西南中沙群岛

• 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.

• 十(ten; centripetal)ASSOCIATIVE
• 冂(remote area; surround)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丷干(branch; trunk)ASSOCIATIVE

The south is a warm sunny place where trees flourish densely beneath an open sky.

• 口(mouth; rectangular frame)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丨(vertical line through the middle; axis)ASSOCIATIVE

An arrow hitting the center of a target frame is the bull's-eye—that's CENTER.

• 君(king; leader)PHONETIC
• 羊(goat; sheep)RADICAL

A flock of sheep needs a leader to guide them, just as a king leads his people.

• 山(mountain)RADICAL
• 鸟(bird)ASSOCIATIVE

An island is a mountain in the sea where birds perch and stay.