外交关系理事会

• 夕(evening; crescent moon (pictographic))RADICAL
• 卜(divination; fortune-telling)PHONETIC

Evening outside divining fortunes under the moon — that's an external affair.

• 六(six; intersection)ASSOCIATIVE
• 乂(cross; intersect)PHONETIC

Two diagonal lines crossing like human legs stepping represent intersection and exchange.

• 丷(two diagonal strokes (opening/closing))ASSOCIATIVE
• 天(sky; heaven)ASSOCIATIVE

A door with a bolt underneath the sky is where things open and close, connecting to everything.

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 系(link; bind)PHONO-SEMANTIC

People bound together create a relationship.

• 王(jade; precious stone)RADICAL
• 里(village; mile)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Polishing rough jade layer by layer along the grain, like dividing the road mile by mile into neat sections.

• ⼅(hook; fishhook)RADICAL
• 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
• 彐(hand holding brush)ASSOCIATIVE

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

• 人(person; man; human)RADICAL
• 云(speak; cloud)PHONETIC

A meeting is when many people gather together to speak and talk.