圣安地列斯断层

• 宀(roof)RADICAL
• 女(woman; female)ASSOCIATIVE

A woman in the house brings peace and tranquility.

• 土(earth; soil; land)RADICAL
• 也(also; punctuation mark (archaic))PHONETIC

The wide earth (soil) is also where all things flourish and grow.

• 歹(bones; death)ASSOCIATIVE
• 刂(blade; knife edge)RADICAL

Using a knife to chop bones into rows is the meaning of the character for arranging in lines.

• 米(grain; thread (symbolizing something cut))ASSOCIATIVE
• 斤(axe; chopping tool)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using an axe to chop and sever threads — the image of breaking or cutting off.

• 尸(corpse; roof (covering))RADICAL
• 云(cloud)PHONETIC

Layers of houses stacked on top of each other like tiered clouds beneath a roof.