范德格拉夫起电机

• 彳(step; action)RADICAL
• 十(ten; straight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 罒(eye; look straight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 心(heart; inner mind)ASSOCIATIVE

Virtue is when each step forward comes from an upright gaze and a pure heart.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 各(each; every)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Each piece of wood has its own frame and standard.

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

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

• 走(run; go)RADICAL
• 己(self; body)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Standing up means moving your own two legs to walk.

• 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!