田

field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

田 character breakdown

田
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 囗

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

囗

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 田 as component

略

畧

lüè = lü + e4

variant of 略[lüe4]

甾

za̅i = z + ai1

steroid nucleus

畟

cè = c + e4

sharp

畈

fàn = f + an4

field / farm

疃

tuǎn = tu + an3

village / animal track

畲

畬

yú = yu + Ø2

cultivated field

畲

畬

she̅ = sh + e1

She ethnic group

佃

tián = ti + an2

to cultivate / to hunt

佃

diàn = di + an4

farmer

疐

zhì = zh + Ø4

prostrate

疐 = 十 + 冖 + 田 + 疋 : In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), James II of England is wading through a field (田) of crosses (十) wearing gum boots (疋). Soon he looses balance and crashes into a pile of cooking tops (冖), having the crosses fall on him as well. It is such a mess that the James II of England lies prostrate (疐) barely able to move before he is able to free himself only after a long time and a huge effort.

钿

鈿

diàn = di + an4

to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower

钿

鈿

tián = ti + an2

(dialect) money / coin