绝对数字

• 糹(silk thread; filament)RADICAL
• 刀(blade; cutting edge)ASSOCIATIVE
• 巴(expect; cling to)PHONETIC

Using a knife to cut thread completely represents the image of total severance.

• 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
• 寸(small unit of measurement; inch)RADICAL

Measuring carefully face-to-face with your hands inch by inch.

• 娄(many times; piled up)PHONO-SEMANTIC
• 攵(tap; hand motion)RADICAL

Counting numbers is using your hand to tap repeatedly many times in order to calculate.

• 宀(roof)RADICAL
• 子(child)ASSOCIATIVE

A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.