石

surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]

石 = 丆 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.

石

dàn = d + an4

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters

石

shí = sh + Ø2

rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

石 = 丆 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.

石

dàn = d + an4

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]

石 character breakdown

石
- 丆
  - 一
  - 丿
- 口

丆

one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system

丆 = 一 + 丿 : 丆 kinda looks like a wind turbine. 丿 is the base and 一 looks like two blades attached to the base.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 石 as component

磅

bàng = b + ang4

see 磅秤 scale / platform balance / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)

磅 = 旁 + 石 : Beelzebub (b) is weighing his bottles of bourbon (旁) against stones (石) using a platform balance (磅) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4).

础

礎

chǔ = chu + Ø3

foundation / base

础 = 出 + 石 : Chantal Chicken (chu) has to leave the space station (Ø3) quickly, but the emergency exit (出) is blocked by a big rock (石). Chantal has no other choice but to dig a tunnel through the space station's foundation (础).

岩

嵒

yán = y + an2

variant of 巖|岩[yan2]

岩 = 山 + 石 : Maud Younger finds the anthill's kitchen blocked by a cliff. With a fork, she forks up the cliff rock by rock and frees the entrance.

岩

巖

yán = y + an2

variant of 岩[yan2]

岩 = 山 + 石 : Maud Younger finds the anthill's kitchen blocked by a cliff. With a fork, she forks up the cliff rock by rock and frees the entrance.

岩

yán = y + an2

cliff / rock

岩 = 山 + 石 : Maud Younger finds the anthill's kitchen blocked by a cliff. With a fork, she forks up the cliff rock by rock and frees the entrance.

岩

巗

yán = y + an2

variant of 巖|岩[yan2]

岩 = 山 + 石 : Maud Younger finds the anthill's kitchen blocked by a cliff. With a fork, she forks up the cliff rock by rock and frees the entrance.

碳

tàn = t + an4

carbon (chemistry)

碳 = 炭 + 石 : Tecumseh (t) further processes the charcoal (炭) he made in the anthill's bathroom (an4) into pure carbon (碳) by crushing the charcoal (炭) into its elements and exerting extreme pressure with a rock (石).

确

què = qu + e4

variant of 確|确[que4] / variant of 埆[que4]

确 = 石 + 角 : Cupid found a huge horn in the elevator's bathroom. He knows that if it were genuine, it would be worth a fortune. He knows also that there is only one way to find out: by crashing a stone on it he'll find out whether it is the real stuff.

确

確

què = qu + e4

authenticated / solid / firm / real / true

砍

kǎn = k + an3

to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb

砍 = 欠 + 石 : Karl Marx (k) chopped down (砍) a huge boulder (石) with his bare hands inside of the anthill (an3) so that the staff can now move the pieces of the boulder. Before he leaves, the anthill's owner throws (砍) an IOU note (欠) after Karl.

砖

塼

zhua̅n = zhu + an1

variant of 甎|砖[zhuan1]

砖 = 专 + 石 : The scientist (专) and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) are standing next to a rock (石) in front of the anthill (an1). They are quietly thinking for a long time, until the scientist has an idea and tells Julian Giant Squid what to do in order to create bricks (砖) out of the rock (石).

砖

磚

zhua̅n = zhu + an1

brick / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

砖

甎

zhua̅n = zhu + an1

variant of 磚|砖[zhuan1]

碍

礙

ài = Ø + ai4

to hinder / to obstruct / to block

碍 = 㝵 + 石 : Albert Einstein (Ø) rubs a lamp in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) and to his surprise a genie (㝵) appears, asking for his wish. Albert recognizes his chance to put one over on the king and asks the genie to summon a large rock (石) to obstruct (碍) the royal toilet.

破

pò = p + o4

broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of

破 = 皮 + 石 : Pinocchio is playing with his cow hide in the observatory's bathroom. Unfortunately he accidentally destroys the toilet by hurling a huge rock at the toilet, using the cow hide as sling.