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

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.

委

we̅i = w + ei1

same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding, curved

称

稱

chèn = ch + (e)n4

to fit / balanced / suitable

称

稱

chèng = ch + (e)ng4

variant of 秤[cheng4] / steelyard

称

稱

che̅ng = ch + (e)ng1

to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise

称 = 尔 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin practices eating cereals blindfolded in front of the engine. As he is eating he wonders why the bowl is suddenly so heavy. The reason is that a peace dove sat down on the bowl and eats the cereals as well. The peace dove names Charlie Chaplin a real idiot because he doesn't notice.

秃

禿

tu̅ = tu + Ø1

bald / blunt

秃 = 禾 + 几 : Tommy Turtle (tu) once had a lot of very dense hair, but one day he was sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) eating a bowl of cereals (禾), and after he finished the cereals all his hair came off and he became a bald (秃) donkey.

稽

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

surname Ji

稽

qǐ = qi + Ø3

to bow to the ground

稽

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

to inspect / to check

税

稅

shuì = shu + ei4

taxes / duties

税 = 兑 + 禾 : Sheldon Shrimp opened an exchange booth in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, and shortly thereafter a tax collector visits to collect the tax. Sheldon's business was rather mediocre though, so he can only offer a bowl of cereals as payment.

科

ke̅ = k + e1

branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4]

科 = 斗 + 禾 : In front of the elevator, Karl Marx wants to conduct one of his science experiments. He wants to condition the matador to only eat cereals until the end of his life.

稚

zhì = zh + Ø4

infantile / young

稚 = 禾 + 隹 : James II of England (zh) found a baby sparrow (隹) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Because it is very young (稚) James II of England feeds it cereals (禾). Cereals (禾) are the favorite food of young (稚) children.

稚

稺

zhì = zh + Ø4

old variant of 稚[zhi4]

稚

穉

zhì = zh + Ø4

variant of 稚[zhi4]