• 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)

Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.

• 八(eight; split in two)
• 幺幺(thin thread; delicate)

Two fine threads split in two suggest the meaning 'this, here' as the starting point of everything.

• 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)

Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.

• 八(eight; split in two)
• 幺幺(thin thread; delicate)

Two fine threads split in two suggest the meaning 'this, here' as the starting point of everything.