截止期限

• 戈(weapon; spear)RADICAL
• 隹(short-tailed bird)ASSOCIATIVE
• 十(ten; cut across)ASSOCIATIVE

A spear cuts through like a horizontal slash, severing a bird in two.

• 止(foot (pictographic); stop)ASSOCIATIVE

A footprint drawn standing still symbolizes stopping.

• 其(that; that one)PHONETIC
• 月(moon; month)RADICAL

Watch the moon's phases wax and wane to count periods of time.

• 阝(mound; region of land)RADICAL
• 艮(stop; firm)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A tall earthen wall stands firmly to block everything and create an impassable boundary.