香港金融管理局

• 禾(rice plant; grain stalk)ASSOCIATIVE
• 日(sun)ASSOCIATIVE

Ripe grain beneath the sun's rays releases an intoxicating fragrance.

• 氵(water)RADICAL
• 巷(alley; lane)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A harbor is where water flows into the narrow passages between moored ships.

• 金(gold; metal (figurative))ASSOCIATIVE

Metal is an ancient image of precious metal hidden underground, gleaming and sparkling.

• 鬲(tripod caldron top; cauldron lid)RADICAL
• 虫(worm; insect)PHONETIC

Heat rising from a boiling pot melts everything together, just as insects dissolve and blend into one another.

• ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
• 官(official; manage)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.

• 王(jade; precious stone)RADICAL
• 里(village; mile)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Polishing rough jade layer by layer along the grain, like dividing the road mile by mile into neat sections.

• 尸(body; cover)RADICAL
• 口(mouth; door)ASSOCIATIVE

A mouth confined under a roof is restricted to a limited scope.