水上飞板

• 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.

• ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
• 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE

A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.

• 飛(bird flying; wings spread (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

Draw a picture of a bird spreading its wings and flying up into the sky.

• 木(wood; tree)RADICAL
• 反(flip over; reverse; return)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A wooden board is made by splitting the tree trunk upside down.