• 十(ten)
• 口(mouth; speech)

Ten mouths passing word down through generations—that is something ancient.

• 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))
• 匕(spoon; curved)

An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.

• 肉(flesh; meat)

The character 肉 mimics a piece of meat with muscle fibers inside.

• 十(ten)
• 口(mouth; speech)

Ten mouths passing word down through generations—that is something ancient.

• 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))
• 匕(spoon; curved)

An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.

• 肉(flesh; meat)

The character 肉 mimics a piece of meat with muscle fibers inside.