血光之灾

• 皿(bowl; dish)RADICAL
• 丿(drop of blood; blood drop)ASSOCIATIVE

Blood is a small red drop of liquid flowing down into a bowl—picturing blood dripping into a vessel.

• ⺌(small light radiating upward)ASSOCIATIVE
• 兀(standing person; upright person)ASSOCIATIVE

Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.

• 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)ASSOCIATIVE

A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.

• 火(fire)RADICAL
• 巛(water current; flood)ASSOCIATIVE

Disaster strikes when both flood and fire descend upon the land together.