• ⺌(small light radiating upward)
• 兀(standing person; upright person)

Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.

• 曰(speak; bright cloud)
• 乚(lightning bolt; hook stroke (downward))

A flash of lightning bursts bright through the clouds—that is electricity itself!

• 二(number two; two horizontal strokes)

Two parallel horizontal strokes symbolize the number two.

• 木(tree; wood)
• 及(reach; attain; catch up)

An extreme point is the uttermost end of a wooden pole, where a hand just barely reaches.

• ⺮(bamboo)
• 官(official; manage)

A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.

• ⺌(small light radiating upward)
• 兀(standing person; upright person)

Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.

• 曰(speak; bright cloud)
• 乚(lightning bolt; hook stroke (downward))

A flash of lightning bursts bright through the clouds—that is electricity itself!

• 二(number two; two horizontal strokes)

Two parallel horizontal strokes symbolize the number two.

• 木(tree; wood)
• 及(reach; attain; catch up)

An extreme point is the uttermost end of a wooden pole, where a hand just barely reaches.

• ⺮(bamboo)
• 官(official; manage)

A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.