襄

surname Xiang

襄 = 衣 + 口 + 井 + 一 : Marie Curie (xi) is cooperating with a lot of people (襄) in a communal effort (襄) to dig a well (井) in front of the anglepod (ang1). The summer is very hot, so everyone is wearing kilts (衣). They dig the well using flutes (一) and they hope that they will unearth lots of mandarins (口) to create a mandarin well.

襄

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

to help / to assist / mutual assistance / to rush into or up / to raise or hold up / high / tall / old variant of 欀 / chariot horse (old) / change (old)

襄 character breakdown

襄
- 一
- 井
  - 丨
  - 丿
  - 二
    - 一
- 口
- 衣
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 𧘇
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

井

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing

井

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

井 = 二 + 丿 + 丨 : Joan of Arc is digging a well inside engine. At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor to a banana and a dinosaur bone, which dig for her using the electrical energy.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

衣

yi̅ = y + Ø1

clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145

衣 = 𧘇 + 亠 : Mnemonic symbol: kilt.

衣 = 𧘇 + 亠 : In front of the space station, Maud Younger doesn't have a wardrobe, but just a step ladder. It's still enough for her kilt though, which she can just put over the ladder so that it doesn't lose its form, and her beret, which she puts on top of the ladder.

衣

yì = y + Ø4

to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)

Characters with 襄 as component

让

讓

ràng = r + ang4

to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])

让 = 上 + 讠 : Robinson Crusoe badly needs to use anglepod's bathroom, but currently it's under renovation. On the toilet seats there's a sign saying "上" and pointing to an advertising column, so Robinson thinks that they just want him to sit on top of the advertising column, and indeed there's a hole at the top of the column.

娘

孃

niáng = ni + ang2

variant of 娘[niang2]

娘 = 女 + 良 : Bessie Coleman (女) and Nefertiti (ni) got a child and are now young mothers (娘). One day, their child approaches them just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) and gives them a thank you card (良). The child wants to say thank you because its mothers have been so good.

壤

rǎng = r + ang3

soil / earth

壤 = 土 + 襄 : Robinson Crusoe (r) and many others are working hard in a communal effort (襄) to analyze the soil (壤) in the Angwor Wat (ang3). They are digging up a lot of dirt (土) and want to analyze which layer of soil (壤) is the best one for agriculture.

酿

釀

niàng = ni + ang4

to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method)

酿 = 良 + 酉 : The rooster (酉) has been brewing (酿) beer for Nefertiti (ni) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) all year round, and at the end of the year Nefertiti hands the rooster a heartfelt thank you card (良).

镶

鑲

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

to inlay / to embed / ridge / border

镶 = 襄 + 钅 : Marie Curie (xi) is getting help (襄) from her fellows inlaying (镶) a false tooth into her golden harpoon (钅) in front of the anglepod (ang1).

攘

rǎng = r + ang3

to push up one's sleeves / to reject or resist / to seize / to perturb / to steal

嚷

rǎng = r + ang3

to shout / to bellow / to make a big deal of sth / to make a fuss about sth

嚷 = 口 + 襄 : Robinson Crusoe (r) has been active in a communal joint effort (襄) to provide Soylent Orange to the local people in the anglepod (ang3). One day he cannot bear his secret anymore and blurs out (嚷) that Soylent Orange is made from mandarins (口)!

骧

驤

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

(literary) to run friskily (of a horse) / to raise / to hold high

穰

ráng = r + ang2

surname Rang

穰

ráng = r + ang2

abundant / stalk of grain

曩

nǎng = n + ang3