咬

yǎo = y + ao3

to bite / to nip

咬 = 交 + 口 : Linus Pauling (交) asks Maud Younger (y) for something to eat in the aorta (ao3). Maud gives him a mandarin (口) and Linus thankfully bites (咬) it.

咬

齩

yǎo = y + ao3

variant of 咬[yao3]

咬 = 交 + 口 : Linus Pauling (交) asks Maud Younger (y) for something to eat in the aorta (ao3). Maud gives him a mandarin (口) and Linus thankfully bites (咬) it.

咬 character breakdown

咬
- 交
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 父
    - 乂
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 口

交

jia̅o = ji + ao1

to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]

交 = 亠 + 父 : Linus Pauling, a famous scientist with a beret. Father Time commands Linus Pauling to hand over his beret to him in front of the aorta, but Joan of Arc comes to his rescue.

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).