写

xiě = xi + e3

to write

写 = 冖 + 与 : Marie Curie (xi) finds the sleepy black horse (与) sleeping during a party in the elevator (e3). As it is the custom, she writes (与) on the sleepy black horse's body with a white felt-tip pen. She also decorates his head with a cooking top (冖).

写 character breakdown

写
- 冖
- 与
  - 马
    - 一
    - ㇖
    - ㇉

冖

mì = mi + Ø4

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.

与

與

yú = yu + Ø2

variant of 歟|欤[yu2]

与

與

yǔ = yu + Ø3

and / to give / together with

与 = 马 : This one looks like 马 with eyes closed, so let's use a sleepy horse as symbol. To distinguish it let's say it's a sleepy black horse.

与 = 马 : The space station has to be evacuated! Together with the unicorn, Yu the Great tries to wake up the sleepy black horse, but it sleeps really tight.

与

與

yù = yu + Ø4

to take part in

Characters with 写 as component

泻

瀉

xiè = xi + e4

to flow out swiftly / to flood / a torrent / diarrhea / laxative

泻 = 写 + 氵 : Marie Curie (xi) has to constantly use the elevator's bathroom (e4) because she suffers from extreme diarrhea (泻). Next to her is a huge water bottle (氵) with the label featuring the hand-written (写) prescription her doctor wrote (写) for her.