尔

ěr = Ø + Ø3

variant of 爾|尔[er3]

ěr = Ø + Ø3

thus / so / like that / you / thou

尔 = ⺈ + 小 : Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.

尔 character breakdown

尔
- 小
  - 亅
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- ⺈

小

xiǎo = xi + ao3

small / tiny / few / young

小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).

⺈

Character component without intrinsic meaning

I think this looks like a crane; to the left is its wing, and to the right its head.

Characters with 尔 as component

你

nǐ = ni + Ø3

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])

你 = 亻 + 尔 : Nefertiti and Rosa Luxemburg are sending you a peace dove inside the space station.

称

稱

chèn = ch + (e)n4

to fit / balanced / suitable

称

稱

chèng = ch + (e)ng4

variant of 秤[cheng4] / steelyard

称

稱

che̅ng = ch + (e)ng1

to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise

称 = 尔 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin practices eating cereals blindfolded in front of the engine. As he is eating he wonders why the bowl is suddenly so heavy. The reason is that a peace dove sat down on the bowl and eats the cereals as well. The peace dove names Charlie Chaplin a real idiot because he doesn't notice.

弥

瀰

mí = mi + Ø2

brimming or overflowing

弥 = 尔 + 弓 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to be active for more peace and so, in the space station's kitchen (Ø2), she sends flying off dozens of peace doves (尔) using her composite bow (弓). Soon the whole kitchen is brimming with (弥) peace doves.

弥

彌

mí = mi + Ø2

full / to fill / completely / more