那拉提草原

• 冉(suggested sound; hint)PHONETIC
• 阝(region; village)RADICAL

A distant land "over there" carries a sound that points to that very place.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 是(correct; be)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to grasp what is necessary represents the elevated and exalted action.

• 艹(grass; herb)RADICAL
• 早(early; morning)PHONETIC

Grass grows abundantly in the early morning dew across the fields.

• 厂(rock cliff; eaves)RADICAL
• 泉(source stream; spring)ASSOCIATIVE

Water flowing from beneath a cliff of stone is the original source.