宀

"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.

宀 character breakdown

宀
- 丶
- 冖

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

冖

mì = mi + Ø4

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.

Characters with 宀 as component

宁

寕

nìng = ni + (e)ng4

old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]

寝

寑

qǐn = qi + (e)n3

old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]

冤

寃

yua̅n = yu + an1

old variant of 冤[yuan1]

冤 = 冖 + 兔 : Yu the Great (yu) is falsely accused (冤) by the rabbit (兔) to have beaten him over the head with a cooking top (冖) in front of the anthill (an1), but she didn't do anything.

冗

宂

rǒng = ru + (e)ng3

variant of 冗[rong3]

冗 = 冖 + 几 : Rachel Rhinoceros is looking at some liquid helium, stored in a cooking top on a table inside of the engine. Because it's superfluous, it creeps along the cooking top and flows out of it.

寇

宼

kòu = k + ou4

old variant of 寇[kou4]

宬

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

library stack / storage

宄

guǐ = gu + ei3

traitor

宄 = 九 + 宀 : Gitta Giraffe fell in love with the mad scientist Johann Konrad Dippel inside the Eiffel Tower. She's floating on cloud nine, because Johann promised her everything under the sun, and because she thinks that he's an acclaimed scientist. In reality, Johann plans to use Gitta's bones and blood as ingredients for his elixir of life; he wears a graduation cap to deceive Gitta in believing that he's a real scientist, although he actually studied theology. Soon, he will not only be a traitor to science by imposing as scientist and pursuing mad science alchemy, concocting his animal oil; but more importantly, a traitor to Gitta's love.

宊

tú = tu + Ø2

variant of 突

宊

jia̅ = ji + a1

old variant of 家[jia1]

宨

tiǎo = ti + ao3

variant of 窕[tiao3]

寁

zǎn = z + an3

swift