玄

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.

玄 character breakdown

玄
- 幺
  - 厶
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

surname Yao

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

幺 = 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.

幺 = 厶 : Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the aorta. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the aorta.

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

Characters with 玄 as component

鲧

鮌

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

variant of 鯀|鲧[Gun3]

玈

lú = lu + Ø2

black

蚿

xián = xi + an2

millipede

衒

xuàn = xu + an4

variant of 炫[xuan4] / (literary) to boast / to show off

Words with 玄

故

gù

弄

nòng

玄

xuán

虚

虛

xu̅

deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated

唐

táng

玄

xuán

宗

zo̅ng

Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Tang2 Ming2 huang2], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[Li3 Long1 ji1], reigned 712-756

天

tia̅n

地

dì

玄

xuán

黄

黃

huáng

first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文[Qian1 zi4 wen2]

房

fáng