Left: rice 米, right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
Rice of a dou is measured: as feed.

Left: rice plant 禾, right: measure of volume 斗 (1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
How rice plants are measured is taught in this branch of study.

Left: hand 扌, right: measure of volume 斗 (stylised ladle (1 dǒu = 10 l) with sth. in it)
As the hand hold the (heavy) ladle, it began to tremble.

Left: excess/rest 余 (A heap on the altar 示 shows, that sth. is in excess.), right: measure of volume (1 Dou= 18 l), stylised ladle with sth. on it)
A 'too much' on the ladle makes it: inclined.

Stylised ladle with sth. in it
For the ladle they had a fight.

Left extraordinary 甚 (A grain shovel 其 with an extra angle makes it very extraordinary), right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
With the extraordinary ladle to pour sth. in.

Left: devil, demon 鬼, right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
He is (strict) like a devil, but also distributes with a ladle: The chief.