普通高等学校招生全国统一考试

• 辶(step; move)RADICAL
• 甬(passage; channel; path)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Following a clear pathway or passageway is the meaning of the character.

• 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.

• ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
• 寺(temple; pagoda)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Bamboo stalks stacked evenly in front of a temple suggest equality and waiting in order.

• ⺍(two hands (indicating learning))ASSOCIATIVE
• 冖(roof; house)ASSOCIATIVE
• 子(child)RADICAL

A child sitting under a roof with two hands diligently studying represents learning.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 召(summon; recall)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Waving your hand to call someone over is the meaning of the character Zhao.

• 生(life; sprouting)ASSOCIATIVE

The character depicts a sprout pushing up through the soil, symbolizing life and growth.

• 入(enter; put in)ASSOCIATIVE
• 王(king; precious jade)ASSOCIATIVE

Placing precious jade into the king's treasure vault symbolizes completeness and wholeness.

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

A nation is enclosed land that contains precious treasures within.

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 耂(old person; aged person)RADICAL
• 丂(background sound; curved object)PHONETIC

An elderly person bending their back like a curved object represents the image of long years of examination.

• 言(word; speech)RADICAL
• 式(pattern; rule)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A test uses words to check whether something follows the rules correctly.