呆

da̅i = d + ai1

foolish / stupid / expressionless / blank / to stay

呆 = 口 + 木 : The fool wants to make fun of Don Quixote in front of the airplane. To fool him, he set up a Christmas tree to look like a huge animal by putting a mandarin on top which looks like the head of the animal. Don Quixote thinks he met his arch enemy and starts to charge the construction, much to the fool's delight.

呆 character breakdown

呆
- 口
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

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).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 呆 as component

保

bǎo = b + ao3

Bulgaria / Bulgarian / abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]

保

bǎo = b + ao3

to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)

保 = 亻 + 呆 : Mnemonic symbol: a safe.

In the aorta (ao3), the fool (呆) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) unite their forces to protect (保) the world and try to lock Beelzebub (b) in a safe (保).

梅

槑

méi = m + ei2

old variant of 梅[mei2]

梅 = 木 + 每 : Every day (每), Mahatma Gandhi (m) is doing a workout (梅) by doing pullups on a plum tree (梅) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

棠

táng = t + ang2

cherry-apple

枲

xǐ = xi + Ø3

male nettle-hemp

槑