TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
殺
殺 ＝ 殳 ＋ 杀
ㄕㄚ · shā
verb — to kill, slaughter; to cut down, reduce
字源 FORM — what the parts do
殳義a hand gripping a pole-weapon — to strike
杀聲shā — gives the sounda tree (木) crossed through
A hand swinging a weapon (殳) against 杀 shā, the sound — to strike a life dead: 殺害, 殺死. From the killing stroke, to cut down, to slash: 殺價, the price killed. 杀 also frames 剎 chà, 煞 shà.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手起兵器（殳）一落——一條命殺了。
The hand brings the weapon (殳) down — and a life is killed.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)殺害、殺死— to kill, slaughter常用
→殺價、殺風景— to slash (a price); to spoil
⇒廝殺、殺氣— to fight to the death; a killing air
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
殳shūthe weapon it swings — 殳 stands bare as the pole-weapon; 殺 adds 剎＝ ＋ 刂chàthe twin — 剎 sets by 刂 (a brake, an instant); 殺 by (the strike)