蓝田种玉

• 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
• 监(supervise; monitor (for sound))PHONETIC

Plants and grass are carefully monitored to extract the precious blue-green color.

• 田(rice field (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 田 draws a field divided into squares by horizontal and vertical ridges.

• 禾(rice plant)RADICAL
• 中(in the middle; hit; strike)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Scattering rice seeds down the middle of a furrow is the action of sowing.

• 王(shape of pearls strung on a thread)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丶(dot distinguishing from 王 (king))ASSOCIATIVE

Precious jewels strung like beads on a cord, with a dot to distinguish from the king character.