电子数据交换

• 曰(speak; bright cloud)ASSOCIATIVE
• 乚(lightning bolt; hook stroke (downward))ASSOCIATIVE

A flash of lightning bursts bright through the clouds—that is electricity itself!

• 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

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

• 娄(many times; piled up)PHONO-SEMANTIC
• 攵(tap; hand motion)RADICAL

Counting numbers is using your hand to tap repeatedly many times in order to calculate.

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 居(dwell; occupy)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to seize and hold a place means to grasp it firmly, making it your base.

• 六(six; intersection)ASSOCIATIVE
• 乂(cross; intersect)PHONETIC

Two diagonal lines crossing like human legs stepping represent intersection and exchange.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 奂(bright and splendid; change)PHONETIC

Using hands to exchange back and forth is the act of swapping.