女性割礼

• 女(woman kneeling; kneeling figure)ASSOCIATIVE

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

• 忄(heart; mind)RADICAL
• 生(be born; live)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Nature is something that is born together with the heart of each person.

• 害(harm; damage)PHONO-SEMANTIC
• 刂(knife radical)RADICAL

Using a knife to cut off something harmful is the action of slicing.

• 礻(spirit; ritual)RADICAL
• 乚(curved line; hook)PHONETIC

Rituals are sacred rules offered up to the spirits.