冖 Royal Family

These are the characters in this series. You can review them and quiz yourself at the bottom. To see them put together in an illustrated story, go to Lessons: Extension.

shell [n.]
士 + 冗
soldier + superfluous

To a soldier in training, an extra shell of armor seems superfluous.

Prince Superfluous is sent off as a soldier and dies in a shelling.

zhěn

pillow
木 + 冘yín
tree/wood + crown prince

The Crown Prince is convinced that a wooden pillow is good for his posture.

qīn

invade
亻 + 4jìn
persona + Amelia Bedelia

Your persona and Amelia Bedelia invade the house party, brooms in hand.

A mysterious persona asks Amelia Bedelia to invade the royal party.

huī

brandish
扌 + 军
hand + chariot

Prince Army shows off his skill, brandishing a weapon with his hand while driving a chariot.

扌 + 冖 + 车 hand + crown + vehicle Picture a beauty queen wearing a crown, riding in a vehicle in a parade, waving her hand.

bàng

close to
亻 + 旁páng
persona + side/Columbus

Deep thoughts by Prince Columbus: “The person at your side is close to you.”

dān

indulge
耳 + 冘yín
ear + crown prince

Anyone listening to the Crown Prince must indulge him.

knotted up
纟 + 帝dì
threads + sovereign

A new tailor is hired by the sovereign, but he gets knotted up in threads during the fitting, and is fired.

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jìn

*Amelia Bedelia
彐 + 冖 + 又
broom + crown + right hand

Amelia Bedelia sweeps the crown with her right hand.

bǎng

upper arm
月 + 旁páng
body part + side/Columbus

Deep thoughts by Prince Columbus: “The body part on your side is your upper arm.”

bǎng

roster
木 + 旁páng
wood + side/Columbus

Deep thoughts by Prince Columbus: “The wooden tablet at my side is the ship’s roster."

chén

profound
氵 + 冗
water + superfluous

At Prince Superfluous’s funeral by the lake, there is profound stillness on the water, no superfluous sound.

yín

*crown prince
冖 + 儿
crown + human legs

The Crown Prince is the next human in line for the crown.

fruit stem
艹 + 帝dì
flowers + sovereign

If you picture this royal family on a family tree, the sovereign is the stem, and the children are the flowering branches.

*crown

as a component: “秃宝盖”

derived from: 冠 guān crown

bàng

pound [n.]
石 + 旁páng
stone + side/Columbus

Deep thoughts by Prince Columbus: “The stone at my side weighs a pound.”

guān

crown
冖 + 元 + 寸
crown + beginning + thumb

This is the full form of the character for “crown.” It shows the crown’s line of descent from the beginning, each adding his/her thumbprint.

hoof
⻊ + 帝dì
lower leg + sovereign

The sovereign spent so much time on his horse that its hooves were just extensions of his lower legs.

háo

milli-
V + 毛máo
tiara + fur

Princess Bling makes a math class breakthrough when her teacher says “a million” is like the number of hairs in her fur stole.

crane
冖 + 隹 + 鸟
crown + special bird + bird

The crane is the crowned royal special bird of all birds.

nóng

concentrated
氵 + 农nóng
water + agriculture

Princess Agriculture‘s new product: concentrated agriculture in a bottle—just add water!

yuān

injustice
冖 + 兔
crown + rabbit

It is injustice that the royal rabbit accidentally got eaten for supper.

qiān

lead along
大 + 冖 + 牛
large dog + crown + cow

There is a large dog that leads along the royal cow, who is now blind.

weep aloud
口 + 帝dì
mouth + sovereign

When he lost his wife, the sovereign wept aloud.

shěn

Shen
氵 + 冘yín
water + crown prince

Shen is the Crown Prince’s valet, responsible for washing him, dressing him, etc.

kettle
士 + 冖 + 业
soldier + crown + profession

This soldier put his mess hall experience to use as a professional kettle keeper for the crown.

xiè

diarrhea
氵 + 写xiě
water + write

There is a writing pad in the water closet in case Prince Mischievous is delayed because of diarrhea.

yūn

dizzy
日 + 军jūn
sun + chariot

Driving in his chariot, Prince Army is dazzled by the sun and gets dizzy, veering off the path.

The sun reflecting off the chariots made the other army dizzy.

zhì

stagnant
氵 + 带
water + sash

Princess Beauty loses a pageant, throws her sash into the moat, where you can still see it floating because of the stagnant water.

nóng

agriculture
冖 + 𧘇
crown + scarf

Princess Agriculture is quite practical, taking on the improvement of the realm’s agriculture. She wears a crown, but also a scarf like her subjects.

huī

radiance
光 + 军
ray + chariot

Prince Army feels best next to a chariot, rays radiantly bouncing off the shiny chrome and his crown.

sovereign
立lì + 冖 + 巾
stand up + crown + towel

You’ve heard of the story: “The Sovereign’s New Clothes”? This sovereign stood up in front of his subjects wearing only a crown and towel.

jūn

army, *chariot
冖 + 车
crown + vehicle

Prince Army is the son put in charge of the army. His symbol is the crowned chariot.

hún

engulf
氵 + 军jūn
water + chariot

While chariot-driving on the beach, Prince Army is engulfed by a big wave of water.

háo

unrestrained
V + 豕
tiara + sow

Princess Bling has been called Little Miss Piggy for her unrestrained vanity.

rǒng

superfluous
冖 + 几
crown + wind

Prince Superfluous is a royal airhead. He is really quite superfluous.

qǐn

get some shuteye
宀 + 丬 + 4jìn
house + turtle + Amelia Bedelia

Amelia Bedelia is told to put the turtle in its house so it can get some shuteye.

náng

sack [n.]
亠 + 中 + 冖 + 襄xiāng
top hat + middle + crown + Jiminy Cricket

Look carefully at this character, as several components separate or blend. Picture Jiminy Cricket in the middle of a sack, wearing a crown rather than his top hat (which is on top of the sack).

jìn

immerse
氵 + 4jìn
water + Amelia Bedelia

Amelia Bedelia immerses the crown in water to clean it.

dié

heap [v]
3又 + 冖 + 且qiě
3 right hands + crown + shelves

Picture shelves heaped up with a crown and 3 right hands.

V

*tiara
亠 + 口 + 冖
top hat + mouth + crown

A tiara is a modified 高: a crown where the front part is taller.

"This princess likes bling, especially her tiara." (Royal Family)

xiě

write
冖 + 与
crown + offer/slingshot

Picture a written offer of marriage from the crown.

Prince Mischievous is meant to be a scholar but is always into mischief, trying to distract his father from his writing, with a slingshot.

tíng

pavilion
V + 丁dīng
tiara + nail

Princess Bling’s favorite pavilion looks like a tiara on a big nail.

páng

side [n.], *Columbus
立 + 冖 + 方fāng
stand up + crown + compass

Prince Columbus is a dreamer. Like Columbus, he stands up to the crown with a compass by his side and declares “the earth is round”.

liàng

shiny
V + 几
tiara + wind

Princess Bling uses pressurized cans of air to clean her tiaras to make them shiny.

dài

sash
卅 + 冖 + 巾
30 + crown + towel

Princess Beauty is the winner of a beauty pageant with a studded (30-jewel) crown and sash, her dress no bigger than a towel.

冖 Royal Family

Quiz

yín

*crown prince

háo

unrestrained

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