豆, まめ bean: I think of it as ground, vines climbing up a trellis, then a bean, then the top of the trellis.
頭, あたま head: That's using the old bean. (The 頁, though it means leaf or page, is derived from a symbol for head.)
短, みじか（い）short: The distance an arrow flies to cross a bean's width is pretty short.
喜, rejoice: Ten bean cola makes the mouth rejoice. (Supposedly Coca-Cola's name in Chinese means "makes the mouth rejoice.") I put the descendants of 壴 into their own set, which I may post here soon.
登, のぼ（る）climb: Two climbed the beanstalk, then lay on their backs to watch the clouds go by.
澄, settle/clear: Those climbers saw clear skies -- no clouds -- so settled in to wait.
闘, fight: Unfortunately, it's the beanstalk from Jack's story, so attached to it is the castle gate. They'll have to fight a giant.
There are two more kanji, 艶 and 豊, but I'll put them in later post related to 曲.
豆頭短喜澄闘
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