• 尸(body lying down; human figure)
• 巾(cloth; fabric)
• 刂(knife (radical))

Using a cloth held firm like a knife to rub and scrape clean the surface.

• 亲(tree; timber; intimate companion)
• 斤(axe; hatchet)

Using an axe to chop a freshly picked tree creates something completely new.

• 彐(hand holding brush (pictographic))
• 氺(water; flow)

A hand holding a pen writes flowing lines of characters like water – that is recording and registering.

• 尸(body lying down; human figure)
• 巾(cloth; fabric)
• 刂(knife (radical))

Using a cloth held firm like a knife to rub and scrape clean the surface.

• 亲(tree; timber; intimate companion)
• 斤(axe; hatchet)

Using an axe to chop a freshly picked tree creates something completely new.

• 彐(hand holding brush (pictographic))
• 氺(water; flow)

A hand holding a pen writes flowing lines of characters like water – that is recording and registering.