This is an illegal (horns) migrant worker who holds double jobs, a day laborer with a rake and a night hand at an animal shelter.
委
wěi
committee
禾 + 女
grain + woman
a committee about whole grains made up of women
廉
lián
inexpensive
广 + 兼jiān
cave + double
most inexpensive house for someone with double jobs is a cave
赚
zhuàn
earn
贝 + 兼jiān
shells + double
earn shells to maintain the double life OR work double jobs to earn enough shells
利
lì
profit [n.]
禾 + 刂
grain + sword
cut grain to sell for profit
General Mills cut costs to make a profit
积
jī
accumulate
禾 + 只zhǐ
grain + only
our accumulated weight at pack out is only the grain we are shipping
称
chēng
weigh
禾 + 尔
grain + you [literary]
Which weighs more, the grain or you?
租
zū
rent [n./v.]
禾 + 且
grain + shelves
mice rent the shelves with the grain
秀
xiù
elegant
禾 + 乃
grain + fist
an elegant grain bouquet held in the eco-bride’s fist
科
kē
academic discipline
禾hé + 斗
grain + big dipper
ancient academic disciplines of agriculture and astronomy
秩
zhì
order
禾 + 失shī
grain + lose
planting orderly rows of grain, easy to lose track of which one you are on
稳
wěn
stable [adj.]
禾 + 急
grain + anxious
anxious about a stable, whole grain diet
剩
shèng
leftover [adj.]
乘chéng + 刂
hitch a ride + sword
migrant hitches a ride north and then pulls a sword to demand your leftovers OR multiply + sword: when quantities are multiplied, you divide the leftovers with a sword
移
yí
shift [v.]
禾 + 多
grain + many
grain harvest shifts many migrants to a new place
乘
chéng
hitch a ride
禾 + 北
grain + north
migrant workers hitch a ride north to harvest grain OR 乘 also means multiply: grain multiplies as you move north
稀
xī
scarce
禾 + 希xī
grain + hope
scarce grain, hope for better times
歉
qiàn
apology
兼jiān + 欠qiàn
double + lack
double back to give the apology that is lacking
和
hé
harmony
禾hé + 口
grain + mouth
whole grains in your mouth = (digestive) harmony
when grain fills the mouths of the populations, there is harmony
得
de
[for verb complements]
彳 + 旦dàn + 寸
queue + daybreak + thumb
verb to what end? day worker waiting in line at daybreak, with their thumb up to get picked up
香
xiāng
perfume [n.]
禾 + 日
grain + sun
fragrance of ripe wheat in the sun
种
zhǒng
species
禾 + 中zhōng
grain + middle
what species of grain do Chinese prefer?
a new species of grain is found in the middle of two other species
程
chéng
journey [n.]
禾 + 呈chéng
grain + submit
migrant workers submit to a journey to harvest more grain