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

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

• 巾(cloth; scarf)
• ？(hand spread wide (iconic mark))

Cloth spread wide by hand like a flat piece of fabric.

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 王(jade; jade tablet)
• 刂(knife; cut; divide)
• 王(jade (jade tablet))

A knife splits jade into two equal parts, symbolizing division into groups.

• 牛(cow)
• 寺(temple; pagoda)

A special ox raised at a temple to be offered as a sacrifice.

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

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

• 巾(cloth; scarf)
• ？(hand spread wide (iconic mark))

Cloth spread wide by hand like a flat piece of fabric.

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 王(jade; jade tablet)
• 刂(knife; cut; divide)
• 王(jade (jade tablet))

A knife splits jade into two equal parts, symbolizing division into groups.

• 牛(cow)
• 寺(temple; pagoda)

A special ox raised at a temple to be offered as a sacrifice.