展

surname Zhan

to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition

展 = 尸 + 井 + 𧘇 : James II of England (zh) and the ghost (尸) developed (展) a new business in the anthill's living room (an3). The ghost scares the visitors so much that they fall into a well (井), and James II of England helps them get out of it using a step ladder (𧘇). As their business grows and develops (展), they can both benefit: the ghost gets to scare lots of people, and James II of England gains lots of street credibility by helping their victims.

展 character breakdown

展
- 井
  - 丨
  - 丿
  - 二
    - 一
- 尸
- 𧘇
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏

井

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

井 = 二 + 丿 + 丨 : Joan of Arc (ji) is digging a well (井) inside the engine ((e)ng3). At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor (二) to a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨), which dig for her using the electrical energy.

尸

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating a crime scene with a corpse (尸) in front of the space station (Ø1). The victim's ghost (尸) is trying to give him hints from the afterlife about their killer.

尸

屍

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

corpse

𧘇

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𧘇 = 人 : This looks like someone (人) stepping over something, tubes or whatever. I'm gonna represent 𧘇 with a stepladder.