女子无才便是德

• 女(woman kneeling; kneeling figure)ASSOCIATIVE

The character for woman depicts a female person kneeling with arms crossed, symbolizing the feminine gender.

• 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.

• 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
• 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE

From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.

• 才(talent; sprout)ASSOCIATIVE

A sprout just breaking through the soil symbolizes innate talent.

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 更(change; again)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person who knows how to change flexibly finds everything convenient.

• 日(sun; light)RADICAL
• 疋(foot; walk straight)PHONETIC

Under the clear light of the sun, everything appears as it truly is — that is what 'correct, right' means.

• 彳(step; action)RADICAL
• 十(ten; straight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 罒(eye; look straight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 心(heart; inner mind)ASSOCIATIVE

Virtue is when each step forward comes from an upright gaze and a pure heart.