逆时针

• 辶(go; step)RADICAL
• 屰(reverse; opposite)PHONETIC

Going against the direction of others is the meaning of the character 逆.

• 日(sun; day)RADICAL
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)PHONETIC

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.

• 釒(metal)RADICAL
• 十(ten)PHONETIC

A sewing needle is a thin, straight metal object like the number ten.