冬

winter

冬 = ⺀ + 夂 : Mnemonic symbol: udon noodles, 乌冬面.

The first signs of spring were visible in form of blossoms (⺀) appearing everywhere in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but then the winter (冬) came back and froze them. To keep warm, Doggy Dog (du) eats a hot soup with udon noodles (冬). Wearing high heels (夂) he also enjoys to keep moving and stomps on the frozen blossoms.

冬

鼕

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

surname Dong

冬

鼕

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

(onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat

冬 character breakdown

冬
- 冫
- 夂
  - 丿
  - 又
    - ㇏
    - ㇇
- ⺀
  - 丶

冫

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1

"ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3]

Brunhilde (bi) is eating a popsicle (冫) while sitting in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

夂

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]

夂 = 丿 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: In high heels, one can walk only slowly. James II of England (zh) is wearing high heels (夂) inside the space station's living room (Ø3). He's not only walking slowly (夂), he even slips on a banana (丿)! He's lucky to land on a boxing glove (又) though.

⺀

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⺀ = 丶 : Two petals form a blossom, so let's represent ⺀ by a beautiful blossom.