奄

yǎn = y + an3

surname Yan

奄

ya̅n = y + an1

variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay

奄

yǎn = y + an3

suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround

奄 = 大 + 电 : Mnemonic symbol: 奄列, omelet.

奄 = 大 + 电 : Maud Younger (y) has the robot (大) prepare an omelet (奄) for her inside the anthill (an3). The robot makes the omelet using a charger (电). Maud doesn't pay too much attention, and suddenly (奄) the omelet (奄) is done.

奄 character breakdown

奄
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 电
  - 乚
  - 曰
    - 一
    - 囗

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

电

電

diàn = di + an4

lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc

电 = 乚 + 曰 : Dorothy Gale (di) is looking for a wall plug for her charger (mnemonic symbol for 电) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's digging up the whole place with a shovel (乚), but instead of a wall plug she finds a microphone (曰).

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 奄 as component

暗

晻

àn = Ø + an4

variant of 暗[an4]

暗 = 日 + 音 : Albert Einstein likes to start raves in the anthill's bathroom, setting up huge loudspeakers and turning down the light until it is very dark. Usually his raves are huge successes, but when the sun joins the mood is at a minimum, since then it's not dark at all anymore. However, everybody has an excuse then to wear sunglasses.

唵

ǎn = Ø + an3

(interjection) oh! / (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth / (used in buddhist transliterations) om

罨

yǎn = y + an3

foment / valve

埯

ǎn = Ø + an3

hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble

崦

ya̅n = y + an1

name of a mountain in Gansu