• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 丁(nail; spike)

A nail driven straight down looks like the character for nail or the fourth of the heavenly stems.

• 宀(roof)
• 子(child)

A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.

• 母(mother; female form)

The character 母 depicts a kneeling woman with two dots symbolizing breasts nursing a child.

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 丁(nail; spike)

A nail driven straight down looks like the character for nail or the fourth of the heavenly stems.

• 宀(roof)
• 子(child)

A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.

• 母(mother; female form)

The character 母 depicts a kneeling woman with two dots symbolizing breasts nursing a child.