to bank up with earth / to cultivate (lit. or fig.) / to train (people)
培
=
咅
+
土
:
Pinocchio (p) has been cultivating (培) a big compost heap in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2). He uses his own poo-poo (咅), which is just humus, and earthed it up in a compartment made of earth (土).
pooh / pah / bah / (today used as a phonetic component in 部[bu4], 倍[bei4], 培[pei2], 剖[pou1] etc)
咅
=
口
+
立
:
Pinocchio (p) ate too many mandarins (口), so he has to make a big poo-poo (咅) into a vase (立) in the outhouse (ou3). It is very stinky, so all other visitors exclaim "bah!" (咅) as they pass the vase.
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
土
=
十
+
一
:
Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
Characters with 培 as component
培
is not used as a component in another character.