张三，李四，王五，赵六

• 弓(bow (weapon))RADICAL
• 长(long; large)PHONO-SEMANTIC

To shoot, you pull and extend the bowstring taut.

• 一(one; horizontal stroke)ASSOCIATIVE
• 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))ASSOCIATIVE

Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.

• 囗(frame; surround)RADICAL
• 儿(person; foot)ASSOCIATIVE

Four sides of a square frame surround two legs — the ancient form of the number four.

• 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))ASSOCIATIVE

A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.

• 二(two; two horizontal strokes)RADICAL
• ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)ASSOCIATIVE

A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.

• 亠(lid; cover)ASSOCIATIVE
• 八(eight; divide in two)ASSOCIATIVE

The numeral six like a roof placed over two strokes represents balanced division.