国家一级保护

• 囗(surround; enclose)RADICAL
• 玉(precious jade; gem)ASSOCIATIVE

A nation is enclosed land that contains precious treasures within.

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 家(family; household)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person who specializes in making furniture is called a carpenter (house craftsman).

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

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

• 糹(silk thread; strand of silk)RADICAL
• 及(reach; catch up with)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Ranks stack like threads connecting one after another, each step reaching a higher level.

• 亻(person; human; man)RADICAL
• 呆(naive; dazed)PHONETIC

A person standing beside protecting and sheltering the innocent and weak.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 户(door; household)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to shield the front door of a house is protection.