减数分裂

• 冫(water; ice)RADICAL
• 咸(all; entire)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Melting ice gradually disappearing causes water level to decline steadily.

• 娄(many times; piled up)PHONO-SEMANTIC
• 攵(tap; hand motion)RADICAL

Counting numbers is using your hand to tap repeatedly many times in order to calculate.

• 八(divide; separate; eight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 刀(knife; blade; sword)RADICAL

Using a knife to chop something in half represents division or separation.

• 列(row; line up)PHONETIC
• 衣(garment; cloth)RADICAL

Cloth from clothing torn into strips arranged in rows shows how things split apart.