Imagine the right side of the character, `咼`, as a person with a wide open mouth (口) eagerly waiting for food to be served from a **pot** covered by a lid (冂).
Vocabulary
鍋なべ
pot; pan; hot pot dish
鍋料理なべりょうり
hot pot dish (cuisine)
土鍋どなべ
earthenware pot
鍋物なべもの
hot pot dish
鍋奉行なべぶぎょう
hot pot magistrate (person who takes charge of a hot pot meal)