德谟克拉西

• 彳(step; action)RADICAL
• 十(ten; straight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 罒(eye; look straight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 心(heart; inner mind)ASSOCIATIVE

Virtue is when each step forward comes from an upright gaze and a pure heart.

• 十(ten; cross (burden))ASSOCIATIVE
• 兄(older brother)PHONO-SEMANTIC

An older brother bears ten times the burden to overcome all hardships.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.