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

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

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

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

• 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)

Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.

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

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

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

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

• 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)

Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.