米

mǐ = mi + Ø3

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

米 = 丷 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a sack of rice.

Marilyn Monroe and the mean crocodile celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree inside of the space station. Coincidentally they got each other the same present: each of them is giving the other one a sack of rice.

米 character breakdown

米
- 丷
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

丷

ba̅ = b + a1

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).

丷

one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 米 as component

来

來

lái = l + ai2

to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

来 = 丷 + 未 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).

來 = 从 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).

类

類

lèi = l + ei4

kind / type / class / category / similar / like / to resemble

类 = 大 + 米 : Lancelot (l) wants to save mankind (类), so he plans to breed the perfect rice plant. To find the perfect seed he programmed a robot (大) to classify (类) every corn of a sack of rice (米) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) so he can choose the best one.

粗

cu̅ = cu + Ø1

coarse / rough / thick (for cylindrical objects) / unfinished / vulgar / rude / crude

粗 = 且 + 米 : Kitty Cat (cu) wants to store her sacks of rice (米) in a shelf (且) in front of the space station (Ø1), but the sacks are too thick (粗) and do not fit.

粗

觕

cu̅ = cu + Ø1

variant of 粗[cu1]

粗

麤

cu̅ = cu + Ø1

remote / distant / variant of 粗[cu1]

糊

hù = hu + Ø4

paste / cream

糊

䊀

hú = hu + Ø2

variant of 糊[hu2]

糊 = 米 + 胡 : In the space station's kitchen (Ø2) Helga Horse (hu) is cooking a paste (糊) made of a whole sack of rice (米). She made a big mess, partly because the instructions were so unclear (糊) and therefore she was so muddled up (糊). She even had her Confucius moustache (胡) catch the oven's fire, so her moustache got scorched (糊), just as the rice paste.

糊

hú = hu + Ø2

muddled / paste / scorched

糊

餬

hú = hu + Ø2

congee / making a living

粉

fěn = f + (e)n3

powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / whitewash / white / pink / fan (suffix) (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]) / to be a fan of

粉 = 分 + 米 : Frankenstein's monster (f) is taking part in a competition in the encampment ((e)n3). In one minute (分) as stopped by a stop watch (分) he has to crush as much rice (米) as he can to a fine powder (粉).

粉

fěn = f + (e)n3

powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]) / to be a fan of

粹

cuì = cu + ei4

pure / unmixed / essence

粹 = 卒 + 米 : The rubber chicken soldier (卒) stored a sack of extra-pure (粹) rice (米) essence (粹) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), but Kitty Cat (cu) mistook it for her litter box and messed it up.

粘

nián = ni + an2

variant of 黏[nian2]