鈔

money / paper money / variant of 抄[chao1]

钞 = 少 + 钅 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) made a deal with Smiley (少) to buy its golden harpoon (钅). In front of the aorta he hands it a bundle of paper money (钞) which is itself skewered on a golden harpoon (钅).

鈔 character breakdown

鈔
- 少
  - 丿
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 金
  - 丷
  - 全
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 入
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 王
      - 一
      - 土
        
        一
        
        十
        
        一
        
        丨

少

shǎo = sh + ao3

few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

少 = 丿 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face.

There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.

少

shào = sh + ao4

young

金

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

金 = 丷 + 全 : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.

金 = 丷 + 全 : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.

金

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

金 = 丷 + 全 : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.

金 = 丷 + 全 : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.