赤

red / scarlet / bare / naked

赤 = 一 + 亦 : Mnemonic symbol: a red letter.

Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds that the also-ran (亦) ran over his flute (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) bare-footed (赤). Angrily he gives the also-ran a red letter (赤).

赤 character breakdown

赤
- 一
- 亦
  - 丿
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏

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.

亦

yì = y + Ø4

also

亦 = 亠 + 小 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: An also-ran, a very exhausted runner.

亦 = 亠 + 小 + 丿 : The also-ran arrives very late at the space station's bathroom. In fact she arrives so late that Maud Younger who was waiting for her with a daisy fell asleep on a big cozy beret. The also-ran came so late because she ate many bananas on the way.

Characters with 赤 as component

赫

hè = h + e4

surname He

赫 = 赤 : Hamlet (h) is getting an awe-inspiring (赫) number of two red letters (赤) per second (at a rate of two Herz (赫)) delivered in the elevator's bathroom (e4).

赫

hè = h + e4

awe-inspiring / abbr. for 赫茲|赫兹[he4 zi1], hertz (Hz)

赫 = 赤 : Hamlet (h) is getting an awe-inspiring (赫) number of two red letters (赤) per second (at a rate of two Herz (赫)) delivered in the elevator's bathroom (e4).

郝

hǎo = h + ao3

ancient place name / surname Hao

赦

shè = sh + e4

to pardon (a convict)

赭

zhě = zh + e3

ocher

赧

nǎn = n + an3

blushing with shame