市

market / city / CL:個|个[ge4]

市 = 亠 + 巾 : Mnemonic symbol: a supermarket.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) started a supermarket (市) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but all he has for sale right now are berets (亠) and towels (巾). He should have opened it at the beach!

市 character breakdown

市
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶
- 巾
  - 丨
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

巾

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

巾 = 丨 + 冂 : Joan of Arc has smuggled a dinosaur bone out of the encampment. To hide it, she covered it in maps and towels.

Characters with 市 as component

柿

柹

shì = sh + Ø4

old variant of 柿[shi4]

柿 = 市 + 木 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) runs a convenience store (市) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He sells Christmas trees (木) and persimmons (柿).

柿

shì = sh + Ø4

persimmon

柿 = 市 + 木 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) runs a convenience store (市) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He sells Christmas trees (木) and persimmons (柿).

闹

閙

nào = n + ao4

variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]

闹 = 市 + 门 : Napoleon (n) opened a shop (市) just inside the aorta's entrance (ao4) and it is bustling with noise (闹). His supermarket is so successful because he installed a trap door (门) in the floor above through which new customers keep falling.

闹

鬧

nào = n + ao4

noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke