暈

confused / dizzy / giddy / to faint / to swoon / to lose consciousness / to pass out

晕 = 军 + 日 : The sun (日) was driving Yu the Great (yu) around in its cabriolet (军) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), but Yu the Great got car sick (晕) and almost had to puke if it weren't for the sun pressing a cooking top (军) against her mouth.

晕

暈

yùn = yu + (e)n4

dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun

暈 character breakdown

暈
- 冖
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗
- 車

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.

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

车

車

che̅ = ch + e1

surname Che

车

車

che̅ = ch + e1

car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

车 = 七 + 十 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is parading in a cabriolet (mnemonic symbol for 车) in front of the elevator (e1), because he wants to establish his new cult. Like all successful leaders, he takes the carrot-and-stick approach: In one hand he's waving with a seven-branched laser sword (七), in the other one he's waving with a cross (十).

车

車

ju̅ = ju + Ø1

war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)