抗震救灾指挥部

• 雨(rain)RADICAL
• 辰(time; hour; Jupiter)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Thunder and lightning (震) is the sound of rain roaring at the appointed hour of heaven.

• 求(seek; request)PHONO-SEMANTIC
• 攵(hand holding stick; action)RADICAL

Rescuing a person means using your hand to act in response to an urgent plea for help.

• 火(fire)RADICAL
• 巛(water current; flood)ASSOCIATIVE

Disaster strikes when both flood and fire descend upon the land together.

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Use your hand to point at what you want to say.

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 军(army; troops)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A hand waving to command the troops shows leadership.

• 咅(sound reading (radical/section))PHONETIC
• 阝(village; region)RADICAL

A section of land divided by distinct sounds becomes a region's administrative division.