伦敦国际金融期货交易所

• 囗(surround; enclose)RADICAL
• 玉(precious jade; gem)ASSOCIATIVE

A nation is enclosed land that contains precious treasures within.

• 金(gold; metal (figurative))ASSOCIATIVE

Metal is an ancient image of precious metal hidden underground, gleaming and sparkling.

• 鬲(tripod caldron top; cauldron lid)RADICAL
• 虫(worm; insect)PHONETIC

Heat rising from a boiling pot melts everything together, just as insects dissolve and blend into one another.

• 其(that; that one)PHONETIC
• 月(moon; month)RADICAL

Watch the moon's phases wax and wane to count periods of time.

• 貝(money; cowrie shell (used as ancient currency))RADICAL
• 化(change; transform)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Goods are things that can be transformed into wealth through the exchange of money.

• 六(six; intersection)ASSOCIATIVE
• 乂(cross; intersect)PHONETIC

Two diagonal lines crossing like human legs stepping represent intersection and exchange.

• 户(door; house)RADICAL
• 斤(axe)PHONETIC

A place is where a house door stands, using an axe to chop and erect a tree.