言

yán = y + an2

words / speech / to say / to talk

言 = 亠 + 二 + 口 : The horizontal lines look like sound waves that emerge from an opening: I'll resemble 言 by a megaphone.

言 = 亠 + 二 + 口 : Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.

言 character breakdown

言
- 二
  - 一
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶
- 口

二

èr = Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

二 = 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).

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).

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 言 as component

信

xìn = xi + (e)n4

letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random

信 = 亻 + 言 : Marie Curie and Rosa Luxemburg are reading a letter of Karl Marx to the public in the encampment's bathroom. To make the message really come across to the people they use a megaphone.

誉

譽

yù = yu + Ø4

to praise / to acclaim / reputation

誉 = 兴 + 言 : Yu the Great (yu) wants to increase the star fish' (兴) reputation (誉). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she is announcing surprising facts about star fish with a megaphone (言).

这

這

zhè = zh + e4

(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)

这 = 文 + 辶 : James II of England (zh) is carrying a heavy book (文) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). This (这) book is so heavy that his gladiator sandals (辶) are sinking deep into the sand.

语

語

yǔ = yu + Ø3

dialect / language / speech

语 = 吾 + 讠 : Yu the Great is seeing some language advertisement on an advertising column in the space station. She decides to paint a big mandarin colored pentagram over the language ad.

语

語

yù = yu + Ø4

to tell to

说

說

shuì = shu + ei4

to persuade

誓

shì = sh + Ø4

oath / vow / to swear / to pledge

誓 = 折 + 言 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) announces a pledge (誓) using a megaphone (言) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) that he'll never use his folding knife (折) to hurt anyone.

设

設

shè = sh + e4

to set up / to arrange / to establish / to found / to display

设 = 殳 + 讠 : Recently Sherlock Holmes had less and less customers, so he wants to set up an advertising campaign. He starts in the elevator's bathroom setting up an advertising column. It is lying on the floor, and Sherlock tries to lever it up using a halberd.

警

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

to alert / to warn / police

警 = 敬 + 言 : Joan of Arc keeps on toasting to herself inside of the engine and she got so drunk that someone called the police. The police warns her with a megaphone that she's going to be arrested if she doesn't stop, but Joan of Arc just toasts them and drinks the next shot.

譬

pì = pi + Ø4

to give an example

譬 = 辟 + 言 : Pocahontas (pi) wants to give an example (譬) what happens with her enemies, and that's what she announces using a megaphone (言) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). As everyone is watching, on her command a jade dragon (辟) is devouring one of her enemies, and Pocahontas announces through the megaphone that this is the fate of anyone who stands against her.

訧

yóu = y + ou2

fault / mistake

詹

zha̅n = zh + an1

surname Zhan

詹

zha̅n = zh + an1

excellent / verbose

詹 = ⺈ + 厂 + 儿 + 言 : The excellent (詹) James Bond (詹) is fighting with Sun Wukong (儿) on top of a chocolate factory (厂) in front of the anthill (an1). James II of England (zh) is shouting verbose (詹) instructions at James Bond using a megaphone (言). Following James II of England's instructions James Bond is able to defeat Sun Wukong, who finally changes into a crane (⺈) to escape and fly away.