鑾
luán · HSK 7
Empire
👑 luán sounds like loo-AHN; bottom radical is 金 metal — metal bells on the emperor's carriage
鑾 names the jingling bells mounted on an imperial chariot, cast from 金 (metal) at the base of the character. Over time it stood in for the emperor himself and the whole empire he rode through.
鑾 — two 言 (speech) flanking 糸 (silk) over 金 (metal/bell)
鑾 depicts small bells (金, metal) attached to an imperial carriage, with 䜌 above acting as the phonetic component suggesting the 'luán' sound. Originally it referred to the jingling bells on a royal chariot, then by extension came to mean the emperor's carriage itself and things imperial.