冋

archaic variant of 坰[jiong1]

冋 = 冂 + 口 : A border control checkpoint.

冋 = 冂 + 口 : Zeus is working at a border control checkpoint in front of the engine, but there is no-one to be checked. He is so bored that he's driving staples into mandarins without end.

冋 character breakdown

冋
- 冂
  - 丨
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 口
- 囗

冂

jio̅ng = ju + (e)ng1

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

冂 = 丨 + ㇆ : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.

Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.

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).

囗

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 冋 as component

尚

shàng = sh + ang4

still / yet / to value / to esteem

尚 = ⺌ + 冋 : Mnemonic symbol: 和尚, a buddhist monk.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) assumed his new post inside of the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) at the border control checkpoint (冋). His first client is a buddhist monk (尚) who wants to import some aloe vera (⺌). Sherlock asks him what he thinks how large the value (尚) of his goods is, but the buddhist monk has no idea.

尚

shàng = sh + ang4

surname Shang

乔

喬

qiáo = qi + ao2

tall

乔 = 夭 + 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol from 乔装打扮: to dress, to put on a costume. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Queen of Hearts (qi) and Snow White (夭) put on banana (丿) costumes (乔). Both of them claim to have the largest (乔) banana costume. Because the Queen cannot stand having someone else wear the same dress as her, she beats Snow White to a premature death (夭) with a dinosaur bone (丨).

乔 = 丿 + 夰 : Mnemonic symbol from 乔装打扮: to dress, to put on a costume. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Queen of Hearts (qi) is reading the latest release notes (夰) to her costume (乔). Unfortunately someone smeared a banana (丿) all over the release notes.

乔

喬

qiáo = qi + ao2

surname Qiao

炯

烱

jiǒng = ju + (e)ng3

old variant of 炯[jiong3]

炯

jiǒng = ju + (e)ng3

bright / clear

迥