环太平洋地震带

• 王(jade)RADICAL
• 不(empty; void; sky)PHONETIC

A ring made from precious jade has a circular shape with no beginning or end.

• 大(large person; person with arms spread)RADICAL
• 丶(dot; emphasis mark)ASSOCIATIVE

A person with outstretched arms grows larger with a dot below to emphasize supreme greatness.

• 干(trunk; stem (horizontal representation))ASSOCIATIVE
• 丷(two diverging strokes; balance)ASSOCIATIVE

An upright tree trunk with two branches spreading equally on both sides symbolizes flatness and fairness.

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 羊(goat)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A vast ocean is as wide as countless goats running across the boundless water's surface.

• 土(earth; soil; land)RADICAL
• 也(also; punctuation mark (archaic))PHONETIC

The wide earth (soil) is also where all things flourish and grow.

• 雨(rain)RADICAL
• 辰(time; hour; Jupiter)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Thunder and lightning (震) is the sound of rain roaring at the appointed hour of heaven.

• 巾(cloth scarf; fabric wrap)RADICAL
• 冖(cover; conceal)ASSOCIATIVE
• 卅(thirty; cord-like shape)ASSOCIATIVE

A belt is a strip of cloth wrapped tightly around the body, covering the waist area.