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

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

• 氵(water)RADICAL
• 显(display; clear)PHONETIC

Water seeping into any place makes that spot distinctly damp and wet.

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

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

• 囗(surround; enclose)RADICAL
• 玉(precious jade; gem)ASSOCIATIVE

A nation is enclosed land that contains precious treasures within.

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 家(family; household)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person who specializes in making furniture is called a carpenter (house craftsman).

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

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

• 亻(person; human; man)RADICAL
• 呆(naive; dazed)PHONETIC

A person standing beside protecting and sheltering the innocent and weak.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 户(door; household)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to shield the front door of a house is protection.

• 匸(box; frame cover)RADICAL
• 乂(trim; manage)ASSOCIATIVE

A frame that encloses and divides space to organize and manage everything within it.