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.

禾 character breakdown

禾
- 丿
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 禾 as component

种

種

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

to plant / to grow / to cultivate

种

種

zhǒng = zhu + (e)ng3

seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts

种 = 中 + 禾 : Inside of the engine, Julian Giant Squid prepares his cereals from the very beginning. He grows and picks up seeds, dries them on a dart board, and puts the dried seeds into his cereals.

程

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

surname Cheng

程 = 呈 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has been pondering over a complicated formula (程) just inside stonehenge's entrance ((e)ng2) for a long time. The formula is given on a large presentation screen (呈). While pondering over the formula Charlie Chaplin is eating a bowl of cereals (禾).

程

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence

积

積

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

to amass / to accumulate / to store / measured quantity (such as area of volume) / product (the result of multiplication) / to integrate (math.) / to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.) / old / long-standing

积 = 只 + 禾 : Joan of Arc (ji) and the cuttlefish (只) are preparing for bad times in front of the space station (Ø1). Together they are piling up (积) cereals (禾) so that they can always eat in times of need.

秒

miǎo = mi + ao3

second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly

秒 = 少 + 禾 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) played a prank on the smiley (少) in the aorta (ao3). She prepared a bowl of cereals (禾) for him but she glued the spoon with superglue (三秒教) to the table so that thon cannot pick it up.

秩

zhì = zh + Ø4

order / orderliness / (classifier) ten years

秩 = 失 + 禾 : James II of England (zh) found a bowl of cereals (禾) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To put everything in order (秩), he pours the bowl into the next lost+found box (失).

秧

ya̅ng = y + ang1

shoots / sprouts

秧 = 禾 + 央 : In front of the anglepod (ang1) Maud Younger (y) wants to create even more anglepods, and she wants to do so very efficiently. She plants one shoot (秧) in a bowl of cereals (禾) and connects a CPU (央) to monitor the growth.

稍

sha̅o = sh + ao1

somewhat / a little

稍 = 禾 + 肖 : The little prince (肖) and Sherlock Holmes (sh) got their ration of cereals (禾) in front of the aorta (ao1). Because the little prince is so little (稍), he only got a little bit (稍) of cereals.

稍

shào = sh + ao4

see 稍息[shao4 xi1]

秘

mì = mi + Ø4

secret / secretary

秘 = 必 + 禾 : Khubilai Khan (必) enslaved Marilyn Monroe (mi) and now she has to serve as his secretary (秘). She has to bring him his cereals (禾) every morning into the space station's bathroom (Ø4), because Khubilai cannot do his poo-poo before he had his cereals.

秘

bì = bi + Ø4

see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bi4 lu3]

秘

祕

mì = mi + Ø4

variant of 秘[mi4]