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

稗

粺

bài = b + ai4

polished rice / old variant of 稗[bai4]

粔

jù = ju + Ø4

cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings

粚

chi̅ = ch + Ø1

old variant of 黐[chi1]

粞

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

ground rice / thresh rice

粨

hectometer (old) / single-character equivalent of 百米[bai3 mi3]

粩

la̅o = l + ao1

a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc / Taiwan pr. [lao3]

粬

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

variant of 麯[qu1]

粰

fu̅ = fu + Ø1

variant of 稃[fu1]

粻

zha̅ng = zh + ang1

food / white cooked rice

糆

miàn = mi + an4

variant of 麵|面[mian4] / rice noodles / rice fragments