• 口(mouth; door)
• 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))

A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.

• 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'.

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

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

• 口(mouth; door)
• 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))

A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.

• 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'.

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

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