逝

(of time) to pass / to die

逝 = 折 + 辶 : One day when Sherlock Holmes (sh) was using the space station's bathroom (Ø4) he was only wearing gladiator sandals (辶), accidentally dropped his folding knife (折) onto his foot and died (逝).

逝

shì = sh + Ø4

(of flowing water or time) to pass by / to pass away; to die

逝 character breakdown

逝
- 折
  - 扌
    - 亅
    - 二
      - 一
  - 斤
    - 丅
      - 一
      - 丨
    - ⺁
      - 丿
- 辶

折

shé = sh + e2

to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

折

zhe̅ = zh + e1

to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)

折

zhé = zh + e2

to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book

折 = 扌 + 斤 : James II of England (zh) wants to lift a pair of barbells (斤) in the elevator's kitchen (e2), but the barbells are very heavy. He tries to use toy claws (扌) and folding (折) knifes (mnemonic symbol for 折) as levers, but they both snap (折).

折

摺

zhé = zh + e2

variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold

辶

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.