等级制度

• ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
• 寺(temple; pagoda)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Bamboo stalks stacked evenly in front of a temple suggest equality and waiting in order.

• 糹(silk thread; strand of silk)RADICAL
• 及(reach; catch up with)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Ranks stack like threads connecting one after another, each step reaching a higher level.

• 巾(cloth; scarf)ASSOCIATIVE
• 刂(knife; cut)RADICAL

Making is using a knife to cut cloth into a desired shape.

• 广(roof; broad eaves)RADICAL
• 廿(twenty; many times measure)ASSOCIATIVE
• 又(right hand; again; once more)ASSOCIATIVE

Under a roof, use your hand to measure back and forth many times to get accuracy.