研

yán = y + an2

to grind / study / research

研 = 开 + 石 : Maud Younger is lacking salt for her ... . Luckily, there's a salt stone just inside the anthill's kitchen, so she uses a bottle opener to grind off some salt.

研 character breakdown

研
- 石
  - 丆
    - 一
    - 丿
  - 口
- 开
  - 一
  - 廾
    - 一
    - 丨
    - 丿

石

shí = sh + Ø2

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.

开

開

ka̅i = k + ai1

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

开 = 一 + 廾 : A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.

石

dàn = d + an4

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