• 乙(bird; winding curve)

A bird bending its body or a sprout stretching upward from the ground looks like the character.

• 禾(rice plant)
• 中(in the middle; hit; strike)

Scattering rice seeds down the middle of a furrow is the action of sowing.

• 身(body; self)
• 寸(inch; hand; grasp)

A hand (寸) raising the body (身) to shoot an arrow is the action of archery.

• 糸(thread; silk)
• 泉(stream; water)

A thin thread flows like a small stream running long and continuously.

• 乙(bird; winding curve)

A bird bending its body or a sprout stretching upward from the ground looks like the character.

• 禾(rice plant)
• 中(in the middle; hit; strike)

Scattering rice seeds down the middle of a furrow is the action of sowing.

• 身(body; self)
• 寸(inch; hand; grasp)

A hand (寸) raising the body (身) to shoot an arrow is the action of archery.

• 糸(thread; silk)
• 泉(stream; water)

A thin thread flows like a small stream running long and continuously.