匈

Hungary / Hungarian / abbr. for 匈牙利[Xiong1 ya2 li4] / old variant of 胸[xiong1]

匈 = 凶 + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: Bela Lugosi, a famous Hungarian-American actor, famous for his role as dracula.

Xu Xian (xu) thinks Dracula is roaming about in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he decides to scare him away, riding atop of an elephant (勹) and wearing a vicious demon mask (凶). Bela Lugosi (匈) is so terrified he almost gets a heart attack.

匈 character breakdown

匈
- 凶
  - 乂
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 凵
- 勹
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅

凶

兇

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

terrible / fearful

凶

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

凶 = 乂 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: a vicious (凶) demon mask. Xu Xian (xu) tried out an electric demon mask (凶) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but now he can't take it off anymore. He already tried to pull the cable out of the receptacle (凵), but it didn't work. Maybe he has more luck using pliers (乂) to pull at the mask.

勹

ba̅o = b + ao1

archaic variant of 包[bao1]

勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.

Characters with 匈 as component

胸

胷

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

variant of 胸[xiong1]

胸

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

chest / bosom / heart / mind / thorax

胸 = 匈 + 月 : Xu Xian (xu) noticed Bela Lugosi (匈) is just going out when the full moon (月) is shining at the night sky and suspects that he is a vampire. Therefore, he plots against Bela and one month later, he rams a stake into Bela's chest (胸) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Bela just feels a little chest (胸) pain but nothing more, since Xu Xian missed his heart.

汹

洶

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

torrential rush / tumultuous

汹 = 凶 + 氵 : Xu Xian (xu) is surprised to find that when he pours water from a water bottle (氵) over a vicious demon mask (凶) lying on the floor in front of the engine ((e)ng1) the mask multiplies the water into a vicious torrent (汹).

恟

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

scared, nervous