surname Huan
imperial official / court eunuch

宦 character breakdown

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
surname Chen

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a very humble servant.

Charlie Chaplin (ch) has become one of Leshan Buddha's (巨) servants. Together with another servant (臣), He massages the buddha's foot with a dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).
state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a very humble servant.

Charlie Chaplin (ch) has become one of Leshan Buddha's (巨) servants. Together with another servant (臣), He massages the buddha's foot with a dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).

Characters with 宦 as component

宦 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 宦

functionary / official
officialdom / bureaucracy
lit. raging sea of bureaucracy / officials causing a big fuss
family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)
horse guard / imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs)
(literary) to serve as an official
family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times)

Sentences with 宦

宦 currently does not appear in any sentence.