• 莫(empty; desolate)
• 巾(cloth; scarf)

A stage curtain is a large cloth that covers the desolate empty space behind it.

• 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.

• 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))

A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.

• 手(hand (pictographic))

The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.

• 莫(empty; desolate)
• 巾(cloth; scarf)

A stage curtain is a large cloth that covers the desolate empty space behind it.

• 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.

• 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))

A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.

• 手(hand (pictographic))

The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.