乜

niè = ni + e4

surname Nie

mie̅ = mi + e1

used in 乜斜[mie1 xie5] / (Cantonese) what?

乜 = ㇆ + 乚 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is tearing up the floor in front of the elevator (e1) with a shovel (乚) and a plow (㇆) so fast that she has to squint (乜) because of all the dust and debris flying into her face.

乜 character breakdown

乜
- 乚
- ㇆
  - 一
  - 亅

乚

yà = y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚). Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) shoveling a grave in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

㇆

Character component without intrinsic meaning

㇆ = 一 + 亅 : ㇆ just looks like a plow.

Characters with 乜 as component

也

yě = y + e3

(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]

也

yě = y + e3

also / too / (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation

也 = ㇆ + 丨 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: the excavator (as in a person with this job), because a plow and a shovel are both tools for moving earth, and a dinosaur bone is what excavators are digging for.

Maud Younger (y) is helping an excavator (也) in the elevator (e3). Together they are excavating a dinosaur bone (丨): Maud turns the earth with a plow (㇆), while the excavator moves the earth with a shovel (乚).

也

yě = y + e3

surname Ye