日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

日 character breakdown

日
- 一
- 囗

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

囗

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 日 as component

时

時

shí = sh + Ø2

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

时 = 寸 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch.

The sun (日) asks Sherlock Holmes (sh) out for a coffee in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). Looking at his pocket watch (时), Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up" (寸).

东

東

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

东 = 七 + 小 : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.

东

東

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

surname Dong

暂

暫

zàn = z + an4

temporary / Taiwan pr. [zhan4]

暂 = 斩 + 日 : Zorro (z) needs to use the anthill's bathroom (an4) badly, but it is temporarily (暂) closed until the sun (日) finished mowing (斩) the bathroom's lawn.

鲁

魯

lǔ = lu + Ø3

surname Lu / Lu, ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2] / Lu, short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]

鲁 = 日 + 鱼 : Mnemonic symbol: 布鲁图斯, Brutus, one of the murderers of Caesar.

Lenny Lemur (lu) is helpless to watch Brutus (鲁) slyly murder the sun (日) in the space station (Ø3) using a fish (鱼) as a dagger.

鲁

魯

lǔ = lu + Ø3

(bound form) crass / stupid / rude / (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)

间

間

jia̅n = ji + an1

between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms

间 = 日 + 门 : Joan of Arc wants to try a new approach of solving earth's energy crisis. In front of the anthill she set up a changing cubicle and invites the sun to try it out. The sun doesn't know that the Joan of Arc installed a trap door inside of the changing cubicle and plans to exploit the sun as quasi inexhaustible energy source once she captured her.

间 = 日 + 门 : Mnemonic symbol: a changing cubicle.

间

間

jiàn = ji + an4

gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent

沓

dá = d + a2

classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad / Taiwan pr. [ta4]

沓

tà = t + a4

again and again / many

沓 = 日 + 水 : Mnemonic symbol: a hot tub.

Tecumseh (t) set up the sun (日) so that it heats up a small water fountain (水) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) so that it becomes a hot tub. Tecumseh jumps out of the hot tub again and again (沓) to cool down a bit before continuing to bathe.

沓

tà = t + a4

surname Ta

妟

yàn = y + an4

bright and clear sunrise

妟 = 日 + 女 : Bessie Coleman (女) and Maud Younger (y) are watching the sun (日) during a bright and clear sunrise (妟) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).

𦐇

Character component without intrinsic meaning

耆

qí = qi + Ø2

man of sixty or seventy

曳

yè = y + e4

to drag / to pull / Taiwan pr. [yi4]

曳 = 日 + 乂 : Mnemonic symbol: a tractor (拖曳机).

Maud Younger (y) wants the plants in the elevator's bathroom (e4) to grow more, so she grabs the sun (日) with a pair of pliers (乂) and drags (曳) her with her tractor (曳) into the bathroom.