• 贝(money; valuable thing)
• 刂(knife; punishment)

Using a knife to carve rules on valuables establishes the laws that bind everyone together.

• 辛(bitter; hardship)
• 束(bind; tie up)

A pungent spicy taste binds and tightens the tongue in agony.

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

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

• 贝(money; valuable thing)
• 刂(knife; punishment)

Using a knife to carve rules on valuables establishes the laws that bind everyone together.

• 辛(bitter; hardship)
• 束(bind; tie up)

A pungent spicy taste binds and tightens the tongue in agony.

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

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