中提琴

• 口(mouth; rectangular frame)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丨(vertical line through the middle; axis)ASSOCIATIVE

An arrow hitting the center of a target frame is the bull's-eye—that's CENTER.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 是(correct; be)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to grasp what is necessary represents the elevated and exalted action.

• 玨(two pearls; pair of pearls)RADICAL
• 今(now; at present)PHONETIC

A stringed instrument carved from two pieces of precious jade resonates with the sound of the present.