摸不着头脑

摸

mo̅

不

着

著

zháo

头

頭

tóu

脑

腦

nǎo

to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss

Characters and words in 摸不着头脑

摸

mo̅ = m + o1

to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

摸 = 扌 + 莫 : Mozart (莫) finds Mahatma Gandhi (m) lying motionless in front of the observatory (o1), and since there is none who (莫) is allowed to touch him he uses a toy claw (扌) to feel (摸) his pulse.

摸

mó = m + o2

variant of 摹[mo2]

不

bù = bu + Ø4

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.

摸

mo̅

不

着

著

zháo

can't touch / can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of

不

bù

着

著

zháo

no need / need not

着

著

zha̅o = zh + ao1

(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add

着

著

zháo = zh + ao2

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

着 = 目 + 羊 : In the aorta's kitchen (ao2), James II of England (zh) has first contact (着) with the sheep's (羊) wool. He is so amazed by the feeling that he can't stop cuddling with the sheep and finally falls asleep (着). Unfortunately the Eye of Providence (目) watches all of it and is so jealous that it catches fire (着).

着

著

zhe = zh + e5

aspect particle indicating action in progress

着 = 目 + 羊 : James II of England (zh) cuddles with the sheep (羊) also on the roof of the aorta (e5), and again the Eye of Providence (目) catches fire (着) out of jealousy as it watches the action in progress(着).

着

著

zhuó = zhu + o2

to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply

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

头

頭

tóu

脑

腦

nǎo

brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss

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.