宋

surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)

宋 = 宀 + 木 : Susan Saint Bernard and Mr. Song are celebrating Christmas in the engine's bathroom. They're presenting their big hats and their even bigger butts.

宋 character breakdown

宋
- 宀
  - 丶
  - 冖
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

宀

mián = mi + an2

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 宋 as component

策

筞

cè = c + e4

variant of 策[ce4]

策 = ⺮ + 朿 : The King of Chu heard that someone plans to assassinate him, so he hides in the elevator's bathroom. To be safer he walks on very long bamboo sticks which he uses as stilts and, in turn, has always his stabbing dagger ready.