央

center / end / to beg / to plead

央 = ⺆ + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: 中央处理机, central processing unit (CPU).

In front of the anglepod, Maud Younger received her new robot. Soon she is not satisfied with his artificial intelligence; to increase it, she staples a CPU to the center of its chest, although the robot begs her not to do so.

央 character breakdown

央
- 冂
  - 丨
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- ⺆
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅

冂

jio̅ng = ju + (e)ng1

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

冂 = 丨 + ㇆ : Kind of looks like a map. Zeus found a secret map that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone in front of the engine, so he took a plough and digged up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

⺆

jio̅ng = ju + (e)ng1

Variant of 冂, but the left stroke is 丿, not 丨

⺆ = 丿 + ㇆ : Mnemonic symbol: ⺆ looks like a staple, as used in a stapler.

Zeus (ju) wants to plant bananas (丿) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He uses a plow (㇆) to dig up the earth and puts the bananas inside. To prevent the bananas from falling down, he staples them down with a stapler (⺆).

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 央 as component

奂

奐

huàn = hu + an4

excellent

奂 = ⺈ + 央 : Helga Horse (hu) and the crane (⺈) ordered a new CPU (央) for their gaming system and inspect it in the anthill's bathroom (an4). It was very expensive and is therefore very excellent (奂); Helga and the crane both touch the fingertips of each hand and silently think "excellent" (奂).

奂

奐

huàn = hu + an4

surname Huan

英

yi̅ng = y + (e)ng1

hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom

英 = 艹 + 央 : Mnemonic symbol: a hero. An evil villain has been terrorizing the UK (英), so Maud Younger (y) and the hero (英) want to stop him. They know that he will visit engine later that day, so in front of the engine ((e)ng1) they prepare artificial lawn (艹) by adding a CPU (央) to each sheet. This way, each sheet acts as intelligent automated trap which will grab the villain once he steps on the sheet.

英

yi̅ng = y + (e)ng1

United Kingdom / British / England / English / abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]

映

暎

yìng = y + (e)ng4

old variant of 映[ying4]

映 = 央 + 日 : Maud Younger's (y) CPU (央) is defect and she wants to find out how exactly. The sun (日) helps her investigate the chip's nanostructures by projecting (映) it on the wall of the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).

映

yìng = y + (e)ng4

to reflect (light) / to shine / to project (an image onto a screen etc)