摂 and associated explosions

摂, absorb:            Hold hand to ear to avoid absorbing the sound of an explosion.
渋, diarrhea:          If you try to stop the explosion of diarrhea, it's apt to spray.
                                (Yuck, but it's a yucky subject.)
塁, baseball, fort:  On the baseball field, you'll get a splash of dirt when you
                               slide into base.
                               OR:  When there are explosions on the field of battle,
                               you need earthenworks for your fort.

摂渋塁

主: I'm kind of a big deal

主, main/chief:  It's like a king with a mark at the top pointing out, he's the big deal.  Example use:  主婦 - しゅふ, housewife.
注, pour/concentrate:  Pour water on the king's head.  Example:  注ぐ - そそぐ, pour.
住, reside:  A person's main spot is the home.  Example:  住む, to live somewhere.

For the rest, I like to work from 住 not 主.

往, formerly/journey:  When you're always traveling, the intersections are your home.  Example:  一往 - いちおう, more or less.  Also 往来 - おうらい, comings and goings.
駐, stay/reside:  A home for the horse to stop and stay.  Example:  駐車場 - ちゅうしゃじょう, parking lot.
柱, pillar/support:  The main load-bearing beam in your residence.  Example:  電柱 - でんちゅう, telephone pole.


主住往駐柱注

Learn these 早く

早, early/fast:           Sun rising over the grass, early in the morning.
草, grass:                 Put the grass marker above that rising sun to emphasize
                                    it's the grass you're talking about.
卓, table:                  Early, put things on (上) the breakfast table.
悼, lament:               No smiles, not a single word at the breakfast table -- a
                                   sad song, or lament.
章, chapter:              Early in the book, you'll find a stand of chapters growing
                                   (table of contents).
彰, clear/public:       The chapter's details are clear for the public to see in the
                                    lines that follow.
障, harm/handicap:  Keeping your life's chapters isolated behind the hills can
                                    be quite a handicap.


早草卓悼章彰障

Taking on the 任 to say "にん"

壬は人名用漢字です。It may mean something about carrying a pole.  I've decided to let it mean a king 王 that's leaning toward (deferring to, friendly to) something.
任, （にん）reponsibility/appoint/entrust:  The king leans toward appointing/entrusting things to the man who is responsible.
賃, （ちん）fee/charge/wages:                    You are responsible to pay your fees/charges/etc.
妊, （にん）pregnant:                                  Even the king must defer to the needs of the pregnant woman.

任賃妊

敢: dare to learn kanji

敢, daring:  Grab someone's ear by the top and hit it with a stick -- a daring
                     (if foolish) act!
厳, strict:    Someone represses (pushes down) your daring, keeping it
                     locked inside -- that's strict.
敢厳

王: おお my, what a piece of work that king is

たくさん漢字derive from 王, おお, meaning "king."  I am going to skip over descendants of 金 (metal, money) because that's a whole lot more kanji.  I'll also put 主 and its descendants in another post.

王, king:                   The one who links heaven (top line), earth (bottom line),
                                   and mankind (middle line).  Yes, the Chinese did have a
                                   high opinion of kings.  Or pretended to.
旺, flourishing:         The Sun King makes everything seem to flourish.
斑, blemish/spot:     The kings aren't getting along -- it's part of the culture to find
                                   fault (blemishes) on each other.
班, squad/corps:      The corps puts a skinny sword between the 2 kings, but
                                   they're still ready to fight.
琴, harp:                   Now let's play the harp for the kings.
狂, insane:               The king is now gone mad as a wild beast.
皇, emperor:            The emperor, white with anger, sits on the king to
                                   make him behave.

"Straighten up or you're dead meat."

望, wish:                  Many seem to wish for the throne; if the king's not careful,
                                  he will be dead meat.
徴, indications:        At the crossroads near the mountains, the king seeks teaching
                                  to learn the signs.  And here is what he learned:

全, all:                     "I've got heaven, human society, and earth all under one roof
                                 -- I've got it all!"  Be grateful for what you have, etc.
栓, stopper, plug:    "And a  piece of wood to hold all the stuff in."  A letdown,
                                  when you think that...
金, money/metal:    The king learned to focus, under his roof, on all that money.
玉, jewel:                 ...and the jewel he's so attached to he keeps it at his side.
宝, treasure:             All those jewels under his roof are his treasure or valuables.
国, country:              In fact, everything in the borders of the country, he considers his treasure.
呈, exhibit/present:  You got an audience!  Speak before the king to exhibit/present
                                   your wisdom.  But he asks...
程, how much:         "How much rice harvest are you exhibiting to me, the king?" Argh!
潤, profit:                  What will it profit him?  The king's behind his gates, and the
                                   rains come and wash his wealth -- rice harvest, jewels, money,
                                   whatever -- away.

王旺琴斑班皇望狂望全栓金玉宝国呈程潤

莫: the mists of sunset

莫 is 人名用漢字 (recall, that's kanji used for names but not part of the standard set).  It's supposed to be the sun setting behind reeds:  you can see them at the top, and the 大-like symbol below is also reeds, by simplification.  TheKanjiMap says it's something like isn't or mustn't, but I think of it (per Henshall) as a situation when things are not quite clear (like at sunset), fuzzy, obscure

暮, sunset:        The extra sun is there to emphasize that this time, we're really
                            talking about the sunset, not using any extended meaning.
模, imitation:      It's not clear if this is real wood or an imitation.
膜, membrane:  A vague, fuzzy layer of flesh is a membrane.
墓, grave:          At the sunset of life, they put the body in the earthen grave.
幕, curtain:        Cloth that obscures the play you're about to see.
漠, vague:         The mists at sunset make what you see vague and obscure.
募, recruit:         Raw recruits' knowledge if vague and fuzzy, but they
                            empower your organization.
慕, yearn:          When I see the twilight of sunset, my heart yearns for home. 
                           (And it feels broken up -- maybe that's why it's drawn in that unusual way.)

莫模膜墓幕漠募暮慕