to plan / to seek / scheme

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) put up an advertisement on an advertising column (讠) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). On the advertising he is playing "somewhere over the rainbow" on an ukulele (某), but his plan (谋) is that many people will come to hear his concert and before the concert he can give a long speech about India's independence to a lot of people.

谋 character breakdown

some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such

= + : Mnemonic symbol: someone playing "somewhere over the rainbow" on an ukulele.

In the outhouse, the cow has climbed a large Christmas tree and now she's too afraid and panicked to climb down again. Mahatma Gandhi comes to help with his ukulele, playing "somewhere over the rainbow" to calm down the cow.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 谋 as component

谋 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 谋

to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living
to scheme / to plot / conspiracy
to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life
resourceful / full of stratagems
to plot a rebellion / to conspire against the state
to seek; to strive for
to seek / to strive for
to seek / to strive for / to obtain / see also 牟取[mou2 qu3]
stratagem / strategy / resourcefulness
to make a profit / to gain / to get an advantage
skilled manipulator / tactician / strategist / advisor / counsellor
to look for a job / to seek employment
lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom)
a long-term plan / an ambitious strategy
to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul
crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
to make a living / to strive to earn a living

Sentences with 谋

zhè
shì
mǎ
tia̅n
ju̅n
zuò
shì
lǔ
mǎng
 
 
huài
le
ji̅
móu