宾

visitor / guest / object (in grammar)

宾 = 兵 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: Robin Hood, 罗宾汉.

Brunhilde (bi) has often been robbed by Robin Hood (宾) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), so she hired some soldiers (兵) to protect her. But even as she leaves the encampment even the soldiers cannot prevent Robin Hood from snatching away her brand new graduation cap (宀) from her head.

宾 character breakdown

宾
- 兵
  - 丘
    - 丨
    - 丿
    - 工
      - 丨
      - 二
        
        一
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 宀
  - 丶
  - 冖

兵

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]

兵 = 丘 + 八 : Brunhilde and the soldier visit a burial mound in front of the engine. It is round like a ball like the deceased inside. To commemorate the round fallen soldier they put up a big eight-ball.

宀

mián = mi + an2

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

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : 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.

Characters with 宾 as component

滨

濱

bi̅n = bi + (e)n1

shore / beach / coast / bank / to border on

滨 = 宾 + 氵 : The water levels have risen and a beach (滨) has formed right in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Robin Hood (宾) and Brunhilde (bi) are working hard to move back the shoreline (滨) or at least to stop it moving further by scooping up the water with water bottles (氵).

缤

繽

bi̅n = bi + (e)n1

helter-skelter / mixed colors / in confusion

嫔

嬪

pín = pi + (e)n2

imperial concubine

槟

檳

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1

betel palm (Areca catechu) / betel nut / Taiwan pr. [bin1]