殳 Boomerang

bān

sort [n.]
舟 + 殳
boat + boomerang

picture the sort of boats used by aboriginal people (dugout canoes), perhaps decorated with carvings of boomerangs

qìng

*frontier war
声 + 殳
voice + boomerang

the voice of the boomerang crying against the soldiers of the occupying flag

tóu

throw [v.]
扌 + 殳
hand + boomerang

use hand to throw boomerangs

xīn

fragrant
殸qìng + 香xiāng
frontier war + perfume

Some of the deadliest massacres in the frontier wars were when settlers presented a fragrant gift to the aborigines laced with poison.

duàn

section [n.]
W + 殳
staple gun + boomerang

repair a broken boomerang by using a staple gun to reattach the sections

epidemic
疒 + 殳
sickness + boomerang

The COVID-19 epidemic started in China, was flung to the rest of the world, and then boomeranged back in 2022.

shè

establish
讠 + 殳shū
microphone + boomerang

Can we establish peace with a microphone, rather than boomerangs?

huǐ

ruin [v.]
臼 + 工 + 殳
rib cage + I-beam + boomerang

On the left, we have what's left when a city is ruined, rib cages and I-beams. Maybe a boomerang can't do so much damage, but it can ruin an animal.

thigh
月 + 殳shū
body part + boomerang

hit in the thigh by a boomerang

shū

*boomerang
几 + 又
wind + right hand/again

A boomerang is a weapon thrown with the hand that flies like the wind and comes back again.

As a component: “殳字旁”

méi

not have
氵 + 殳
water + boomerang

boomerang territory (Western Australia) does not have much water

alternatively: 氵 + 几 + 又 water + wind + right hand: water washes it away, so there is nothing left, wind blows it away, so there is nothing left, hand brushes it away, so there is nothing left

殳 Boomerang

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