• 干(rice plant; grain stalk)

A mature grain stalk represents one harvest season, which symbolizes one year.

• ⼅(hook; fishhook)
• 口(mouth; speech)
• 彐(hand holding brush)

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

• 已(finished; stopped; coiled (representing completion))

The character resembles a coiled snake curled up on itself, symbolizing something completed or finished.

• 高(tall; high; tower; tall building)

A tall tower reaching high is drawn with a roof, gate, and stacked foundation layers piled on top of each other.

• 干(rice plant; grain stalk)

A mature grain stalk represents one harvest season, which symbolizes one year.

• ⼅(hook; fishhook)
• 口(mouth; speech)
• 彐(hand holding brush)

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

• 已(finished; stopped; coiled (representing completion))

The character resembles a coiled snake curled up on itself, symbolizing something completed or finished.

• 高(tall; high; tower; tall building)

A tall tower reaching high is drawn with a roof, gate, and stacked foundation layers piled on top of each other.