刍

to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder

刍 = ⺈ + 彐 : Mnemonic symbol: a lawn mower.

Just inside the space station's entrance the crane and Chantal Chicken are using a lawn mower to shred pig snouts to pieces so that they can pick up and eat the pieces.

刍 character breakdown

刍
- 彐
- ⺈

彐

jì = ji + Ø4

pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

Mnemonic symbol: the character 彐 looks a bit like a pig snout seen from the side. If you need to type it, remember its pronunciation ji4 by imagining Joan of Arc wearing a fake pig snout in the space station's bathroom and making grunting and squealing sounds.

⺈

Character component without intrinsic meaning

I think this looks like a crane; to the left is its wing, and to the right its head.

Characters with 刍 as component

急

jí = ji + Ø2

urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious

急 = 刍 + 心 : Joan of Arc just arrived at the space station and although she has to go to the bathroom very urgently, she first has to clear the way of a big fluffy heart using a lawn mower.

趋

趨

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

to hasten / to hurry / to walk fast / to approach / to tend towards / to converge

趋 = 刍 + 走 : Cupid (qu) loves to do Nordic walking (走) in front of the space station (Ø1), but today he has to move a lot faster (趋) than usually, otherwise the gardener will catch him with his lawn mower (刍).

皱

皺

zhòu = zh + ou4

to wrinkle / wrinkled / to crease

皱 = 刍 + 皮 : James II of England (zh) found he has lots of wrinkles (皱). In the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) he takes the quite drastic measure to cut out his wrinkles using a lawn mower (刍) shaving over his skin (皮).

邹

鄒

zo̅u = z + ou1

surname Zou / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong Province

煞

sha̅ = sh + a1

to terminate / to cut short / to bring to a stop / to squeeze / to tighten / to damage / variant of 殺|杀[sha1]

煞

shà = sh + a4

fiend / demon / very / (Tw) SARS (loanword)

雏

雛