直接选举

• 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.

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 妾(concubine; intimate)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to welcome a secondary wife coming home illustrates the idea of receiving.

• 辶(step; move)RADICAL
• 先(front; lead)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Choosing carefully first leads you to find the best path forward.

• 兴(rise together; lift up jointly)ASSOCIATIVE
• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL

Many hands lifting together is the action of raising or nominating.