西藏百万农奴解放纪念日

• 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.

• 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
• 臧(hidden; good)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Grass and plants covering on top help conceal everything below.

• 一(one; chief)ASSOCIATIVE
• 白(white; bright; clear)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A hundred is the leading number, shining brightly like pure white light.

• 万(ten thousand; scorpion shape)ASSOCIATIVE

An ancient scorpion shape now means the vast number of ten thousand.

• 角(horn (animal))RADICAL
• 刀(blade; knife edge)ASSOCIATIVE
• 牛(cow; cattle)ASSOCIATIVE

Use a knife to separate horns from an ox — that's the meaning of "resolve" (to take apart, to decompose).

• 方(direction; square)PHONO-SEMANTIC
• 攵(hand holding striking stick; strike with a stick)RADICAL

Use a stick to chase and drive away in all directions to release and liberate.

• 今(now; present time)PHONETIC
• 心(heart; mind)RADICAL

Mind dwelling on a thought in this present moment forms remembrance.

• 日(sun (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 日 is drawn as a round sun with light rays inside.