• 手(hand)
• 戈(weapon; spear)

I am a person holding a weapon in my hand to protect myself.

• 革(leather strap; leather cord)
• 力(strength; power)

Tightening a leather strap with force conveys the meaning of the character for pulling and reining in.

• 人(person; man; human)
• 丨(straight stroke; line)

A person standing straight like a stroke in a ledger is an individual.

• 土(earth; soil; land)
• 厶(private; personal)

Leaving your own plot of land is what the character Khứ means (go, depart).

• 手(hand)
• 戈(weapon; spear)

I am a person holding a weapon in my hand to protect myself.

• 革(leather strap; leather cord)
• 力(strength; power)

Tightening a leather strap with force conveys the meaning of the character for pulling and reining in.

• 人(person; man; human)
• 丨(straight stroke; line)

A person standing straight like a stroke in a ledger is an individual.

• 土(earth; soil; land)
• 厶(private; personal)

Leaving your own plot of land is what the character Khứ means (go, depart).