Pinyin "yan2"

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

言 = 亠 + 二 + 口 : The horizontal lines look like sound waves that emerge from an opening: I'll resemble 言 by a megaphone.

言 = 亠 + 二 + 口 : Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.

颜 = 彦 + 页 : Han Yanzhi (彦) is mad at Maud Younger (y) for messing up his plants, so he wants to teach her a lesson (给点颜色看看). In the anthill's kitchen (an2) he sticks flypaper (页) of all colors (颜) on Maud's body to make sure that she never comes back.

颜 = 彦 + 页 : Han Yanzhi (彦) is mad at Maud Younger (y) for messing up his plants, so he wants to teach her a lesson (给点颜色看看). In the anthill's kitchen (an2) he sticks flypaper (页) of all colors (颜) on Maud's body to make sure that she never comes back.

颜 = 彦 + 页 : Han Yanzhi (彦) is mad at Maud Younger (y) for messing up his plants, so he wants to teach her a lesson (给点颜色看看). In the anthill's kitchen (an2) he sticks flypaper (页) of all colors (颜) on Maud's body to make sure that she never comes back.

炎 = 火 : Maud Younger ate too much just inside anthill. She's sleeping so hard that she doesn't even wake up from the fire which is spreading fast.

炎 = 火 : Mnemonic symbol: As I just learned "itis" is the feeling you get after eating too much.

研 = 开 + 石 : Maud Younger is lacking salt for her ... . Luckily, there's a salt stone just inside the anthill's kitchen, so she uses a bottle opener to grind off some salt.

严 = 亚 + 厂 : Mnemonic symbol: a tightly sealed bottling jar. Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Maud Younger is working on her top secret project. On a table she's got a sealed bottling jar of Mapo Doufu and a still packaged and sealed chocolate factory. She plans to modify the chocolate factory to produce Mapo Doufu, to sell the food world wide.

严 = 亚 + 厂 : Mnemonic symbol: a tightly sealed bottling jar. Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Maud Younger is working on her top secret project. On a table she's got a sealed bottling jar of Mapo Doufu and a still packaged and sealed chocolate factory. She plans to modify the chocolate factory to produce Mapo Doufu, to sell the food world wide.

盐 = 土 + 卜 + 皿 : Maud Younger (y) finished cooking a dish in the anthill's kitchen (an2) when she finds that she's out of salt (盐). Her last hope is to put some dirt (土) in a bowl (皿) and trying to change it into salt (盐) using a voodoo staff (卜).

延 = 廴 + 正 : Maud Younger (y) is playing Go on a Go board (廴) against the stick-figure (正) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), but Maud Younger is playing remotely via a computer. Maud is losing and she's blaming the lag (延) she's experiencing through her slow connection.

延 = 廴 + 正 : Maud Younger (y) is playing Go on a Go board (廴) against the stick-figure (正) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), but Maud Younger is playing remotely via a computer. Maud is losing and she's blaming the lag (延) she's experiencing through her slow connection.

沿 = 氵 + 几 + 口 : Maud Younger (y) hides a huge mandarin (口) under a table (几) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She doesn't want anyone to touch it, so she marks the border (沿) of the forbidden zone using water bottles (氵).

岩 = 山 + 石 : Maud Younger finds the anthill's kitchen blocked by a cliff. With a fork, she forks up the cliff rock by rock and frees the entrance.

岩 = 山 + 石 : Maud Younger finds the anthill's kitchen blocked by a cliff. With a fork, she forks up the cliff rock by rock and frees the entrance.

岩 = 山 + 石 : Maud Younger finds the anthill's kitchen blocked by a cliff. With a fork, she forks up the cliff rock by rock and frees the entrance.

岩 = 山 + 石 : Maud Younger finds the anthill's kitchen blocked by a cliff. With a fork, she forks up the cliff rock by rock and frees the entrance.