残余沾染

• 歹(bones; death)RADICAL
• 戋(small; scanty)PHONETIC

Bones that remain after war evoke cruelty and the remnants of destruction.

• 人(person; human; man)RADICAL
• 余(surplus; remainder (person standing under roof with excess))ASSOCIATIVE

A person inside a house with surplus is like "I"—the one remaining after giving away.

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 占(occupy; guess)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Water seeping into any place takes over that space, which is the essence of saturation.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 氿(trickling water; small flowing water)ASSOCIATIVE

Dyeing is soaking wood in water so the color seeps into each wood fiber.