• 弓(bow (weapon))
• 长(long; large)

To shoot, you pull and extend the bowstring taut.

• 一(one; horizontal stroke)
• 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))

Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.

• 囗(frame; surround)
• 儿(person; foot)

Four sides of a square frame surround two legs — the ancient form of the number four.

• 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))

A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.

• 二(two; two horizontal strokes)
• ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)

A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.

• 亠(lid; cover)
• 八(eight; divide in two)

The numeral six like a roof placed over two strokes represents balanced division.

• 弓(bow (weapon))
• 长(long; large)

To shoot, you pull and extend the bowstring taut.

• 一(one; horizontal stroke)
• 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))

Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.

• 囗(frame; surround)
• 儿(person; foot)

Four sides of a square frame surround two legs — the ancient form of the number four.

• 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))

A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.

• 二(two; two horizontal strokes)
• ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)

A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.

• 亠(lid; cover)
• 八(eight; divide in two)

The numeral six like a roof placed over two strokes represents balanced division.