刹

chà = ch + a4

Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4 duo1 luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra")

刹 = 刂 + 杀 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wanted to kill himself with a knife (刂) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but then he finds that there is a nice Buddhist monastery (刹). The Buddhists promise that they can just erase Charlie's past using an eraser (杀) on his head.

刹

剎

sha̅ = sh + a1

to brake

刹 = 刂 + 杀 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) found his new car is breaking (刹) by itself even if he actually doesn't want to break. In front of the ashram (a1) Sherlock finds there are erasers (杀) stuck to the tire which he removes using a kitchen knife (刂).

刹 character breakdown

刹
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅
- 杀
  - 乂
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 朩
    - 一
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

杀

殺

sha̅ = sh + a1

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely

杀 = 乂 + 朩 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is messing around with a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) in front of the ashram (a1) using pliers (乂). To reduce (杀) the marks he left he is trying to rub them off with an eraser (杀).