曲别针

• 曰(mouth open; speak)RADICAL
• 丨丨(two vertical strokes indicating a curve)ASSOCIATIVE

The character 曲 shows a vessel's mouth with two curved walls, evoking the image of a bent and winding elbow.

• 另(different; separate)ASSOCIATIVE
• 刂(knife (radical))RADICAL

Use a knife to cut and separate things to distinguish one from another.

• 釒(metal)RADICAL
• 十(ten)PHONETIC

A sewing needle is a thin, straight metal object like the number ten.