消化腺

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 肖(resembling; diminishing)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Water gradually drips away and disappears, that is the meaning of the character tiêu.

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 匕(spoon; compare)PHONETIC

A person standing upright beside a person bending down shows how shapes transform and change.

• ⺾(flesh; body)RADICAL
• 泉(stream; water source)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A gland in the body is like an underground stream that secretes fluid in a steady flow.