不管三七二十一

• 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
• 官(official; manage)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.

• 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.

• 七(number seven; seven (pictographic—horizontal stroke crossed by curved stroke))ASSOCIATIVE

The number seven is drawn with a horizontal stroke and a curved stroke crossing through it, symbolizing division.

• 二(number two; two horizontal strokes)ASSOCIATIVE

Two parallel horizontal strokes symbolize the number two.

• 十(number ten; cross shape)ASSOCIATIVE

Two intersecting strokes form a complete whole, symbolizing the number ten.

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

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