熏

to smoke / to fumigate / to assail the nostrils / to perfume

熏 = 千 + 黑 : Xu Xian (xu) is getting ready to go out on a data in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To create a perfume (熏) he smashes a blackboard (黑) to a fine powder using a kilo (千) and perfumes (熏) himself with the smoking (熏) powder.

熏

燻

xu̅n = xu + (e)n1

variant of 熏[xun1]

熏

薰

xu̅n = xu + (e)n1

fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of 熏[xun1] / to smoke / to fumigate

熏 character breakdown

熏
- 千
  - 丿
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 灬
- 黑
  - 囗
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 灬
  - ⺌
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

千

qia̅n = qi + an1

thousand

千 = 丿 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 1 kg weight.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) dropped a kilogram (千) on her banana (丿) in front of the anthill (an1), and now she uses a cross (十) to try and revive it.

灬

huǒ = hu + o3

"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc

I will represent this "fire" component by a grill.

千

韆

qia̅n = qi + an1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

黑

he̅i = h + ei1

abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

黑 = 囗 + ⺌ + 土 + 灬 : Mnemonic symbol: a black board.

Hamlet received his order of aloe vera in front of the Eiffel Tower. There he stands with his big wooden box full of aloe vera plants. On his blackboard he sketched his business model: He wants to plant the aloe vera with a lot of earth in front of the Eiffel Tower, grill it and sell it to the Eiffel Tower's visitors.

黑

he̅i = h + ei1

black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)