亏

deficiency / deficit / luckily / it's lucky that... / (often ironically) fancy that...

亏 = 二 + ㇉ : Mnemonic symbol: a lucky leprechaun. The leprechaun (亏) wants to propose to Karl Koala (ku) and uses the romantic moment in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1). Unfortunately he has no ring, so he uses a capacitor (二) of which he bent the legs to build a ring. He's quite lucky (亏), because right after he gives the ring to Karl, a lightning bolt (㇉) strikes and hits poor Karl Koala. Had the leprechaun kept the ring, the lightning bolt would have hit him instead.

亏 character breakdown

亏
- 一
- 丂
  - 一
  - ㇉
- 二
  - 一
- ㇉

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

丂

kǎo = k + ao3

"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters

Mnemonic symbol: a breathing mask.

The air inside of the aorta is so bad that Karl Marx needs a breathing mask to breathe freely.

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).

㇉

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Looks a bit like ⚡, thus I'll represent it by a lightning bolt.

Characters with 亏 as component

夸

誇

kua̅ = ku + a1

to boast / to exaggerate / to praise

夸 = 亏 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: a quark.

Karl Koala (ku) caught a lucky leprechaun (亏) for his friend the robot (大) and is allowed to have a wish in front of the ashram (a1). He wishes for enough quarks (夸) to build a quantum computer brain for the robot, which the leprechaun fulfills. As soon as it is done the robot starts to solve complicated mathematical problems, and Karl praises (夸) it.

夸

kua̅ = ku + a1

see 夸克[kua1 ke4]

污

wu̅ = w + Ø1

dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth

污 = 亏 + 氵 : It looks like a dumping ground in front of the space station (Ø1). Willy Walrus (w) and the lucky leprechaun (亏) decided to get rid of the pollution (污) and start collecting all the empty water bottles (氵) floating around.

污

汚

wu̅ = w + Ø1

variant of 污[wu1]