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• 禾(grain; rice plant)RADICAL
• 只(only; sole)PHONETIC

Accumulation is gathering one grain of rice at a time until the granary is full.

• 山(mountain)ASSOCIATIVE

Three mountain peaks jutting upward resemble a majestic mountain range before your eyes.

• 亻(person; human; man)RADICAL
• 呆(naive; dazed)PHONETIC

A person standing beside protecting and sheltering the innocent and weak.

• 宀(roof)RADICAL
• 女(woman; female)ASSOCIATIVE

A woman in the house brings peace and tranquility.

• 方(flag; banner (tribal standard))RADICAL
• 矢(arrow tip; arrowhead)ASSOCIATIVE

A tribe gathers under a flag, with hands gripping arrows ready for battle.

• 東(east; rising sun behind tree)ASSOCIATIVE

The sun rising behind a tree trunk points to the East.

• 幺(small; thin thread)ASSOCIATIVE
• ⼳(sound value; phonetic component (city radical))PHONETIC

A rural village is where small threads of emotion bind everyone together.

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 散(scattered; dispersed)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A hand swinging out to scatter seeds spreads them everywhere.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE

Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 台(platform; foundation)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A solid foundation is used to control the flow of water.

• 且(pile up; temporary)ASSOCIATIVE
• 厶(private; personal)PHONETIC

A district is a small administrative unit stacked beneath the province, like layers piled on top of each other.