一步一个脚印

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

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

• 止(foot (pictographic))RADICAL
• 止(second foot below)ASSOCIATIVE

A step is two feet, one above the other, following each other moving forward.

• 人(person; man; human)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丨(straight stroke; line)PHONETIC

A person standing straight like a stroke in a ledger is an individual.

• ⺼(meat; flesh; body)RADICAL
• 却(decline; refuse)PHONETIC

A foot is the fleshy part of the body that helps us step backward or forward.

• 爪(hand/claw (pressing down))ASSOCIATIVE
• 卩(person kneeling; kneeling figure)ASSOCIATIVE

Using a hand pressing down on a kneeling person to seal creates a stamp or seal of authority.