細

xì = xi + Ø4

thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal

细 = 田 + 纟 : Marie Curie inspects her farm in the space station's bathroom. She set up a field where innocent silk worms have to die only for the production of fine and slender silk threads.

細 character breakdown

細
- 田
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 囗
- 糹
  - 幺
    - 厶
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏

田

tián = ti + an2

field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.