• 丷(two diagonal strokes; division in half)
• 牛(cow; cattle)

Using a knife to split a cow in half equally shows the meaning of 半 (half).

• 娄(many times; piled up)
• 攵(tap; hand motion)

Counting numbers is using your hand to tap repeatedly many times in order to calculate.

• 人(person; human (pictographic))

A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.

• ⺊(dot above; high position)
• 一(standard baseline; norm)

A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.

• 丷(two diagonal strokes; division in half)
• 牛(cow; cattle)

Using a knife to split a cow in half equally shows the meaning of 半 (half).

• 娄(many times; piled up)
• 攵(tap; hand motion)

Counting numbers is using your hand to tap repeatedly many times in order to calculate.

• 人(person; human (pictographic))

A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.

• ⺊(dot above; high position)
• 一(standard baseline; norm)

A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.