平

surname Ping

平 = 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a pan (平底锅) as it has a very flat and level surface.

Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).

平

píng = pi + (e)ng2

flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]

平 character breakdown

平
- 丷
- 干
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

丷

ba̅ = b + a1

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).

丷

one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system

干

乹

ga̅n = g + an1

old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

干

亁

ga̅n = g + an1

variant of 乾|干[gan1]

干

ga̅n = g + an1

(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield

干

幹

gàn = g + an4

tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed

干 = 一 + 十 : Guy Fawkes (g) is working (干) out in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He's lifting a flute (一) in one hand and a cross (十) in the other.

干

乾

ga̅n = g + an1

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

干 = 一 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: dried fruit.

Guy Fawkes (g) is drying (干) his clothes in front of the anthill (an1). He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross (十) and a flute (一). Waiting for his clothes to dry, he snacks dried fruit (mnemonic symbol for 干).

Characters with 平 as component

坪

píng = pi + (e)ng2

a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)

坪 = 土 + 平 : Pocahontas (pi) wants to recreate the plains (坪) of her home in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to build a brand new Indian graveyard. To this end she layers the plain sheet by sheet through roasting dirt (土) in a pan (平) until it is flat (平).

秤

che̅ng = ch + (e)ng1

variant of 稱|称[cheng1], to weigh

秤

chèng = ch + (e)ng4

steelyard / Roman balance / CL:臺|台[tai2]

秤 = 平 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to fry his cereals (禾) in a frying pan (平) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). To get the quantity right he weighs his cereals with a steelyard (秤) first.

评

評

píng = pi + (e)ng2

to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal)

评 = 平 + 讠 : Pocahontas (pi) saw a pan (平) advertised on an advertising column (讠) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2), but she is not satisfied at all, so she leaves her comments (评) on the pan by beating the pan over the advertising column.

苹

蘋

píng = pi + (e)ng2

apple

苹 = 艹 + 平 : Pocahontas (pi) is creating a new dish just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). In a frying pan (平) she is frying artificial lawn (艹) and apples (苹).

苹

píng = pi + (e)ng2

(artemisia) / duckweed

苹 = 艹 + 平 : Pocahontas (pi) is creating a new dish just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). In a frying pan (平) she is frying artificial lawn (艹) and apples (苹).

抨

pe̅ng = p + (e)ng1

attack / impeach

泙

píng = pi + (e)ng2

sound of water splashing

鲆

鮃

píng = pi + (e)ng2

family of flatfish / sole

怦

pe̅ng = p + (e)ng1