• 另(different; separate)
• 刂(knife (radical))

Use a knife to cut and separate things to distinguish one from another.

• 一(one; initial)
• 尢(disabled person; insufficient)

From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.

• 二(number two; two horizontal strokes)

Two parallel horizontal strokes symbolize the number two.

• 糹(thread of silk; silk strand)
• 致(reach; refined)

A thread woven to its finest and most delicate level becomes sophisticated silk fabric.

• 另(different; separate)
• 刂(knife (radical))

Use a knife to cut and separate things to distinguish one from another.

• 一(one; initial)
• 尢(disabled person; insufficient)

From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.

• 二(number two; two horizontal strokes)

Two parallel horizontal strokes symbolize the number two.

• 糹(thread of silk; silk strand)
• 致(reach; refined)

A thread woven to its finest and most delicate level becomes sophisticated silk fabric.