五氧化二钒

• 二(two; two horizontal strokes)RADICAL
• ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)ASSOCIATIVE

A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.

• 气(air; vapor)RADICAL
• 羊(goat)PHONETIC

Gas with a tone like 'dương' is oxygen—the gas that sustains all living things.

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 匕(spoon; compare)PHONETIC

A person standing upright beside a person bending down shows how shapes transform and change.

• 二(number two; two horizontal strokes)ASSOCIATIVE

Two parallel horizontal strokes symbolize the number two.