案

àn = Ø + an4

(legal) case / incident / record / file / table

案 = 安 + 木 : Albert Einstein (Ø) is being accused of being a counter revolutionary capitalist (案). He is restrained to a Christmas tree (木) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) by a safety belt (安) fixed to the tree and to his ankle so that he can't run away. Anyway he uses his time to have a close look at his file (案).

案 character breakdown

案
- 安
  - 女
  - 宀
    - 丶
    - 冖
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

安

a̅n = Ø + an1

surname An

安

a̅n = Ø + an1

(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])

安 = 女 + 宀 : Albert Einstein prepared an experiment: He invented a new sport and tries it out himself. Using a seat belt, he jumps off anthill's roof. To his surprise, he lands in a graduation cap that Bessie Coleman put there to capture him.

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 案 as component

案 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 案

命

mìng

案

àn

homicide case / murder case

冤

yua̅n

案

àn

miscarriage of justice

同

tóng

案

àn

犯

fàn

accomplice

初

chu̅

刻

kè

拍

pa̅i

案

àn

惊

驚

ji̅ng

奇

qí

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]

到

dào

案

àn

to make an appearance in court

另

lìng

案

àn

another case (in law) / a case to treat separately

吃

chi̅

案

àn

(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)

四

sì

一

yi̅

二

èr

惨

慘

cǎn

案

àn

the massacre of 12th Mar 1927 / the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists