爫

"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)

Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character remind me of a smiling mouth over a beard; thus, I'll represent it by an electric razor. James II of England (zh) uses his electric razor (爫) to shave his beard in the aorta's living room (ao3).

爫 character breakdown

爫
- 丿
- ⺍
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

⺍

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: catnip, because it somehow looks like a growing plant.

Characters with 爫 as component

为

爲

wéi = w + ei2

variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do

为

爲

wéi = w + ei2

variant of 為|为[wei2]

觅

覓

mì = mi + Ø4

(literary) to seek / to find

觅 = 爫 + 见 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is looking for (觅) her razor (爫) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but she just cannot find it. Finally she looks at the recordings of the bathroom's surveillance camera (见) and finds that it has been stolen by her roomie.

稲

dào = d + ao4

variant of 稻[dao4]

鹞

鷂

yào = y + ao4

sparrow hawk / Accipiter nisus

揺

yáo = y + ao2

Japanese variant of 搖|摇[yao2]

渓

xi̅ = xi + Ø1