齿条千斤顶

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 夂(footstep; follow)ASSOCIATIVE

Tree branches droop down in successive steps like footprints, forming clauses or provisions.

• 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
• 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE

Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.

• 斤(axe (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 斤 depicts an axe, which was later used as a unit of weight.

• 頁(head; page)RADICAL
• 丁(nail)PHONETIC

The head points like a nail driven straight into the highest part of the body.