横断步道

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 黄(yellow)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A horizontal wooden beam spreads like a golden silk ribbon stretched across.

• 米(grain; thread (symbolizing something cut))ASSOCIATIVE
• 斤(axe; chopping tool)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using an axe to chop and sever threads — the image of breaking or cutting off.

• 止(foot (pictographic))RADICAL
• 止(second foot below)ASSOCIATIVE

A step is two feet, one above the other, following each other moving forward.

• 辶(step; move)RADICAL
• 首(head; lead)PHONO-SEMANTIC

The head leads the way for feet to follow down a path.