死

sǐ = s + Ø3

to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

死 = 匕 + 歹 : Shakespeare is scared to death when suddenly a witch attacks him with her ladle in the space station.

死 character breakdown

死
- 匕
  - 丿
  - 乚
- 歹
  - 一
  - 夕

bǐ = bi + Ø3

dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon

匕 = 丿 + 乚 : Brunhilde plays a game inside the space station's living room (Ø3) using zero gravity: using a big ladle (mnemonic symbol for 匕) and a shovel (乚) as bats, she beats a banana (丿) back and forth.

歹

dǎi = d + ai3

bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78

歹 = 一 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a wicked witch.

Don Quixote (d) is hypnotized by a wicked witch (歹) playing her flute (一) in the airplane (ai3). She's playing her magic flute in order to sedate Don Quixote, so that her bats (夕) can drink his blood.

Characters with 死 as component

毙

獘

bì = bi + Ø4

to collapse / variant of 斃|毙[bi4] / variant of 獙[bi4]

毙

斃

bì = bi + Ø4

to die / to shoot dead / to reject / to fall forward / (suffix) to death

葬

塟

zàng = z + ang4

old variant of 葬[zang4]

葬 = 艹 + 死 + 廾 : After Zorro (z) died (死) he was buried (葬) with his hands cuffed (廾) behind his back in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). A lot of artificial lawn (艹) has since grown on the grave.

葬

zàng = z + ang4

to bury (the dead) / to inter