knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs
刀
=
㇆
+
丿
:
Mnemonic symbol: 刀 looks like a cleaver (while 刂 looks like a kitchen knife).
Don Quixote (d) serves his good deed of the day in front of the aorta (ao1). In order to feed the people, he uses a plow (㇆) to dig up bananas (丿), and cuts them into slices with a broad cleaver (刀).
创
=
仓
+
刂
:
Chantal Chicken (chu) is the founder (创) of a new startup in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). She doesn't have much money yet, so she rented a barn (仓) to work in. Day in, day out she is producing (创) innovative kitchen knives (刂), and they already start to pile up in front of the barn.
梁
=
氵
+
八
+
刀
+
木
:
Li Qingzhao (li) wants to repair the anglepod's kitchen (ang2), specifically, she wants to set up a new beam on the roof (梁). To reach her goal she puts the lower end of a Christmas tree (木) into a broad water bottle (氵) so that it stands steady. She then proceeds to chop off all the branches with a cleaver (刀), so she can obtain the beam. As she lifts the beam onto the walls, she pushes off an eight ball (八), which falls down and crashes the water bottle (氵). Fortunately she won't need the water bottle anymore since she already put up the beam of the new roof (梁).