未删节版

• 木(tree; plant (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
• 一(tip of tree; treetop)ASSOCIATIVE

A small horizontal stroke on top of a tree points to an immature peak, meaning "not yet."

• 册(book; bamboo slip)ASSOCIATIVE
• 刂(knife; blade)RADICAL

Using a knife to scrape off characters written on bamboo strips is the action of erasing or deleting.

• ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
• 即(immediately; at once)PHONETIC

Burning bamboo segments reveals the joints that connect each section of the bamboo stalk.

• 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.