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• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 家(family; household)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person who specializes in making furniture is called a carpenter (house craftsman).

• 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
• 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE

A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 一(mark; position indicator)ASSOCIATIVE

A horizontal line at the base of a tree marks the root—that is the foundation, the essential base.

• 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
• 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL

Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.

• 今(now; present time)PHONETIC
• 心(heart; mind)RADICAL

Mind dwelling on a thought in this present moment forms remembrance.

• 白(white; bright)RADICAL
• 勺(spoon)PHONETIC

A spoon catching sunlight shines brightly and clearly — the character means "of" or shows clarity and definiteness.

• 糹(silk thread; filament)RADICAL
• 巠(underground water vein running straight)PHONETIC

Silk threads running straight down in rows on a loom frame form the warp threads.