念

variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud

念 = 今 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.

to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])

念 = 今 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.

念 character breakdown

念
- 今
  - 亼
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 亽
    - 丶
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - ㇇
- 心
  - 丶
  - 乚

今

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)

今 = 亽 + ㇇ : A rip off calendar showing today's date: 今

今 = 亽 + ㇇ : Joan of Arc has changed into half-duck half-human being and lives in a tipi in front of the encampment. With her beak, she shows a rip off calender with the date of Armageddon: today.

心

xi̅n = xi + (e)n1

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

心 = 乚 + 丶 : Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.

Characters with 念 as component

念

唸

niàn = ni + an4

variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud

念 = 今 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.

验

騐

yàn = y + an4

variant of 驗|验[yan4]

验 = 佥 + 马 : Maud Younger (y) took a pregnancy test (验) In anthill's bathroom (an4) and she's pregnant indeed, she just doesn't know if the father is 傅佥 (佥) or the unicorn (马). She called both to come over and plans to do a test series (验) to see who would be the better father.

鲶

鯰

nián = ni + an2

sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus) / oriental catfish / see also 鮎|鲇[nian2]

稔

rěn = r + (e)n3

ripe grain

捻

niǎn = ni + an3

to twirl (in the fingers)

埝

niàn = ni + an4