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

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.

稀

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

rare / uncommon / watery / sparse

稀 = 希 + 禾 : John Hope the Educator (希) teaches Marie Curie (xi) about a very rare (稀) species of bacteria in front of the space station (Ø1). It only grows in watery (稀) cereals (禾) which are stored in the vacuum, like in outer space.

颖

穎

yǐng = y + (e)ng3

head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding

颖 = 匕 + 禾 + 页 : Maud Younger (y) is collecting the most outstanding husks (颖) from a bowl of cereals (禾) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She is collecting the best husks using a ladle (匕) and puts them neatly next to each other on a sheet of paper (页).

乘

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

surname Cheng

乘 = 北 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is riding (乘) a chariot through engine's entrance ((e)ng2). He is navigating using a compass rose (北) and keeps his four horses running by suspending cereals in(禾) front of them.

乘

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed

乘

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

four horse military chariot (archaic) / four (archaic) / generic term for history books

乘

椉

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

old variant of 乘[cheng2]

乘

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books

稿

gǎo = g + ao3

manuscript / draft / stalk of grain

稿 = 禾 + 高 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to blow up the skyscraper (高) inside of the aorta (ao3). He derives the blueprints of the skyscraper, and to encrypt his manuscript (稿) he draws his notes in a bowl of cereals (禾) using a stalk (稿).

稿

稾

gǎo = g + ao3

variant of 稿[gao3]

委

we̅i = w + ei1

same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding, curved

委

wěi = w + ei3

surname Wei

委 = 女 + 禾 : Bessie Coleman and Willy Walrus are members of a committee which has to test artificial legs in the Eiffel Tower. They have the legs kick bowls of cereal from the tower and see how far they get.

委 = 女 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: 委中 is an acupuncture point of the knee. I'll represent 委 with an artificial leg including the knee.

委

wěi = w + ei3

to entrust / to cast aside / to shift (blame etc) / to accumulate / roundabout / winding / dejected / listless / committee member / council / end / actually / certainly

委 = 女 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: 委中 is an acupuncture point of the knee. I'll represent 委 with an artificial leg including the knee.