法式沙拉酱

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 去(go; leave)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Law is like flowing water that sweeps away injustice.

• 弋(wooden stake; bow (for arrows))RADICAL
• 工(work; boatman)ASSOCIATIVE

Using wooden stakes and tools together creates a standard template or ritual form.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 爿(wooden plank; split in two)ASSOCIATIVE
• 夕(evening)PHONETIC
• 酉(jar; ferment)RADICAL

Paste is something fermented and ripened in a jar through a long night.