• ⼔(person turning back; figure of person from behind)

Two people standing back-to-back represent North, the direction ancients faced away from.

• 上(above; top)
• 卜(divination; insert downward)

Something stuck is what stays on top and cannot come down, blocked from moving.

• 罒(net; mesh (variant form))
• 夕(evening; dusk)

Spreading a net at dusk to catch birds is the original meaning of the character.

• 木(tree; plant; stick)
• 从(follow; accompany)

Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.

• ⼔(person turning back; figure of person from behind)

Two people standing back-to-back represent North, the direction ancients faced away from.

• 上(above; top)
• 卜(divination; insert downward)

Something stuck is what stays on top and cannot come down, blocked from moving.

• 罒(net; mesh (variant form))
• 夕(evening; dusk)

Spreading a net at dusk to catch birds is the original meaning of the character.

• 木(tree; plant; stick)
• 从(follow; accompany)

Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.