友

yǒu = y + ou3

friend

友 = 𠂇 + 又 : Maud Younger (y) is unable to take off her boxing gloves (又) in the outhouse's living room (ou3) on her own! Fortunately, a friend (友) comes over and helps her to take off the gloves by cutting them with a pair of scissors (𠂇).

友 character breakdown

友
- 又
  - ㇏
  - ㇇
- 𠂇
  - 一
  - 丿

又

yòu = y + ou4

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

又 = ㇇ + ㇏ : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

𠂇

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂇 = 丿 + 一 : 𠂇 looks like a pair of scissors. Imagine a pair of scissors (𠂇) cutting open a banana (丿) to find a flute (一) inside.

Characters with 友 as component

爱

愛

ài = Ø + ai4

to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)

爱 = 受 + 𠂇 : Albert Einstein hurt himself with a pair of scissors in the airplane's bathroom. He's already laying on a stretcher carried by two swans who are deeply in love with each other, being transported to the next hospital. A hospital... of love.

爱 = 受 + 𠂇 : Mnemonic symbol: A pair of swans who are in love.

爰

yuán = yu + an2

surname Yuan

爰 = 爫 + 一 + 友 : Mnemonic symbol: a flowchart.

Yu the Great (yu) shows her boyfriend (友) a flowchart (爰) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On it it is written what he has to do in order to spend the night with her. First, he has to use a razor (爫) and shave his beard. Second, he has to play a song on a flute (一) for her. He wants to spend the night with Yu the Great, therefore (爰) he follows the items on the flowchart.

爰

yuán = yu + an2

therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money

犮

bá = b + a2

old variant of 拔[ba2]

犮 = 友 + 丶 : Mnemonic symbol: to get the zoomies.

After Beelzebub (b) bathed your friend (友), he dries her using a petal leaf (丶) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). Because of the bath being over your friend is super excited and gets the zoomies (犮), running around like crazy.

犮

quǎn = qu + an3

old variant of 犬[quan3]

抜

bá = b + a2

Japanese variant of 拔[ba2]

髪

fà = f + a4

Japanese variant of 髮|发