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

矿

礦

kuàng = ku + ang4

ore / mine

矿 = 广 + 石 : Karl Koala (ku) got a new job at the coal mine (矿) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). The entrance to the tunnel lies quite high, so every time Karl brings out another coal stone (石) he attaches it to a small parachute (广) and lets it fly down to the floor.

硕

碩

shuò = shu + o4

large / big

硕 = 石 + 页 : There is a large, huge (硕) rock (石) blocking observatory's bathroom (o4). Sheldon Shrimp (shu) tries to clear it off by wrapping it in a huge (硕) sheet of paper (页) because he heard "paper beats rock". Of course it doesn't work because Sheldon is not a learned person (硕士).

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).

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.

炮

砲

pào = p + ao4

variant of 炮[pao4]

炮 = 包 + 火 : Pinocchio (p) plays with a cannon (炮) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He found a very colorful handbag (包) which he puts into his cannon. He then lights a match (火) and fires his cannon, shooting the handbag out of the window.

磷

粦

lín = li + (e)n2

variant of 磷[lin2]

硫

liú = li + ou2

sulfur (chemistry)

矶

磯

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

breakwater / jetty

磷