小儿麻痹病毒

• 小(small; tiny)ASSOCIATIVE

Three tiny strokes represent fine grains of sand, conveying the meaning of "small" or "tiny."

• 广(eaves; spacious house)RADICAL
• 林(forest; many trees)ASSOCIATIVE

An oil hemp plant with thorns is grown and dried under the eaves like a small forest.

• 疒(illness; patient in bed)RADICAL
• 丙(third heavenly stem)PHONETIC

A person lying on a sickbed crying out in pain everywhere sounds like "bing."

• 母(mother; origin)RADICAL
• 龶(toxic grass; harmful plant)ASSOCIATIVE

A toxic plant grows from the earth like a mother nurturing life, but carries deadly poison.