Radical 歹

6 strokes

evil 歹 (584a) + spoon 匕 (206a) = die 死

Note that the first stroke of “evil” extends over the “spoon”. You might like to think of this character as having three parts — “one”, “evening” and “spoon”.

“If you eat from this evil spoon you will die,” said the priest. / Teddy said, “I’ll stick to my salami then — you don’t need a spoon for that.”