• 不(no; not; negation)

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• 言(words; speech)
• 青(blue-green; clear)

Clear and sincere words are the way to ask permission or invite someone else.

• 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)

Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.

• 木(tree; plant; stick)
• 从(follow; accompany)

Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.

• 不(no; not; negation)

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• 言(words; speech)
• 青(blue-green; clear)

Clear and sincere words are the way to ask permission or invite someone else.

• 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)

Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.

• 木(tree; plant; stick)
• 从(follow; accompany)

Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.