东西南北

• 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.

• 十(ten; centripetal)ASSOCIATIVE
• 冂(remote area; surround)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丷干(branch; trunk)ASSOCIATIVE

The south is a warm sunny place where trees flourish densely beneath an open sky.

• ⼔(person turning back; figure of person from behind)ASSOCIATIVE

Two people standing back-to-back represent North, the direction ancients faced away from.