山地自行车

• 山(mountain)ASSOCIATIVE

Three mountain peaks jutting upward resemble a majestic mountain range before your eyes.

• 土(earth; soil; land)RADICAL
• 也(also; punctuation mark (archaic))PHONETIC

The wide earth (soil) is also where all things flourish and grow.

• 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE

Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.

• 彳(left foot step)RADICAL
• 亍(right foot; right step)ASSOCIATIVE

Left foot then right foot stepping forward is the very action of traveling down a road.

• 車(vehicle; chariot)ASSOCIATIVE

The character 車 is an ancient picture of a vehicle viewed from above, showing its axle and wheels.