• 一(horizontal line; boundary)
• 卜(stroke descending downward)

A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.

• 丷(two diagonal strokes; division in half)
• 牛(cow; cattle)

Using a knife to split a cow in half equally shows the meaning of 半 (half).

• 日(sun; day)
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.

• 一(horizontal line; boundary)
• 卜(stroke descending downward)

A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.

• 丷(two diagonal strokes; division in half)
• 牛(cow; cattle)

Using a knife to split a cow in half equally shows the meaning of 半 (half).

• 日(sun; day)
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.