• 娄(many times; piled up)
• 攵(tap; hand motion)

Counting numbers is using your hand to tap repeatedly many times in order to calculate.

• 扌(hand; arm)
• 居(dwell; occupy)

Using your hand to seize and hold a place means to grasp it firmly, making it your base.

• 手(hand (pictographic))

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

• 冂(outer frame; enclosure)
• 卄(twenty; many bamboo strips)

Bamboo strips tied together resemble stacked cards forming a book.

• 娄(many times; piled up)
• 攵(tap; hand motion)

Counting numbers is using your hand to tap repeatedly many times in order to calculate.

• 扌(hand; arm)
• 居(dwell; occupy)

Using your hand to seize and hold a place means to grasp it firmly, making it your base.

• 手(hand (pictographic))

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

• 冂(outer frame; enclosure)
• 卄(twenty; many bamboo strips)

Bamboo strips tied together resemble stacked cards forming a book.