外交手腕

• 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.

• 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.