开

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.

开 character breakdown

开
- 一
- 廾
  - 一
  - 丨
  - 丿

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

廾

gǒng = gu + (e)ng3

hands joined

廾 = 丿 + 丨 + 一 : Handcuffs. Gitta Giraffe is sitting inside of the engine, her hands tied up with handcuffs. There's a flute as horizontal bar, and attached to either side are a banana and a dinosaur bone, so that she cannot slide off the chain.

Characters with 开 as component

开

開

ka̅i = k + ai1

并

並

bìng = bi + (e)ng4

and / furthermore / also / together with / (not) at all / simultaneously / to combine / to join / to merge

并 = 丷 + 开 : Brunhilde and a mean crocodile are amalgamating to a new super form in the engine's bathroom. They are forming the connection with bottle openers.

並 = 䒑 + 业 : Mnemonic symbol: combine harvester.

Brunhilde wants to harvest all the weed in the engine's bathroom with her combine harvester, but a bullfrog is standing in her way, protesting against the exploitation of nature's plants.

并

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1

short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]

并

併

bìng = bi + (e)ng4

to combine / to amalgamate

并 = 丷 + 开 : Brunhilde and a mean crocodile are amalgamating to a new super form in the engine's bathroom. They are forming the connection with bottle openers.

并

竝

bìng = bi + (e)ng4

variant of 並|并[bing4]

并 = 丷 + 开 : Brunhilde and a mean crocodile are amalgamating to a new super form in the engine's bathroom. They are forming the connection with bottle openers.

形

xíng = xi + (e)ng2

to appear / to look / form / shape

形 = 开 + 彡 : Marie Curie (xi) is modding her fake Santa Clause beard (彡) into a new shape (形). With a bottle opener (开) she carves the beard in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) so that it gets a fractal (形) shape (形).

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.

刑

xíng = xi + (e)ng2

punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment

刑 = 刂 + 开 : A device with a knife and a bottle opener is a Swiss pocket knife. Marie Curie is awaiting punishment for smuggling a Swiss pocket knife past the engine's kitchen. The punishment is that her Swiss pocket knife will be taken away.

刑

xíng = xi + (e)ng2

surname Xing

妍

yán = y + an2

beautiful

妍 = 女 + 开 : Maud Younger just entered anthill and bumped into Bessie Coleman. She has a bottle opener with her and uses it to put on her beer goggles, and as a result she admires Bessie for her beauty.

邢

xíng = xi + (e)ng2

surname Xing / place name

笄

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

15 years old / hairpin for bun

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开 character breakdown

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