撑杆跳高

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 牚(support; prop up)PHONETIC

Use your hand to prop up and support to keep steady and not fall.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 干(dry branch; straight trunk)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A straight vertical wooden tree trunk like dried wood forms a handle or pole.

• 足(foot; leg)RADICAL
• 兆(omen; symptom)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Leaping with both feet signals a coming great transformation.

• 高(tall; high; tower; tall building)ASSOCIATIVE

A tall tower reaching high is drawn with a roof, gate, and stacked foundation layers piled on top of each other.