協

xié = xi + e2

to cooperate / to harmonize / to help / to assist / to join

协 = 办 + 十 : Marie Curie (xi) announces her new cooperative society (协) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She wants to give crosses (十) to the poor. In reality her society is nothing more than a scam business (办): the crosses cost a lot of money.

協 character breakdown

協
- 劦
  - 力
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

liè = li + e4

unending exertion

xié = xi + e2

variant of 協|协[xie2] / to cooperate / combined labor

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

Characters with 協 as component

協 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 協

agreement / pact / protocol / CL:項|项[xiang4]

to compromise / to reach terms / a compromise

to coordinate / to harmonize / to fit together / to match (colors etc) / harmonious / concerted

to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one

contract / protocol

coordinator

to assist / to help sb do sth / to cooperate in doing sth

Allies / entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)

covariate (statistics)

auxiliary police

to rhyme

coordinator

international association

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

address resolution protocol / ARP

outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会[wai4 mao4 xie2 hui4])

the "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on 外貿協會|外贸协会 foreign trade association)

Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), abbr. for 中華民國對外貿易發展協會|中华民国对外贸易发展协会

British Commonwealth of Nations (Tw)

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Sentences with 協

協 currently does not appear in any sentence.