to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers

= + : The King of Chu (c) is enjoying a lasagna (千层面) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when suddenly a ghost (尸) surrounded by a dark cloud (云) appears and starts to haunt him. Terrified, the King of Chu drops the lasagna and runs away. The ghost reached its goal and starts devouring the lasagna himself.

層 character breakdown

person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating a crime scene with a corpse (尸) in front of the space station (Ø1). The victim's ghost (尸) is trying to give him hints from the afterlife about their killer.
corpse
Japanese variant of 曾[ceng2]

Characters with 層 as component

層 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 層

underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate
mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
low velocity zone (seismology) / also called asthenosphere 軟流層|软流层[ruan3 liu2 ceng2]
valency shell (chemistry)
internal layer
endoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil
seven layer architecture (OSI)
triploblastic animals (having three germ layers)
mesosphere / upper atmosphere

Sentences with 層

層 currently does not appear in any sentence.