鯉

鲤

鯉

lǐ = li + Ø3

carp

鯉 character breakdown

鯉
- 里
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗
- 魚

里

裏

lǐ = li + Ø3

variant of 裡|里[li3]

里

裡

lǐ = li + Ø3

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

里

lǐ = li + Ø3

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

鱼

魚

yú = yu + Ø2

surname Yu

鱼

魚

yú = yu + Ø2

fish / CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]

鱼 = ⺈ + 田 + 一 : Yu the Great set up a small rice field just inside the entrance of the space station, and there are some fish swimming in the rice field. The space station's crane spotted them and wants to snap one out of the rice field, but just as he was about to snatch one of them, Yu the Great hit him with a flute.