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

秘

祕

mì = mi + Ø4

variant of 秘[mi4]

秘

bì = bi + Ø4

see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bi4 lu3]

移

yí = y + Ø2

to move / to shift / to change / to alter / to remove

移 = 多 + 禾 : Maud Younger (y) and Manny (多) just received their food ration in the space station's entrance (Ø2). It's a bowl of cereals (禾). Again. Both Maud and Manny hate been eating cereals over and over again, so they move and shift (移) the cereals between each other because neither wants to eat it.

稼

jià = ji + a4

to sow grain / (farm) crop

稼 = 禾 + 家 : Joan of Arc (ji) chosen the ashram as her new home. In the ashram's bathroom (a4) she hung up a home sweet home picture (家) and sows grain (稼) for her morning cereals (禾).

秽

穢

huì = hu + ei4

dirt / filth

秽 = 禾 + 岁 : In the end, after many years of age (岁) everything ends up as dust (秽). This is what Helga Horse (hu) realizes in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) after she left a bowl of cereals (禾) for several years (岁) and the cereals turned to dirt (秽).

季

jì = ji + Ø4

season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields

季 = 子 + 禾 : Joan of Arc (ji) is eating her space food in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It consists of a bowl of cereals (禾) with an egg (子) and four-season bean curd (四季豆腐).

季

jì = ji + Ø4

surname Ji

季 = 子 + 禾 : Joan of Arc (ji) is eating her space food in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It consists of a bowl of cereals (禾) with an egg (子) and four-season bean curd (四季豆腐).

秤

che̅ng = ch + (e)ng1

variant of 稱|称[cheng1], to weigh

秤

chèng = ch + (e)ng4

steelyard / Roman balance / CL:臺|台[tai2]

秤 = 平 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to fry his cereals (禾) in a frying pan (平) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). To get the quantity right he weighs his cereals with a steelyard (秤) first.

利

lì = li + Ø4

sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit

利 = 刂 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: the rocket Arianne, 亚利安娜.

Li Qingzhao (li) prepares to go back to earth in the Arianne rocket (利). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she prepares for the trip by stuffing lots of cereals (禾) into the rocket and sharpening (利) the tip of the rocket with a kitchen knife (刂).

私

si̅ = s + Ø1

personal / private / selfish

私 = 厶 + 禾 : Socrates (s) was hiding the space station's cereals (禾) supplies all along in a fake nose (厶). Now he is heating it all selfishly (私) and sneakily in front of the space station (Ø1).

稠

chóu = ch + ou2

dense / crowded / thick / many

稠 = 禾 + 周 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is eating a bowl of cereals (禾) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). His cereals consist of densely (稠) packed tiny hula hoops (周) made from sugar.