衍

yǎn = y + an3

to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous

衍 = 氵 + 行 : Maud Younger (y) is dancing on the bar in the anthill (an3), but suddenly her seven-league boots (行) cause her to run around like crazy, breaking all the water bottles (氵) and thereby having the whole inn overflow (衍) with water.

衍 character breakdown

衍
- 彳
  - 丿
  - 亻
    - 丨
    - 丿
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀
- 行
  - 亍
    - 一
    - 丁
      - 一
      - 亅
    - 亅
    - 二
      - 一
  - 彳
    - 丿
    - 亻
      - 丨
      - 丿

彳

chì = ch + Ø4

step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]

彳 = 丿 + 亻 : Mnemonic symbol for the step with the left foot: a black sneaker, because black sneakers are popular at least with the leftists I met.

Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just finished her banana (丿) and throws the peel over her shoulder in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Charlie Chaplin (彳), wearing a black sneaker on his left foot, manages to step on the banana peel with his left foot and fall over even in zero gravity.

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.

行

háng = h + ang2

row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column

行

xíng = xi + (e)ng2

to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense

行 = 亍 + 彳 : Mnemonic symbol from "to travel": seven-league boots.

Xi Shi (xi) is tired of walking with a black sneaker on her left foot (彳) and a full armor boot on her right foot (亍). Fortunately she finds seven-league boots (行) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).

Characters with 衍 as component

愆

諐

qia̅n = qi + an1

old variant of 愆[qian1]

愆

qia̅n = qi + an1

fault / transgression

Words with 衍

敷

fu̅

衍

yǎn

to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by

繁

fán

衍

yǎn

to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity

衍

yǎn

生

she̅ng

物

wù

a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)