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• 羊(goat; sheep)ASSOCIATIVE
• 大(large; big)ASSOCIATIVE

A fat big goat symbolizes beauty and prosperity.

• 囗(surround; enclose)RADICAL
• 玉(precious jade; gem)ASSOCIATIVE

A nation is enclosed land that contains precious treasures within.

• 曰(speak; bright cloud)ASSOCIATIVE
• 乚(lightning bolt; hook stroke (downward))ASSOCIATIVE

A flash of lightning bursts bright through the clouds—that is electricity itself!

• 言(speech; words)RADICAL
• 舌(blade; tongue)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Speech is what is created from the tongue.

• 幸(lucky; fortunate)PHONETIC
• 卩(kneel; submit)ASSOCIATIVE
• 又(hand)ASSOCIATIVE

A hand grasping a submissive person represents responding with reward or punishment.

• 八(eight; split in two)RADICAL
• 厶(private; personal)ASSOCIATIVE

Public means sharing your private things with everyone to become shared property.