涯

yá = y + a2

border / horizon / shore

涯 character breakdown

涯
- 厓
  - 厂
  - 圭
    - 土
      - 一
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

yá = y + a2

old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)

厓 = 厂 + 圭 : Mnemonic symbol: a chocolate bar.

Maud Younger (y) used to create fake chocolate bars (厓) in the ashram's kitchen (a2) by having jade tablets (圭) run through a chocolate factory (厂). She was found out though and pushed over a cliff (厓) as punishment.

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.