冗

extraneous / redundant / superfluous / busy schedule

冗 = 冖 + 几 : Rachel Rhinoceros is looking at some liquid helium, stored in a cooking top on a table inside of the engine. Because it's superfluous, it creeps along the cooking top and flows out of it.

冗

宂

rǒng = ru + (e)ng3

variant of 冗[rong3]

冗 character breakdown

冗
- 冖
- 几

冖

mì = mi + Ø4

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.

几

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

small table

Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.

几

幾

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

almost

几

幾

jǐ = ji + Ø3

how much / how many / several / a few

Characters with 冗 as component

壳

殼

qiào = qi + ao4

shell / carapace / crust (earth's crust etc) / also pr. [ke2]

壳 = 冗 + 士 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is dating the bachelor (士) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). The bachelor tries to impress the Queen of Hearts and inhaled a lot of helium (冗), but instead of sounding funny he is just squealing so much that the Queen of Hearts hides under her carapace (壳).

沉

chén = ch + (e)n2

to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy

沉 = 冗 + 氵 : Charlie Chaplin is experimenting with superfluous liquid helium and a bottle of water just inside the encampment's kitchen. He lets the water flow into the liquid helium, and because the water is frozen instantly, it sinks and submerges.

坈

ke̅ng = k + (e)ng1

old variant of 坑[keng1] / pit / hole