black / mysterious

= + : Xu Xian (xu) noticed that there is more and more black and mysterious (玄) lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). To find out where the lava is coming from he draws tarot cards out of a beret (亠). He draws only aces (幺) though, and he doesn't really know how to interpret those.

玄 character breakdown

surname Yao
youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

= : Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.

= : Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the aorta. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the aorta.
"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).

Characters with 玄 as component

rate / frequency
to lead / to command / rash / hasty / frank / straightforward / generally / usually

= + + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is surprised by a stream of lava (玄) rushing into the airplane's bathroom (ai4). He acts quickly (率) and jumps on a huge cross (十) to save himself. Then he continues to lead (率) the stream of lava around the cross by placing popsicles (冫) on the floor in just the right way, so that the lava passes his cross without melting it. He notices that the heat flow to either side of the cross corresponds to the golden ratio (率).
to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in

= + + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) likes surfing, but there is no water in front of the anthill (an1). She doesn't care though, she just has the robot (大) and the bull (牛) pull her on a tether (牵) while she is surfing on a cooking top (冖).
bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) is getting trapped by black lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) and all she has is a composite bow (弓). She plucks the string (弦) of her bow so that the chord (弦) resonates with the lava, causing it to stop its flow.
to raise (animals)
livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) has a herd of cows (畜) living on a field (田) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To make the cows stay on the field it is surrounded by lava (玄).
to dazzle / to boast / to show off / (slang) cool / awesome
stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
side of a ship or an aircraft

Words with 玄

deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated
Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Tang2 Ming2 huang2], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[Li3 Long1 ji1], reigned 712-756
first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文[Qian1 zi4 wen2]
Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书[Jin4 shu1]
Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin
profundity / depth
Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]
Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology

Sentences with 玄

玄 currently does not appear in any sentence.