秒

second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly

秒 = 少 + 禾 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) played a prank on the smiley (少) in the aorta (ao3). She prepared a bowl of cereals (禾) for him but she glued the spoon with superglue (三秒教) to the table so that thon cannot pick it up.

秒 character breakdown

秒
- 少
  - 丿
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

少

shǎo = sh + ao3

few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

少 = 丿 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face.

There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.

少

shào = sh + ao4

young

禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.