Mnemonic comic for

Translation

nán = n + an2: male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a mankini. Napoleon (n) is taking part in the iron-man contest. In the anthill's kitchen (an2) he has to rob through a muddy field (田) as fast as possible while wearing a mankini (男). He has to reach a power button (力) located at the other end of the field and push it as fast as possible to qualify for the next round.

男 character breakdown

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

Characters with 男 as component

prisoner of war / to capture / to take prisoner / (old) northern barbarian / slave

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) has been captured by the enemy side and is now a prisoner of war (虏). As he is lead into the enemy's space station (Ø3) a soldier is pressing a power button (力) and a machine is painting the typical stripes (虍) of prisoner's clothing directly on Lenny's body.
maternal uncle

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to go swimming with her maternal uncle (舅), but first she has to wash his mankini (男) in a large mortar (臼) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).
sister's son / nephew
to tease / to disturb
old variant of 男[nan2]
old variant of 喃[nan2]
to tease / to play around with
to tease; to play around with

Words with 男

young, unmarried male; young guy
boys and girls / teenagers
lay practitioners of Buddhism
(of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
wife's sister's children
a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
males eligible for military service / draftee / abbr. for 役齡男子|役龄男子
a man who is family-oriented, considerate and protective
to oppress the people / to act tyrannically
(coll.) jerk / scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships)
fashionable and good-looking guy (slang)
very masculine guy / a real man / (used ironically) a grown man

Sentences with 男