探头探脑

探

tàn

头

頭

tóu

探

tàn

脑

腦

nǎo

to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)

Characters and words in 探头探脑

探

tàn = t + an4

to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward

探 = 扌 + 冖 + 八 + 木 : Tecumseh (t) lost an eight-ball (八) during the last billiard game and goes scouting (探) to find it. Eventually he arrives at the anthill's bathroom (an4) and looks under a big Christmas tree (木). He lifts a cooking top (冖) with a toy claw (扌) and finally finds the eight-ball under it.

探 = 扌 + 罙 : Tecumseh (t) is exploring (探) the chimney of a kitchen range (罙) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He uses two toy claws (扌) to climb inside of it from bottom to top.

探

tàn

头

頭

tóu

to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit

头

頭

tóu = t + ou2

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

头 = ⺀ + 大 : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.

头

頭

tou = t + ou5

suffix for nouns

脑

腦

nǎo = n + ao3

brain / mind / head / essence

脑 = 亠 + 凶 + 月 : Napoleon and the moon lost their minds in the aorta and put their brains in the middle of the room. Now they're dancing around their brains in a weird ceremony. The moon put on a vicious demon mask and Napoleon is wearing a way too large beret while they dance around their brains.