长

长
長
cháng = ch + ang2
length / long / forever / always / constantly
长 = 乛 + 丆 + 丿 : Charlie Chaplin sped into the anglepod riding his longboard, but in the kitchen he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana.
长
長
zhǎng = zh + ang3
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
长 = 乛 + 丆 + 丿 : The chief (长) is asking James II of England (zh) for help, because his wind wheel (丆) in the anglepod's living room (丆) isn't performing very well. After finding out that there's too much friction, James II of England uses a sickle (乛) to cut open a banana (丿) and uses the pulp to grease the wind wheel and enhance (长) its performance.

长 character breakdown

丆
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system
丆 = 一 + 丿 : 丆 kinda looks like a wind turbine. 丿 is the base and 一 looks like two blades attached to the base.
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).
乛
zhé = zh + e2
variant of 乙[zhe2]
Mnemonic symbol: a sickle.

James II of England (zh) cuts his own hair with his new sickle (乛) in the elevator's kitchen (e2).

Characters with 长 as component

张
張
zha̅ng = zh + ang1
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
张 = 弓 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: a spreadsheet. James II of England (zh) practices his archery skills in front of the anglepod (ang1). Riding on a longboard (长) he shoots arrows using his composite bow (弓) trying to hit a spreadsheet (张).
张
張
zha̅ng = zh + ang1
surname Zhang
胀
脹
zhàng = zh + ang4
dropsical / swollen / to swell / to be bloated
胀 = 月 + 长 : James II of England (zh) bumps into the moon (月) riding his longboard (长) through the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and instantly his head starts swelling (胀).
账
賬
zhàng = zh + ang4
account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]
账 = 贝 + 长 : The crab (贝) opened a bank account (账) at the James II of England's (zh) bank in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but the crab soon owns a lot of money to James II of England. One day James II of England has enough and confiscates the crab's longboard (长) to cover the debt.
帐
帳
zhàng = zh + ang4
covering veil / canopy / screen / tent / variant of 賬|账[zhang4]
帐 = 巾 + 长 : When James II of England (zh) is done with longboarding, he stores his longboard (长) under a towel (巾) and goes to sleep in a tent (帐) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4).
艮
gěn = g + (e)n3
blunt / tough / chewy
艮 = 日 + 长 : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.
艮 = 日 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.
艮
gèn = g + (e)n4
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
苌
萇
cháng = ch + ang2
surname Chang
苌
萇
cháng = ch + ang2
plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
怅
悵
chàng = ch + ang4
regretful; upset; despairing; depressed
怅
悵
chàng = ch + ang4
regretful / upset / despair / depressed
伥
倀
cha̅ng = ch + ang1
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
枨
棖
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
door post

Words with 长

队
隊
长
長
captain / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4]
长
長
距
距
离
離
long distance
长
長
足
足
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
长
長
驱
驅
直
直
入
入
to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in
长
長
谷
谷
川
川
Hasegawa (Japanese surname)
长
長
龙
龍
long queue / long line (of cars, people etc)
鞭
鞭
长
長
莫
莫
及
及
lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
长
長
达
達
to extend as long as / to lengthen out to
灵
靈
长
長
目
目
primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc)
灵
靈
长
長
类
類
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
音
音
长
長
sound duration / length of a musical note
飞
飛
短
短
流
流
长
長
to spread malicious gossip
关
關
云
云
长
長
courtesy name of 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3]
防
防
火
火
长
長
城
城
Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites)
防
防
长
長
abbr. for 國防部長|国防部长[guo2 fang2 bu4 zhang3], Minister of Defense
阿
阿
拉
拉
伯
伯
联
聯
合
合
酋
酋
长
長
国
國
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
阿
阿
联
聯
酋
酋
长
長
国
國
United Arab Emirates / abbr. for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國|阿拉伯联合酋长国[A1 la1 bo2 Lian2 he2 Qiu2 zhang3 guo2]
雄
雄
长
長
fierce and ambitious character / formidable person
灵
靈
长
長
long life and prosperity
灵
靈
长
長
primate (monkey, hominid etc)

Sentences with 长

人
rén
若
ruò
吃
chi̅
了
le
 
 
可
kě
以
yǐ
长
cháng
生
she̅ng
不
bù
老
lǎo
One will never age if one eats from it.
Comments

This character is a bit difficult to decompose into individual elements. For now I'm going with 乛 + 丆 + 丿 where 乛 is rotated by 90° and 丆 is mirrored.

Matthias, about 2 years ago