穎

head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding

颖 = 匕 + 禾 + 页 : Maud Younger (y) is collecting the most outstanding husks (颖) from a bowl of cereals (禾) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She is collecting the best husks using a ladle (匕) and puts them neatly next to each other on a sheet of paper (页).

穎 character breakdown

穎
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
- 頃
  - 匕
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 頁
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - 貝
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
      - 目
        
        二
        
        一
        
        囗

禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

顷

頃

qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1

variant of 傾|倾[qing1]

顷

頃

qǐng = qi + (e)ng3

unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares / a short while / a little while ago / circa. (for approximate dates)

顷 = 匕 + 页 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) has to wallpaper one hectare (顷) of the engine's walls ((e)ng3). Although her only tool is a ladle (匕) she finishes the whole hectare in a moment (顷).