湛

zhàn = zh + an4

surname Zhan

湛

zhàn = zh + an4

deep / clear (water)

湛 character breakdown

湛
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀
- 甚
  - 匹
    - 儿
      - 丿
      - 乚
    - 匚
  - 甘
    - 二
      - 一
    - 卄
      - 一
      - 丨

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

甚

shén = sh + (e)n2

variant of 什[shen2]

甚

shèn = sh + (e)n4

what / very / extremely / any

甚 = 匹 + 甘 : Mnemonic symbol: An extremist.

Sherlock Holmes is in the middle of one of his adventures: in the encampment's bathroom he found an extremist threatening a cow. With his keen eyes though he sees that the extremist's bombing belt is fake and just made out of bolts of thread, so he bravely jumps in to rescue the frightened cow.