人事管理

• 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.

• ⼅(hook; fishhook)RADICAL
• 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
• 彐(hand holding brush)ASSOCIATIVE

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

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

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

• 王(jade; precious stone)RADICAL
• 里(village; mile)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Polishing rough jade layer by layer along the grain, like dividing the road mile by mile into neat sections.