映

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

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

暎

yìng = y + (e)ng4

old variant of 映[ying4]

映 character breakdown

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

央

ya̅ng = y + ang1

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.

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).