勹

勹
ba̅o = b + ao1
archaic variant of 包[bao1]
勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.

勹 character breakdown

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).
㇆
Character component without intrinsic meaning
㇆ = 一 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: ㇆ just looks like a plow.

Someone attached a flute to the top of a crowbar to create a new instrument. When the crowbar is bowed with a plow, the vibrations of the crowbar will transfer to the flute, which in turn is producing eerie sounds.

Characters with 勹 as component

勺
sháo = sh + ao2
spoon / ladle / CL:把[ba3] / abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
勺 = 丶 + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: as 勺 should not be confused with 匕 (ladle), the mnemonic symbol for 勺 is a small silver spoon.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) feeds an elephant (勹) medicine in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). The medicine looks like a petal leaf (丶), and Sherlock Holmes uses a small silver spoon (勺) to feed it to the elephant.
勿
wù = w + Ø4
do not
勿 = 丿 + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: bat wings. The 丿 strokes look like the fingers of a single bat wing.

The elephant (勹) wants to eat a banana (丿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Willy Walrus (w) suddenly flies by (using bat wings (勿)), snatches the banana away and shouts "do not!" (勿)
旬
xún = xu + (e)n2
ten days / ten years / full period
旬 = 勹 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: to fast for ten days.

Xu Xian (xu) has been fasting for ten days now (旬). He tries to get by just by absorbing the sun's (日) energy, but as he is sun bathing in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and a fat elephant (勹) walks by he cannot help but bite the elephant's leg.
甸
diàn = di + an4
suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
甸 = 勹 + 田 : The ants have set up a toy suburb (甸) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), including a field (田). It's Dorothy Gale's (di) job to till the field (田) riding on top of an elephant (勹) every day.
句
jù = ju + Ø4
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
句 = 勹 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a grammar nazi.

Zeus, the elephant and the grammar nazi are playing monkey in the bathroom's space station. The elephant uses its long trunk to hold the mandarin just above the grammar nazis head where he can't reach it, while Zeus laughs out loud.
句
go̅u = g + ou1
variant of 勾[gou1]
久
jiǔ = ji + ou3
(long) time / (long) duration of time
久 = ㇏ + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: hourglass.
久 = ㇏ + 勹 : Joan of Arc and the elephant are visiting the outhouse, and they have been looking at the Mona Lisa for hours. Impatiently, Joan of Arc looks at her hourglass telling them that they have been standing there like that for three and a half hours, so she's poking the elephant with a finger to tell him to move on.
勾
gòu = g + ou4
see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]
勾
go̅u = g + ou1
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
勾 = 勹 + 厶 : The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).
勾
go̅u = g + ou1
surname Gou
勾 = 勹 + 厶 : The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).

Words with 勹

勹 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 勹

勹 currently does not appear in any sentence.