桀

jié = ji + e2

(emperor of Xia dynasty) / cruel

桀 character breakdown

桀
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 舛
  - 㐄
    - 丨
    - 乛
    - 二
      - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 夕

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

舛

chuǎn = chu + an3

mistaken / erroneous / contradictory

舛 = 㐄 + 夕 : Just when Chantal Chicken (chu) was watching the last five minutes of the world championship inside of the anthill (an3), a bat (夕) landed on the TV's antenna (㐄), leading to an erroneous (舛) signal on the screen. Chantal's life really is full of trouble and misfortune (舛).

Characters with 桀 as component

乘

椉

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

old variant of 乘[cheng2]

乘 = 北 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is riding (乘) a chariot through engine's entrance ((e)ng2). He is navigating using a compass rose (北) and keeps his four horses running by suspending cereals in(禾) front of them.

杰

傑

jié = ji + e2

(bound form) hero / heroic / outstanding person / prominent / distinguished

杰 = 木 + 灬 : Joan of Arc (ji) died as a hero (杰) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2), tied to a Christmas tree (木), burning on a grill (灬).

磔

zhé = zh + e2

old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread

榤

jié = ji + e2

a stump on which chickens roost

謋

huò = hu + o4

sound of flesh being separated from the bone