surname Qin

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) supported the emperor in his last war. In front of the encampment ((e)n1) she receives a package by the emperor himself (钦). It contains a golden harpoon (钅) as a present and sign of his admiration (钦) for her fighting skills. He also sent an IOU note (欠) to show that in return he will help the Queen of Hearts should she be in trouble.
to respect / to admire / to venerate / by the emperor himself

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) supported the emperor in his last war. In front of the encampment ((e)n1) she receives a package by the emperor himself (钦). It contains a golden harpoon (钅) as a present and sign of his admiration (钦) for her fighting skills. He also sent an IOU note (欠) to show that in return he will help the Queen of Hearts should she be in trouble.

钦 character breakdown

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: a golden harpoon.
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is pretty annoyed by Neanderthal Man (人), who is quarreling with the crane (⺈) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Neanderthal Man (人) owes the crane money, and the crane is waving with his IOU note (mnemonic symbol for 欠).

Characters with 钦 as component

to press (bell)
loftiness (of mountain)
variant of 撳|揿[qin4]

Words with 钦

to admire / to look up to / to respect sb greatly
Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999
Aksai Chin, a disputed region in the Tibetan plateau
to admire / to hold in high esteem
Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official

Sentences with 钦

wǒ
shì
yù
dì
de
qi̅n
cha̅i