• 子(child (pictographic))

The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.

• 宀(roof)
• 吕(phonetic pattern; burnt bone)

A palace is a large house with many rooms connected in succession like segments of bone.

• 扌(hand)
• 末(tip; end)

Using your hand to brush from root to tip is the motion of coating or smearing.

• 片(split wood; timber half (pictographic))

An image of half a split log symbolizes a thin piece or fragment.

• 子(child (pictographic))

The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.

• 宀(roof)
• 吕(phonetic pattern; burnt bone)

A palace is a large house with many rooms connected in succession like segments of bone.

• 扌(hand)
• 末(tip; end)

Using your hand to brush from root to tip is the motion of coating or smearing.

• 片(split wood; timber half (pictographic))

An image of half a split log symbolizes a thin piece or fragment.