糸

mì = mi + Ø4

fine silk / Kangxi radical 120

糸 = 小 + 幺 : In the space station's bathroom, Marilyn Monroe uses zero gravity to fulfill her lifelong dream of flying on a carpet like Aladdin. In the space station she doesn't have a carpet, but she has a large ace on which she sits. She uses a silken scarf as a turban, and she holds a daisy in her hand as magic wand.

糸 character breakdown

糸
- 幺
  - 厶
- 小
  - 亅
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

surname Yao

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

幺 = 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.

幺 = 厶 : Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the aorta. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the aorta.

小

xiǎo = xi + ao3

small / tiny / few / young

小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).

Characters with 糸 as component

扎

紮

za̅ = z + a1

to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2]

扎 = 乚 + 扌 : Zorro (z) unearthed a bundle of flowers in front of the ashram (a1) using a shovel (乚), and now he's binding (扎) them into a bundle using a toy claw (扌).

扎

紮

zha̅ = zh + a1

(of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zha2]

缓

緩

huǎn = hu + an3

slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate

缓 = 爰 + 纟 : Helga Horse (hu) and the silk worm (纟) opened a business which is doing really bad. They don't stress things and talk about it in the anthill (an3). In a relaxed (缓) atmosphere and very unhurriedly (缓) they explain each other via sophisticated flow charts (爰) how they are going to make their start-up work.

辫

辮

biàn = bi + an4

a braid or queue / to plait

辫 = 纟 + 辡 : To prepare for battle Brunhilde (bi) is braiding (辫) her hair in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She does not only include the silk from a silk worm (纟) in her braids, but also the pungent hot kimchi (辡) from two kimchi vases.

缝

縫

fèng = f + (e)ng4

seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:道[dao4]

缝 = 纟 + 逢 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is on a blind date (逢) with the silk worm (纟). In engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) he secretly inspects the panties the silk worm made for him and is amazed as he finds out that the panties are without any seams (缝).

缝

縫

féng = f + (e)ng2

to sew / to stitch

缝 = 纟 + 逢 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is on a blind date (逢) with the silk worm (纟) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The date goes very smoothly, the silk worm even sews (缝) Frankenstein new underpants.

纂

zuǎn = zu + an3

(literary) to compile; to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun; chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3 r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3]

纂

zuǎn = zu + an3

to compile / bun (of hair) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3]

绛

絳

jiàng = ji + ang4

purple-red

绛

絳