搬起石头砸自己的脚

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 般(transport; rotate)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hands to turn and move things around is how you express housecleaning and moving.

• 走(run; go)RADICAL
• 己(self; body)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Standing up means moving your own two legs to walk.

• 大(large; big)RADICAL
• ⺀(two dots indicating hair; top of head)ASSOCIATIVE

The head is the largest and most prominent part on the human body.

• 石(stone; rock)RADICAL
• 匝(surround; encircle)PHONETIC

Using a stone to strike forcefully downward, like a ring of force surrounding the target.

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

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

• 白(white; bright)RADICAL
• 勺(spoon)PHONETIC

A spoon catching sunlight shines brightly and clearly — the character means "of" or shows clarity and definiteness.

• ⺼(meat; flesh; body)RADICAL
• 却(decline; refuse)PHONETIC

A foot is the fleshy part of the body that helps us step backward or forward.