• 一(one; top)
• 冂(frame; border; surround)
• 从(two people walking together)

Two people standing together in a frame symbolize the number two, a pair.

• 目(eye)
• 艮(hard; stop)

Two eyes looking straight ahead, stubborn and resolute like the character for "firm."

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 扌(hand)
• 莫(no one; nobody)

A hand groping in the darkness to search and feel around when you can't see anything.

• 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))

A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.

• 一(one; top)
• 冂(frame; border; surround)
• 从(two people walking together)

Two people standing together in a frame symbolize the number two, a pair.

• 目(eye)
• 艮(hard; stop)

Two eyes looking straight ahead, stubborn and resolute like the character for "firm."

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 扌(hand)
• 莫(no one; nobody)

A hand groping in the darkness to search and feel around when you can't see anything.

• 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))

A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.