光射线

• ⺌(small light radiating upward)ASSOCIATIVE
• 兀(standing person; upright person)ASSOCIATIVE

Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.

• 身(body; self)ASSOCIATIVE
• 寸(inch; hand; grasp)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A hand (寸) raising the body (身) to shoot an arrow is the action of archery.

• 糸(thread; silk)RADICAL
• 泉(stream; water)PHONETIC

A thin thread flows like a small stream running long and continuously.