躲过初一，躲不过十五

• 身(body; physical form)RADICAL
• 朵(flower; cluster)PHONETIC

To hide, you curl your body inward like a flower closing its petals.

• 辶(step; move)RADICAL
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)PHONETIC

One small step of the foot gets you across and past that place.

• 衤(garment; cloth)RADICAL
• 刀(blade; cutting edge)ASSOCIATIVE

The first time you sew clothes is when you pick up a knife to cut fabric.

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE

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

• 十(number ten; cross shape)ASSOCIATIVE

Two intersecting strokes form a complete whole, symbolizing the number ten.

• 二(two; two horizontal strokes)RADICAL
• ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)ASSOCIATIVE

A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.