硅酸盐水泥

• 酉(wine vessel; ferment)RADICAL
• 夋(slow manner; leisurely pace)PHONETIC

Fermenting alcohol produces sourness, which is exactly the character for sour.

• 圤(earth; mineral (hint: rock salt))ASSOCIATIVE
• 皿(bowl; container)RADICAL

Salt is a mineral from the earth held in a bowl.

• 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.

• 氵(water)RADICAL
• 尼(close; intimate)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.