help in his investigations.

消

xia̅o = xi + ao1

to disappear / to vanish / to eliminate / to spend (time) / have to / need

消 = 氵 + 肖 : In front of the aorta, Marie Curie tells the Little Prince that she knows a neat trick how to let the water in his little water bottle disappear. The Little Prince is curious and lets her show her trick, but she just drinks the bottle empty. The Little Prince thinks that this trick is not only a Little Lame.