燕

ya̅n = y + an1

Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan

燕

yàn = y + an4

swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴[yan4]

燕 = 北 + 口 + 廿 + 灬 : Maud Younger (y) put a swallow (燕) on a grill (灬) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but before she did that she oriented the grill towards east using a compass rose (北). She also put a mandarin (口) in the swallow's mouth. Later she'll put the swallow in a flower pot (廿) when it is done.

燕

鷰

yàn = y + an4

variant of 燕[yan4]

燕 character breakdown

燕
- 北
  - 匕
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 丬
    - 丨
    - 冫
  - 爿
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - 丩
      - 丨
- 口
- 廿
  - 一
  - 卄
    - 一
    - 丨
- 灬

北

běi = b + ei3

north / (classical) to be defeated

北 = 丬 + 匕 : A compass rose. In the Eiffel Tower, Beelzebub tries to build a compass. As a baseplate he uses a piece of wood, on which he sticks the north pike of a compass rose. On the south pike he balances a ladle, which is supposed to adjust itself to earth's magnetic field.

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).

廿

niàn = ni + an4

twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念

廿 = 卄 + 一 : This character looks like a flower pot.

廿 = 卄 + 一 : Nefertiti needs to vent off steam. In anthill's bathroom she finds a flower pot with twenty flutes inside. With a single swing with her double axe, she splits all twenty flutes. Afterwards, she feels much better.

灬

huǒ = hu + o3

"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc

I will represent this "fire" component by a grill.