部长级会议

• 咅(sound reading (radical/section))PHONETIC
• 阝(village; region)RADICAL

A section of land divided by distinct sounds becomes a region's administrative division.

• 长(long hair; old person (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

An old person with long hair cascading down symbolizes something lasting a long time.

• 糹(silk thread; strand of silk)RADICAL
• 及(reach; catch up with)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Ranks stack like threads connecting one after another, each step reaching a higher level.

• 人(person; man; human)RADICAL
• 云(speak; cloud)PHONETIC

A meeting is when many people gather together to speak and talk.

• 言(word; speech)RADICAL
• 義(principle; righteousness)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Debate uses words to find what is right and accords with reason.