弦

bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1]

弦 = 弓 + 玄 : Marie Curie (xi) is getting trapped by black lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) and all she has is a composite bow (弓). She plucks the string (弦) of her bow so that the chord (弦) resonates with the lava, causing it to stop its flow.

弦 character breakdown

弦
- 弓
- 玄
  - 幺
    - 厶
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶

弓

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)

Mnemonic symbol: this character just looks like a composite bow.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is shooting arrows with a composite bow (弓) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

玄

xuán = xu + an2

black / mysterious

玄 = 亠 + 幺 : Xu Xian (xu) noticed that there is more and more black and mysterious (玄) lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). To find out where the lava is coming from he draws tarot cards out of a beret (亠). He draws only aces (幺) though, and he doesn't really know how to interpret those.

Characters with 弦 as component

弦 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 弦

三

sa̅n

弦

xián

sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra

上

shàng

弦

xián

to wind / to tighten / crescent moon / first quarter or waxing moon

上

shàng

弦

xián

to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)

七

qi̅