夗

to turn over when asleep

夗 = 㔾 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a sleeping bag.

A bat (夕) is harassing Yu the Great (yu) and the navy seal (㔾) who are camping in their sleeping bags (夗) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Yu the Great just turns over while sleeping (夗), but the navy seal stays awake to guard and protect his king.

夗 character breakdown

夗
- 㔾
  - 乚
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 夕

㔾

jié = ji + e2

"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)

㔾 = ㇆ + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: a member of the navy seals. A navy seal (㔾) is busy digging a hole with a plow (㇆) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) as part of his training. Joan of Arc (ji) thinks that this particular seal deserves to have an extra hart training, so she slyly shovels some earth back into the hole using a shovel (乚).

夕

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks a bit like a bat, and bats come out of their caves at dusk. I could see the upper left 丿 as part of the bat's right wing, ㇇ as the body/head and 丶 as the eye of the bat.

Xi Shi (xi) goes out for a space walk in front of the space station (Ø1) in the evening (夕), where she observes a space bat.

Characters with 夗 as component

宛

wǎn = w + an3

winding / as if / a surname

宛 = 夗 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: a winding machine.

Willy Walrus (w) built a winding machine (宛) to wind up sleeping bags (夗) in the anthill (an3). For his invention he got a honorary PhD degree and a graduation cap (宀), but as the winding machine winds up the sleeping bags his graduation cap gets in and ruins it.

碗

盌

wǎn = w + an3

variant of 碗[wan3]

怨

yuàn = yu + an4

to blame / to complain

怨 = 夗 + 心 : Yu the Great (yu) had a very cold heart (心) last night in the anthill's bathroom (an4), and she blames (怨) her sleeping bag (夗).

苑

yuàn = yu + an4

surname Yuan

苑