替

tì = ti + Ø4

to substitute for / to take the place of / to replace / for / on behalf of / to stand in for

替 = 夫 + 夫 + 日 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to replace (替) the sun (日) to become the center of the universe. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she instructs two construction workers (夫夫) to throw her right towards the sun, so that Mother Teresa can box her out of orbit.

替 character breakdown

替
- 夫
  - 一
  - 二
    - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗
- 曰
  - 一
  - 囗

夫

fu̅ = fu + Ø1

husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

夫 = 二 + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a construction worker

夫 = 二 + 人 : In front of the space station, Neanderthal Man and a construction worker are busy exchanging a broken capacitor. When Frieda Fox floats by they whistle at her because they think she's hot, but Frieda is just annoyed.

夫

fú = fu + Ø2

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

曰

yue̅ = yu + e1

to speak / to say

曰 = 囗 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a microphone.

Yu the Great (yu) is selling flutes (一) in front of the elevator (e1). He has a whole box (囗) of them, and he's advertising them by using a microphone (曰).

Characters with 替 as component

潜

潛

qián = qi + an2

hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive

潜 = 替 + 氵 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) emptied her water bottle (氵) and is aiming to replenish (替) it in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Secretly (潜) she fills her water bottle by submerging (潜) it in a big water-filled flower pot.

簪

簮

za̅n = z + an1

old variant of 簪[zan1]

僣

jiàn = ji + an4

to overstep one's authority / to usurp