顺时针

• 川(river flow downstream)ASSOCIATIVE
• 頁(head; person's head)RADICAL

A person's head following the river's flow downstream shows the meaning of going along smoothly without resistance.

• 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.