母子垂直感染

• 母(mother; female form)ASSOCIATIVE

The character 母 depicts a kneeling woman with two dots symbolizing breasts nursing a child.

• 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.

• 土(earth; soil; land)RADICAL
• 垂(hang down; droop)ASSOCIATIVE

Branches and leaves drooping down to touch the ground show the image of the character meaning to hang or droop.

• 十(ten; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
• 目(eye)RADICAL
• 一(one; straight line)ASSOCIATIVE

An eye looking straight down one line without deviation is what makes something upright and straightforward.

• 咸(all; entire)PHONETIC
• 心(heart; soul)RADICAL

Emotion occurs when the heart trembles in response to everything around it.

• 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.