冤

injustice / grievance / wrong

冤 = 冖 + 兔 : Yu the Great (yu) is falsely accused (冤) by the rabbit (兔) to have beaten him over the head with a cooking top (冖) in front of the anthill (an1), but she didn't do anything.

冤

寃

yua̅n = yu + an1

old variant of 冤[yuan1]

冤 = 冖 + 兔 : Yu the Great (yu) is falsely accused (冤) by the rabbit (兔) to have beaten him over the head with a cooking top (冖) in front of the anthill (an1), but she didn't do anything.

冤 character breakdown

冤
- 兔
  - 丶
  - 免
    - 儿
      - 丿
      - 乚
    - 口
    - ⺈
- 冖

兔

兎

tù = tu + Ø4

variant of 兔[tu4]

兔 = 丶 + 免 : Tommy Turtle (tu) sold the rabbit (兔) a very tasty looking petal leaf (丶) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but before the rabbit eats the leaf Tommy Turtle hands him a disclaimer (免) about possible side effects.

兔

tù = tu + Ø4

rabbit

冖

mì = mi + Ø4

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.