• 氵(water; liquid)
• 桼(lacquer resin; varnish)

Tree lacquer is a liquid resin that flows out of trees like water.

• 扌(hand)
• 末(tip; end)

Using your hand to brush from root to tip is the motion of coating or smearing.

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

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

• 氵(water; liquid)
• 桼(lacquer resin; varnish)

Tree lacquer is a liquid resin that flows out of trees like water.

• 扌(hand)
• 末(tip; end)

Using your hand to brush from root to tip is the motion of coating or smearing.

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

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