乏

fá = f + a2

short of / tired

乏 = 丿 + 之 : A futon. Frankenstein's monster just entered the ashram and finds a futon. Tired as he his, he immediately goes to bed, covers himself with a big banana peel and makes loud zZz sounds as he sleeps.

乏 character breakdown

乏
- 丿
- 之
  - 丶
  - Z

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

之

zhi̅ = zh + Ø1

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

之 = 丶 + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.

Characters with 乏 as component

泛

氾

fàn = f + an4

variant of 泛[fan4]

泛 = 乏 + 氵 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) knocked over a magic water bottle (氵) which is never emptying, so it is flooding (泛) the whole anthill, especially the bathroom (an4) in which he is. Frankenstein's Monster was able to climb on a futon (乏) and is now floating (泛) on the water.

泛

fàn = f + an4

(bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)

泛

汎

fàn = f + an4

variant of 泛[fan4]

贬

貶

biǎn = bi + an3

to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate

贬 = 乏 + 贝 : Every day in the evening the Brunhilde (bi) gets ready to go to bed she puts her futon (乏) on the ground of the anthill (an3) carelessly and crushes a few crabs (贝) when she jumps on her futon, thereby diminishing (贬) the total available currency (贝) in the local economy.

眨

zhǎ = zh + a3

to blink / to wink

眨 = 乏 + 目 : James II of England (zh) was invited to the ashram (a3) by the Eye of Providence (目). James finds the eye in the lighthouse lying on a futon (乏), and the eye is winking (眨) at James as it discovers him. James is not so sure what to think of that.

砭

bia̅n = bi + an1

ancient stone acupuncture needle / to criticize / to pierce

窆

biǎn = bi + an3

to put a coffin in the grave

覂

fěng = f + (e)ng3

to throw a rider

鴔

fú = fu + Ø2

see 鵖鴔[bi1 fu2]