排

pái = p + ai2

a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc

排 = 扌 + 非 : Pinocchio is trying to save a messed up negative he obtained in the airplane's kitchen. He carefully unrolls the negative using a toy claw to line it up and see what can be saved.

排 character breakdown

排
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 非
  - 三
    - 一
    - 二
      - 一
  - 丨
  - 丿

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

非

fe̅i = f + ei1

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

非

fe̅i = f + ei1

to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must

非 = 三 + 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a negative film (photography).

Frankenstein's monster (f) made an effort to photograph the Eiffel Tower (ei1), but now his negative (非) is a big mess. In front of the tower he set up a camera on a Cartesian coordinate system (三) as a tripod, and he attached a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨) to the camera so that he can finely tune the angles. All was for naught as he now holds the messed up negative in his hands.