殺

sha̅ = sh + a1

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely

杀 = 乂 + 朩 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is messing around with a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) in front of the ashram (a1) using pliers (乂). To reduce (杀) the marks he left he is trying to rub them off with an eraser (杀).

殺 character breakdown

殺
- 殳
  - 几
  - 又
    - ㇏
    - ㇇
- 杀
  - 乂
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 朩
    - 一
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

殳

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

surname Shu

殳

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

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).

杀

殺

sha̅ = sh + a1

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely