prosperous / henry (unit of inductance)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: American scientist Joseph Henry.

Before Henry (亨) invented inductance he used to hang out with Hamlet (h) a lot in front of the engine ((e)ng1). One day he observed Hamlet shifting a mandarin (口) from a price cup (了) to a beret (亠) and vice versa, which gave him the idea of putting an iron core into an electromagnet.

亨 character breakdown

le = l + e5
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) has completed (了) his preparations to fight the world. There he stands ready, on top of the Elevator (e5), with a sickle (乛) and a crowbar (亅) in his hands.
to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly

= + : Mnemonic symbol from "to finish" and the shape of the character: a prize cup.

Li Qingzhao (li) is responsible for manufacturing a prize cup (了). She only needs to add a poetic engraving. Unfortunately, she suffers from a writer's block. In the aorta's living room (ao3), someone left a cryptic message engraved on the walls using a sickle (乛), which is still lying on the floor. Being an accomplished poet Li Qingzhao is able to understand the message clearly (了), realizes its poetic potential and starts to engrave it on the prize cup using a crowbar (亅).
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).
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).
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]

Characters with 亨 as component

cooking method / to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)

= + : Pinocchio (p) is boiling (烹) Joseph Henry (亨) alive on a grill (灬) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
to groan / to snort / to hum / to croon / humph!

= + : In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Joseph Henry (亨) finally has the idea how to build his coil and exclaims "hurrah!", accidentally throwing away Hamlet's (h) mandarin (口) so Hamlet just says "humph!" (哼).
fat / bloated

Words with 亨

Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator
Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt / History of Henry V by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
Handel (name) / George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer
Hengelo, city in the Netherlands
Heinz (name) / Heinz, US food processing company
to prosper / to flourish
to go smoothly / prosperous / going well
to prosper; to flourish

Sentences with 亨

亨 currently does not appear in any sentence.