小提琴手

• 小(small; tiny)ASSOCIATIVE

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

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 是(correct; be)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to grasp what is necessary represents the elevated and exalted action.

• 玨(two pearls; pair of pearls)RADICAL
• 今(now; at present)PHONETIC

A stringed instrument carved from two pieces of precious jade resonates with the sound of the present.

• 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.