method / technique

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 手术: surgeon

= + : In the space station's bathroom the surgeon wants to tickle Sheldon Shrimp with a petal leaf, but Sheldon thinks it's a trap and he wants to cut him open, so he hides behind a Christmas tree.
various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea

术 character breakdown

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

= + : 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 术 as component

to state / to tell / to narrate / to relate

= + : The surgeon (术) wants to persuade Sheldon Shrimp (shu) to visit him, so he tells (述) Sheldon a bedtime story in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) about how he'll be able to wear gladiator sandals (辶) if he is willing to pay for surgery.
obscure variant of 悉[xi1] / Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝[niu2 xi1]

Words with 术

learning / science / academic / CL:個|个[ge4]
academic circles / academia
market access in return for technology transfer (PRC policy since the 1980s which gives foreign companies access to China's domestic market in exchange for sharing their intellectual property, characterized by the US in the 2019 trade war as "forced technology transfer")
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Sentences with 术

bù
liào
nà
ya̅o
hóu
fǎ
shù
ga̅o
qiáng