以

yǐ = y + Ø3

old variant of 以[yi3]

yǐ = y + Ø3

old variant of 以[yi3]

㠯 = 尸 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: 㠯 looks like a cool pair of safety goggles.

A ghost (尸) has been hiding from Maud Younger (Ø3) in a mandarin (口). Maud finds the mandarin in the space station's living room (Ø3) and squeezes the ghost out, and in order to (㠯) be protected from the mandarin juice flying all around in zero gravity she is wearing safety goggles (㠯).

以

yǐ = y + Ø3

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

以

yǐ = y + Ø3

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

以 = 人 + 厶 : So this is Neanderthal Man with a fake nose. He has bushy eyebrows, so my symbol for 以 is going to be one of these fake noses that come with additional glasses, eyebrows, and a moustache: Groucho glasses.

以 = 人 + 厶 : Maud Younger and Neanderthal Man prepared some costumes for Halloween in the space station. Neanderthal Man created a big fake nose, while Maud Younger made a pair of Groucho glasses.

以 character breakdown

以
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 厶

厶

mǒu = m + ou3

old variant of 某[mou3]

厶

si̅ = s + Ø1

old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 以 as component

似

shì = sh + Ø4

see 似的[shi4 de5]

似

sì = s + Ø4

to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than

似 = 亻 + 以 : Socrates and Rosa Luxemburg are practising their performance in the space station's bathroom. They practice a synchronized dance where they both wear Groucho glasses.

似

佀

sì = s + Ø4

old variant of 似[si4]

似 = 亻 + 以 : Socrates and Rosa Luxemburg are practising their performance in the space station's bathroom. They practice a synchronized dance where they both wear Groucho glasses.

拟

擬

nǐ = ni + Ø3

to plan to / to draft (a plan) / to imitate / to assess / to compare / pseudo-

拟 = 以 + 扌 : Nefertiti (ni) plans to escape the space station (Ø3) where she has been locked in. To prevent the station's system from recognizing her when she tries to open the door, she plans (拟) to wear Groucho glasses (以) and to use a toy claw (扌) to push any button.

拟

儗

nǐ = ni + Ø3

doubtful / suspicious / variant of 擬|拟[ni3] / to emulate / to imitate