东西半球

• 東(east; rising sun behind tree)ASSOCIATIVE

The sun rising behind a tree trunk points to the East.

• 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.

• 丷(two diagonal strokes; division in half)ASSOCIATIVE
• 牛(cow; cattle)ASSOCIATIVE

Using a knife to split a cow in half equally shows the meaning of 半 (half).

• 王(jade)RADICAL
• 求(seek; request)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A round ball rolls like a pearl across the ground.