稠

dense / crowded / thick / many

稠 = 禾 + 周 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is eating a bowl of cereals (禾) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). His cereals consist of densely (稠) packed tiny hula hoops (周) made from sugar.

稠 character breakdown

稠
- 周
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 口
  - 吉
    - 口
    - 士
      - 一
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

周

zho̅u = zh + ou1

surname Zhou / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)

周

zho̅u = zh + ou1

to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially

周 = ⺆ + 土 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a hula hoop. James II of England (zh) performs in front of the outhouse (ou1): he swings a hula hoop (周), juggles three mandarins (口) and balances a small heap of dirt (土) on his head. He cheated a little bit though, because he stapled the heap of dirt to his wig with a stapler (⺆).

禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.