一日三餐

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 日(sun (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 日 is drawn as a round sun with light rays inside.

• 一(one; horizontal stroke)ASSOCIATIVE
• 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))ASSOCIATIVE

Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.

• 食(eat; food)RADICAL
• 歺(bone remnant; residue)ASSOCIATIVE
• 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE

A meal is when the hand picks up leftover scraps and puts them in the mouth — the image of primitive eating.