在位时代

• 才(talent; ability (for sound))PHONETIC
• 土(earth; soil; land)RADICAL

To exist is to cling tightly to the patch of earth beneath your feet.

• 亻(person; people)RADICAL
• 立(stand upright; stand straight)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person's position is determined by where they stand.

• 日(sun; day)RADICAL
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)PHONETIC

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 弋(stake with rope; substitute)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person standing in place of another person is substitution.