嵌
qiàn
to inlay
to embed; Taiwan pr. [qian1]
Mountain (山) + phonetic cluster (甘欠) = to embed or inlay
Think of a gem pressed snugly into a mountain crevice — the 山 radical hints at fitting something into a rocky hollow. 甘 and 欠 together approximate the sound qiàn; the mountain is doing the semantic work.
山MountainSemantic
欠To owePhonetic
甘SweetPhonetic
他把宝石嵌进了戒指里。
tā bǎ bǎo shí qiàn jìn le jiè zhǐ lǐ。
He inlaid the gemstone into the ring.
工人把彩色玻璃嵌在窗框里。
gōng rén bǎ cǎi sè bō lí qiàn zài chuāng kuāng lǐ。
The worker embedded the colored glass into the window frame.