生死搭档

• 生(life; sprouting)ASSOCIATIVE

The character depicts a sprout pushing up through the soil, symbolizing life and growth.

• 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
• 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE

Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 荅(small bean plant; phonetic)PHONETIC

Using your hand to pull up and cross over—that is the action of connecting or joining together.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 当(bear; correspond)PHONETIC

A wooden file or document case sounds like "đương" (the character's pronunciation).