印度支那半岛

• 爪(hand/claw (pressing down))ASSOCIATIVE
• 卩(person kneeling; kneeling figure)ASSOCIATIVE

Using a hand pressing down on a kneeling person to seal creates a stamp or seal of authority.

• 广(roof; broad eaves)RADICAL
• 廿(twenty; many times measure)ASSOCIATIVE
• 又(right hand; again; once more)ASSOCIATIVE

Under a roof, use your hand to measure back and forth many times to get accuracy.

• 十(ten; branch)ASSOCIATIVE
• 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE

A hand grasping a tree branch depicts the image of support and branching.

• 冉(suggested sound; hint)PHONETIC
• 阝(region; village)RADICAL

A distant land "over there" carries a sound that points to that very place.

• 丷(two diagonal strokes; division in half)ASSOCIATIVE
• 牛(cow; cattle)ASSOCIATIVE

Using a knife to split a cow in half equally shows the meaning of 半 (half).

• 山(mountain)RADICAL
• 鸟(bird)ASSOCIATIVE

An island is a mountain in the sea where birds perch and stay.