来

lái = l + ai2

to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

來 = 从 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).

来 = 丷 + 未 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).

来 character breakdown

来
- 一
- 丷
- 未
  - 一
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
- 米
  - 丷
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

丷

ba̅ = b + a1

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).

丷

one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system

未

wèi = w + ei4

not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

未 = 一 + 木 : Shortly after finishing a new installation in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Ai Weiwei is imprisoned by Willy Walrus, because—out of all places—Ai Weiwei put his new installation right into Willy Walrus's toilet. Ai Weiwei's installation is a Christmas tree with a tiny, slightly tilted flute on top. Ai Weiwei would really, really like to correct the tilted flute, but so far, Willy Walrus has not yet let him out.

米

mǐ = mi + Ø3

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

米 = 丷 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a sack of rice.

Marilyn Monroe and the mean crocodile celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree inside of the space station. Coincidentally they got each other the same present: each of them is giving the other one a sack of rice.

Characters with 来 as component

莱

萊

lái = l + ai2

name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album

莱 = 艹 + 来 : The mailwoman (来) delivered a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) to Lancelot (l) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2), but now a fat hen (莱) is sleeping on it. Lancelot will have to fight the fat hen if he wants to claim the sheet of artificial lawn.

赉

賚

lài = l + ai4

to bestow / to confer

睐

睞

lài = l + ai4

to glance / to look askance at

涞

淶

lái = l + ai2

brook / ripple