首字母缩写

• 丷(two dots symbolizing hair)ASSOCIATIVE
• 自(face; nose)ASSOCIATIVE

A head is drawn as hair on top and a face below—a pictographic image of a human head.

• 宀(roof)RADICAL
• 子(child)ASSOCIATIVE

A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.

• 母(mother; female form)ASSOCIATIVE

The character 母 depicts a kneeling woman with two dots symbolizing breasts nursing a child.

• 糹(silk thread; fiber)RADICAL
• 宿(rest; withdraw)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A thread shrinks and pulls back like a person curling up to rest at night.

• 冖(cover; roof)RADICAL
• 与(give; grant)ASSOCIATIVE

Writing characters means placing a brush under a roof to convey thoughts and intentions to others.