宫保鸡丁

• 宀(roof)RADICAL
• 吕(phonetic pattern; burnt bone)PHONETIC

A palace is a large house with many rooms connected in succession like segments of bone.

• 亻(person; human; man)RADICAL
• 呆(naive; dazed)PHONETIC

A person standing beside protecting and sheltering the innocent and weak.

• 奚(why; how)PHONETIC
• 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL

A chicken is a short-tailed bird that crows "he-he" every early morning.

• 丁(nail; spike)ASSOCIATIVE

A nail driven straight down looks like the character for nail or the fourth of the heavenly stems.