直布罗陀海峡

• 十(ten; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
• 目(eye)RADICAL
• 一(one; straight line)ASSOCIATIVE

An eye looking straight down one line without deviation is what makes something upright and straightforward.

• 巾(cloth; scarf)RADICAL
• ？(hand spread wide (iconic mark))ASSOCIATIVE

Cloth spread wide by hand like a flat piece of fabric.

• 罒(net; mesh (variant form))RADICAL
• 夕(evening; dusk)PHONETIC

Spreading a net at dusk to catch birds is the original meaning of the character.

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 每(each; always)PHONO-SEMANTIC

The sea is a vast expanse of water that stretches boundlessly every day.