摆事实讲道理

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 罢(stop; abandon)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to wave away and discard everything is the action of waving or displaying.

• ⼅(hook; fishhook)RADICAL
• 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
• 彐(hand holding brush)ASSOCIATIVE

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

• 言(word; speech)RADICAL
• 冓(structure; join together)PHONETIC

Speaking words that link ideas together is what it means to explain.

• 辶(step; move)RADICAL
• 首(head; lead)PHONO-SEMANTIC

The head leads the way for feet to follow down a path.

• 王(jade; precious stone)RADICAL
• 里(village; mile)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Polishing rough jade layer by layer along the grain, like dividing the road mile by mile into neat sections.