涵

hán = h + an2

to contain / to include / culvert

涵 = 氵 + 函 : A few years ago in the anthill's kitchen (an2) Hamlet (h) received a letter (函) which contained (涵) only a bottle of water (氵). It gave him a bad feeling of the things to come.

涵 character breakdown

涵
- 函
  - 丂
    - 一
    - ㇉
  - 凵
  - 氺
    - 水
      - 丿
      - 亅
      - ㇏
      - ㇇
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

函

hán = h + an2

envelope / case / letter

函 = 丂 + 氺 + 凵 : Hamlet (h) is waterboarded in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He is trapped in a metal box (凵) wearing a breathing mask (丂) while being under a continuous stream provided by an aqueduct (氺). He is allowed to send one last letter (函) home, though.

函

圅

hán = h + an2

variant of 函[han2]

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.