创新精神

• 仓(granary; grain storage)PHONO-SEMANTIC
• 刂(knife; blade (radical))RADICAL

Using a knife to open the grain storage creates something new and fresh.

• 亲(tree; timber; intimate companion)ASSOCIATIVE
• 斤(axe; hatchet)RADICAL

Using an axe to chop a freshly picked tree creates something completely new.

• 米(rice)RADICAL
• 青(green and pure; clear and clean)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Rice pounded clean and polished becomes pure and clear as the blue-green color of jade.

• 礻(spirit; ritual)RADICAL
• 申(display; thunder)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A divine spirit is a being whose thunder and lightning are the pronouncements transmitted by that sacred presence.