甘

ga̅n = g + an1

surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]

甘 = 二 + 卄 : Mnemonic symbol: 甘 just looks like a cow's head to me.

In front of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink the cow's sweet, sweet milk. He already organized a capacitor as electric shocker. The cow is not willing to surrender at all, though: she is ready to defend herself with a double axe.

甘

ga̅n = g + an1

sweet / willing

甘 character breakdown

甘
- 二
  - 一
- 卄
  - 一
  - 丨

二

èr = Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

二 = 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).

卄

niàn = ni + an4

twenty, twentieth

卄 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a double axe. Here's why: 20 -> XX -> "double-x" -> "double axe". Nefertiti (ni) is rebuilding her kingdom in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's shaping twenty (卄) dinosaur bones (丨) with a double axe (卄) and stacking them on top of one (一) flute (一).

Characters with 甘 as component

某

mǒu = m + ou3

some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such

某 = 木 + 甘 : Mnemonic symbol: someone playing "somewhere over the rainbow" on an ukulele.

In the outhouse, the cow has climbed a large Christmas tree and now she's too afraid and panicked to climb down again. Mahatma Gandhi comes to help with his ukulele, playing "somewhere over the rainbow" to calm down the cow.

甜

tián = ti + an2

sweet

甜 = 甘 + 舌 : In the anthill's kitchen (an2), mother Theresa (ti) and the cow (甘) lick each other with their tongues (舌) and find that they are super sweet (甜).

甚

shèn = sh + (e)n4

what / very / extremely / any

甚 = 匹 + 甘 : Mnemonic symbol: An extremist.

Sherlock Holmes is in the middle of one of his adventures: in the encampment's bathroom he found an extremist threatening a cow. With his keen eyes though he sees that the extremist's bombing belt is fake and just made out of bolts of thread, so he bravely jumps in to rescue the frightened cow.

甚

shén = sh + (e)n2

variant of 什[shen2]

嵌

kǎn = k + an3

see 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]

嵌

qiàn = qi + an4

to inlay / to embed / Taiwan pr. [qian1]

嵌 = 山 + 甘 + 欠 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) still has the cow's (甘) IOU note (欠). Because the cow cannot pay its dept the Queen uses a fork (山) to inlay (嵌) the cow into her new throne in the anthill's bathroom (an4).

钳

鉗

qián = qi + an2

pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag

酣

ha̅n = h + an1

intoxicated

苷

ga̅n = g + an1

licorice / glycoside

邯

hán = h + an2