钢琴演奏

• 釒(metal)RADICAL
• 岡(mountain ridge; firm)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Steel is a hard metal, strong like a rocky mountain ridge.

• 玨(two pearls; pair of pearls)RADICAL
• 今(now; at present)PHONETIC

A stringed instrument carved from two pieces of precious jade resonates with the sound of the present.

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 寅(hour of the Tiger; advance; progress)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Water flowing forward continuously like a performance on stage, each step pouring forth.

• 大(large; person standing with arms spread)RADICAL
• 天(sky; heaven)ASSOCIATIVE

A person with wide-open arms offers music up to the vast blue sky — that is a musical performance.