垂直起落飞机

• 土(earth; soil; land)RADICAL
• 垂(hang down; droop)ASSOCIATIVE

Branches and leaves drooping down to touch the ground show the image of the character meaning to hang or droop.

• 十(ten; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
• 目(eye)RADICAL
• 一(one; straight line)ASSOCIATIVE

An eye looking straight down one line without deviation is what makes something upright and straightforward.

• 走(run; go)RADICAL
• 己(self; body)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Standing up means moving your own two legs to walk.

• 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
• 洛(Luo River (sound and meaning of falling into water))PHONO-SEMANTIC

Leaves falling from a tree like water flowing in a river expresses the meaning of the character for falling.

• 飛(bird flying; wings spread (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

Draw a picture of a bird spreading its wings and flying up into the sky.