• 歹(bones; death)
• 刂(blade; knife edge)

Using a knife to chop bones into rows is the meaning of the character for arranging in lines.

• 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))

A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.

• 言(word; speech)
• 己(self; body)

Use words to record and preserve your own thoughts and affairs.

• 一(horizontal line; boundary)
• 卜(stroke descending downward)

A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.

• 歹(bones; death)
• 刂(blade; knife edge)

Using a knife to chop bones into rows is the meaning of the character for arranging in lines.

• 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))

A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.

• 言(word; speech)
• 己(self; body)

Use words to record and preserve your own thoughts and affairs.

• 一(horizontal line; boundary)
• 卜(stroke descending downward)

A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.