小

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).

小 character breakdown

小
- 亅
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏

亅

jué = ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).

八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

八 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

Characters with 小 as component

少

shǎo = sh + ao3

few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

少 = 丿 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face.

There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.

少

shào = sh + ao4

young

示

shì = sh + Ø4

to show / to reveal

示 = 二 + 小 : A standard or guidon, as used in the military. Sherlock Holmes tries out his new guidon in the space station's bathroom. The standard features a capacitor and a daisy.

兴

興

xi̅ng = xi + (e)ng1

surname Xing

兴

興

xìng = xi + (e)ng4

feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

兴 = 小 + 一 + 八 : Marie Curie found a sea star attached to a big eight ball in the engine's bathroom. As she is a curious and interested scientist, she wants to investigate the sea star, so she pokes it with a flute and tries to tickle it with a daisy.

兴 = 小 + 一 + 八 : I would say this one looks definitely like a hedgehog, but since there's already a character for hedgehog, let's call this one a sea star.

兴

興

xi̅ng = xi + (e)ng1

to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

尖

jia̅n = ji + an1

pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop

尖

jia̅n = ji + an1

point (of needle) / sharp / shrewd / pointed

尖 = 大 + 小 : The robot (大) picked up a daisy (小) for Joan of Arc (ji) and gives it to her in front of the anthill (an1). He cut the daisy so sharply though that the Joan of Arc pricks her hand on the sharp (尖) end.

尘

塵

chén = ch + (e)n2

dust / dirt / earth

尘 = 土 + 小 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) enters the encampment ((e)n2) as a vicious dust storm (尘) is blowing. He breathes so much dirt (土) that he thinks the dirt got even into his heart (小).

京

ji̅ng = ji + (e)ng1

abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority

京

ji̅ng = ji + (e)ng1

capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)

京 = 亠 + 口 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: Beijing is China's capital, and a characteristic landmark of Beijing is the building called the underpants. Joan of Arc (ji) is trying out Beijing's large underpants (京) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). The underpants have a nice pattern consisting of paintings of berets (亠), mandarins (口) and daisies (小).

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.