圣安德列斯断层

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

A woman in the house brings peace and tranquility.

• 彳(step; action)RADICAL
• 十(ten; straight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 罒(eye; look straight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 心(heart; inner mind)ASSOCIATIVE

Virtue is when each step forward comes from an upright gaze and a pure heart.

• 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.