数字版权管理

• 娄(many times; piled up)PHONO-SEMANTIC
• 攵(tap; hand motion)RADICAL

Counting numbers is using your hand to tap repeatedly many times in order to calculate.

• 宀(roof)RADICAL
• 子(child)ASSOCIATIVE

A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.

• 片(flat sheet; wooden plank)RADICAL
• 反(overturn; reverse; rebel)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A wooden block is flipped over to stamp characters onto paper, creating a printed page.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE

Power is like a hand grasping a wooden stick tightly, and whoever holds it has authority.

• ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
• 官(official; manage)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.

• 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.