兄

elder brother

兄 = 儿 + 口 : Xu Xian and his older brother Apollo are arguing about a mandarin in front of the engine. As mischievous as he is, Sun Wu Kong sneaks in and steals the mandarin, just to eat it himself.

兄 character breakdown

兄
- 儿
  - 丿
  - 乚
- 口

儿

rén = r + (e)n2

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

儿

兒

ér = Ø + Ø2

child / son

儿 = 丿 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: "son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong (儿) are fighting in the space station's kitchen (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert Einstein has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿).

儿

兒

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 兄 as component

恍

怳

huǎng = hu + ang3

variant of 恍[huang3]

恍 = 光 + 忄 : Inside the anglepod (ang3) Helga Horse (hu) thought it would be a great idea to attach laser pointers (光) to the tip of her flail (忄), but as she gets a beam right into her eye she suddenly realizes (恍) that it wasn't such a great idea after all and is quite disappointed (恍).

柷

zhù = zhu + Ø4

percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick

贶

貺

kuàng = ku + ang4

to bestow / to confer

炾

huǎng = hu + ang3

bright and spacious