天使报喜节

• 大(adult; large (pictographic))RADICAL
• 一(one; top)ASSOCIATIVE

The sky is the vast, boundless expanse that lies above human beings.

• 亻(person; people)RADICAL
• 吏(official; command)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person with the power to command others is an official.

• 幸(lucky; fortunate)PHONETIC
• 卩(kneel; submit)ASSOCIATIVE
• 又(hand)ASSOCIATIVE

A hand grasping a submissive person represents responding with reward or punishment.

• ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
• 即(immediately; at once)PHONETIC

Burning bamboo segments reveals the joints that connect each section of the bamboo stalk.