永

forever / always / perpetual

永 = 丶 + 水 : Yu the Great just got the most romantic proposal ever! In engine, somebody prepared a water fountain and had a diamond ring floating on a petal leaf float over to her. Unfortunately Yu the Great doesn't know who the ring is from, as her lover drowned in the water fountain earlier that day.

永 = 丶 + 水 : Mnemonic symbol: as the advertisements tell us, diamonds are forever. I'll represent 永 with a diamond ring.

永 character breakdown

永
- 丶
- 水
  - 丿
  - 亅
  - ㇏
  - ㇇

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

水

shuǐ = shu + ei3

surname Shui

水

shuǐ = shu + ei3

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

水 = ㇇ + 亅 + 丿 + ㇏ : Sheldon Shrimp just climbed the Eiffel Tower. He's really thirsty, so he's glad to find a water fountain. After he quenches his thirst, he also finds a snack: A banana is swimming in the water. He never ate a banana before, so he tries a mix of different methods: Putting on a fake beak to pick on the banana, holding it with a finger and peeling it with a crowbar.

Characters with 永 as component

求

qiú = qi + ou2

to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech

求 = 永 : In the outhouse's kitchen, the Queen of Hearts sees a diamond ring and wants to have it immediately. Determined she rings the service bell endlessly to request the immediate handover.

求 = 永 : Mnemonic symbol: a service request bell. You know, the kind you find in a hotel on a service counter.

脉

脈

mài = m + ai4

arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

脉 = 月 + 永 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is getting married to the moon (月) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The moon puts a diamond ring (永) on Gandhi's finger which is so tight that Gandhi's arteries and veins (脉) are getting all bound off.

脉

䘑

mài = m + ai4

old variant of 脈|脉[mai4]

脉

衇

mài = m + ai4

variant of 脈|脉[mai4]

脉

脈

mò = m + o4

see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4]

咏

詠

yǒng = yu + (e)ng3

to sing

泳

yǒng = yu + (e)ng3

swimming / to swim

泳 = 氵 + 永 : Yu the Great (yu) is swimming (泳) through a sea of diamond rings (永) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). It is very exhausting, so she often has to take sips from her water bottle (氵).

昶

chǎng = ch + ang3

(of the day) long / old variant of 暢|畅[chang4]

栐

yǒng = yu + (e)ng3

(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏[hu4]