听君一席话，胜读十年书

• 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
• 斤(axe)PHONETIC

Using your mouth to listen to the sound of an axe chopping a tree echoing loudly.

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 广(roof; structure)RADICAL
• 廿(twenty; many interlaced strands)ASSOCIATIVE
• 巾(cloth; towel)ASSOCIATIVE

A mat is a woven cloth made from many fibers spread under the roof of a house to sit on.

• 言(speech; words)RADICAL
• 舌(blade; tongue)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Speech is what is created from the tongue.

• 月(flesh; meat variant)RADICAL
• 劵(exhausted; weary)PHONETIC

A body of flesh must overcome fatigue to achieve victory.

• 言(speech; words)RADICAL
• 賣(sell; vend)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Reading a book is using spoken words to 'sell out' knowledge to the listener.

• 十(number ten; cross shape)ASSOCIATIVE

Two intersecting strokes form a complete whole, symbolizing the number ten.

• 干(rice plant; grain stalk)ASSOCIATIVE

A mature grain stalk represents one harvest season, which symbolizes one year.

• 聿(writing brush; pen)ASSOCIATIVE
• 曰(speech; mouth)ASSOCIATIVE

A book is spoken words recorded by a pen onto characters.