行不改姓，坐不改名

• 彳(left foot step)RADICAL
• 亍(right foot; right step)ASSOCIATIVE

Left foot then right foot stepping forward is the very action of traveling down a road.

• 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• 己(self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
• 攵(handle stick, action)RADICAL

Taking a stick in your own hand to beat yourself corrects your mistakes.

• 女(woman; female)RADICAL
• 生(give birth; be born)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Family name is attached to woman because children are born from mother.

• 从(two people together)ASSOCIATIVE
• 土(earth; soil; land)RADICAL

Two people sitting down on the ground together — that is sitting.

• 夕(evening; night)ASSOCIATIVE
• 口(mouth; speech)RADICAL

When it's dark and people can't see each other, they must use their mouth to call out names to recognize one another.