亥

hài = h + ai4

12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°

亥 = 亠 + 厶 + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a boar.

亥 = 亠 + 厶 + 人 : Hamlet is terribly afraid by a beret-wearing boar in the airplane's bathroom, but fortunately Neanderthal man is there to protect him and to fight of the boar with a huge fake nose.

亥 character breakdown

亥
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 厶

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

厶

mǒu = m + ou3

old variant of 某[mou3]

厶

si̅ = s + Ø1

old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 亥 as component

骇

駭

hài = h + ai4

to astonish / to startle / to hack (computing, loanword)

阂

閡

hé = h + e2

obstruct

阂 = 亥 + 门 : In elevator's kitchen (e2) Hamlet (h) confesses to the boar (亥) that he feels kind of estranged (阂) and wants to quickly escape through a trap door (门), but the boar jumps between him and the door and obstructs (阂) the escape way.

骸

hái = h + ai2

bones of the body

氦

hài = h + ai4

helium (chemistry)

垓

ga̅i = g + ai1

boundary

颏

頦

ké = k + e2