殳

surname Shu

bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc

殳 = 几 + 又 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu-) is practising his martial arts skills in front of the space station (-1). He's a specialist in the combined halberd (symbol for 殳) boxing style, and practises smashing tables (几) with his sucker punch (symbol for 又).

殳 character breakdown

殳
- 几
- 又
  - ㇏
  - ㇇

几

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

small table

Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.

又

yòu = y + ou4

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

又 = ㇇ + ㇏ : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

几

幾

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

almost

几

幾

jǐ = ji + Ø3

how much / how many / several / a few

Characters with 殳 as component

殴

毆

o̅u = Ø + ou1

to beat up / to hit sb

殴 = 区 + 殳 : In front of the outhouse (ou1) the alien from area 51 (区) is beating up (殴) Albert Einstein (Ø) with a halberd (殳).

肴

殽

yáo = y + ao2

variant of 肴[yao2]

肴 = 乂 + 有 : Maud Younger (y) dropped her meat dishes (肴) into a pile of confetti (有) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) and now she has to remove the confetti from the meat using a pair of pliers (乂).

淆

殽

xiáo = xi + ao2

variant of 淆[xiao2]

淆 = 氵 + 肴 : Just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2) Marie Curie (xi) accidentally emptied a bottle of water (氵) over her meat dishes (肴) and now they're all confused and disorderly (淆).

殁

歿

mò = m + o4

to end / to die

骰

tóu = t + ou2

dice

厩

廄

jiù = ji + ou4

stable / barn

殻