闭卷考试

• 門(door; leaf)RADICAL
• 才(talent; just now)PHONETIC

When you close the door, the talent inside cannot escape outside.

• 龹(coiled; rolled up)ASSOCIATIVE
• 㔾(kneel; bend)PHONETIC

A scroll is a sheet of paper rolled up tightly and compressed together.

• 耂(old person; aged person)RADICAL
• 丂(background sound; curved object)PHONETIC

An elderly person bending their back like a curved object represents the image of long years of examination.

• 言(word; speech)RADICAL
• 式(pattern; rule)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A test uses words to check whether something follows the rules correctly.