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

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.

秀

xiù = xi + ou4

handsome / refined / elegant / graceful / superior / show (loanword) / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of crops) to produce ears

秀 = 乃 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: a talent show.

Marie Curie (xi) is preparing for her performance (秀) in a talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). She will be juggling lots of bowls of cereals (禾) without spilling the cereals. Her secret is that she convinced a poltergeist (乃) to help her, which will make itself invisible during the show and handle the cereals for her.

酥

su̅ = su + Ø1

flaky pastry / crunchy / limp / soft / silky

秦

qín = qi + (e)n2

surname Qin / Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / abbr. for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]

秦 = 𡗗 + 禾 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) gave a poisoned bowl of cereals (禾) to the first emperor Qin (秦). In the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) she is waiting with her hands folded (𡗗) to become the first female emperor soon.

稳

穩

wěn = w + (e)n3

settled / steady / stable

稳 = 急 + 禾 : Willy Walrus (w) urgently (急) has to go to the bathroom, but his task is to guard the royal cereals (禾) in the encampment ((e)n3) so he stays steadily (稳) where he is.

囷

qu̅n = qu + (e)n1

granary / Taiwan pr. [jun1]

囷 = 囗 + 禾 : Cupid (qu) sets up a granary (囷) in front of the encampment ((e)n1) by putting a lot of cereals (禾) into wooden boxes (囗).

秝

Character component without intrinsic meaning

秝 = 禾 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: two bowls of cereals.

稻

dào = d + ao4

paddy / rice (Oryza sativa)

稻 = 禾 + 舀 : Don Quixote (d) is on his new job for the first day in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He's supposed to work as a scarecrow (稻草人) to protect the rice paddy (稻), but instead he is scooping up (舀) all the rice (稻) and puts it in his cereals (禾).

黎

lí = li + Ø2

(literary) black / dark / many / multitude

黎 = 勿 + 氽 + 禾 : Just before dawn, when it is still very black (黎), Li Qingzhao (li) is having cereals (禾) for breakfast just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's resting at the side of a water fountain (氽) when a bat (勿) flies into her cereals because it is so dark (黎). Disgusted Li Qingzhao throws the bowl of cereals with the bat into the water fountain.

黎

lí = li + Ø2

Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]