咸

xián = xi + an2

surname Xian

咸

xián = xi + an2

all / everyone / each / widespread / harmonious

咸

鹹

xián = xi + an2

salted / salty / stingy / miserly

咸 = 𠮛 + 戊 : Marie Curie decided to go into retreat in the anthill's kitchen, so she blocked the entrance from the inside with her fifth wheel RV. She spent a lot of time on refining a new recipe for radioactive salt, which she finally writes down on a long scroll.

咸 character breakdown

咸
- 口
- 戊
  - 丿
  - 厂
  - 戈
    - 丿
    - 弋
- 戌
  - 一
  - 戊
    - 丿
    - 厂
    - 戈
      - 丿
      - 弋
- 𠮛
  - 一
  - 口

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

戊

wù = w + Ø4

fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta

戊 = 厂 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a fifth wheel recreational vehicle.

戊 = 厂 + 戈 : Willy Walrus set up his fifth wheel RV in the space station's bathroom, and in front of it, his only source of food: a chocolate factory. Because both are so precious he guards them with a spear.

戌

qu = qu + Ø5

used in 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 qu5 r5]

戌

xu̅ = xu + Ø1

11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°

戌 = 一 + 戊 : Mnemonic symbol: another dog, this time a cute little poodle.

Xu Xian is on vacation in outer space. He parked his recreational vehicle, his fifth wheel, in front of the space station and enjoys throwing flutes for his cute poodle to fetch.

𠮛

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠮛 = 一 + 口 : This character looks like a scroll, on which your aim is written. A scroll with the paper made from mandarins (口), and a flute (一) to wrap it all up.

Characters with 咸 as component

针

鍼

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

咸

鹹

xián = xi + an2

salted / salty / stingy / miserly

感

gǎn = g + an3

to feel / to move / to touch / to affect / feeling / emotion / (suffix) sense of ~

感 = 咸 + 心 : Inside of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink a tequila. He already found the salt, but now he's looking for a lemon with his feelers. There's a very mysterious object on the table: it feels like a lemon, but the shape is somewhat wrong. What Guy Fawkes is inspecting with his feelers is a heart.

感 = 咸 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: one or multiple feelers!

喊

hǎn = h + an3

to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person)

喊 = 口 + 咸 : Hamlet (h) ordered a tequila in the anthill (an3), but as he licked the salt (咸), drank the tequila and then bit into the fruit he found it was a mandarin (口) instead of a lemon. Angrily he yells (喊) at the bartender at once.

减

減

jiǎn = ji + an3

to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish

减 = 冫 + 咸 : Joan of Arc (ji) found that there's a giant popsicle (冫) obstructing the way to the bar inside of the anthill (an3). To clear the way, she reduces (减) the size of the popsicle by scattering salt (咸) all over it.

碱

鹻

jiǎn = ji + an3

variant of 鹼|碱[jian3]

碱

鹼

jiǎn = ji + an3

base / alkali / soda (chemistry)

箴

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

to warn / to admonish / variant of 針|针[zhen1]

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