婪

lán = l + an2

avaricious

婪 = 女 + 林 : Bessie Coleman (女) is setting up Christmas trees (林) inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). Sir Lancelot (l) comes over and scolds her for being so avaricious (婪), because Bessie hasn't used any decoration for the two Christmas trees.

婪

惏

lán = l + an2

old variant of 婪[lan2]

婪 character breakdown

婪
- 女
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 林
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

女

nǚ = nü + Ø3

female / woman / daughter

I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.

女

rǔ = ru + Ø3

archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

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.

林

lín = li + (e)n2

woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

林 = 木 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to plant a small forest (林) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She already put up two Christmas trees (木).

Characters with 婪 as component

漤

lǎn = l + an3

to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle

漤 = 婪 + 氵 : Sir Lancelot (l) wants to pickle (漤) fruits in the anthill's living room (an3). He's very avaricious (婪) and uses only a bottle of water (氵) as brine.