米

mǐ = mi + Ø3

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

米 = 丷 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a sack of rice.

Marilyn Monroe and the mean crocodile celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree inside of the space station. Coincidentally they got each other the same present: each of them is giving the other one a sack of rice.

米 character breakdown

米
- 丷
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

丷

ba̅ = b + a1

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).

丷

one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 米 as component

团

糰

tuán = tu + an2

dumpling

妆

粧

zhua̅ng = zhu + ang1

variant of 妝|妆[zhuang1]

妆 = 丬 + 女 : Bessie Coleman (女) just applied a lot of make-up (妆) in front of the anglepod (ang1), but right as she is finished Julian Giant Squid (zhu) empties a bag of sawdust (丬) over her head to show his disapproval of the thick and sticky makeup.

麋

mí = mi + Ø2

moose / river bank

麋

mí = mi + Ø2

surname Mi

粿

guǒ = gu + o3

rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed)

粕

pò = p + o4

grains in distilled liquor