• 涂(river; borrowed sound)
• 土(earth; soil; land)

Coating is like river water overflowing across a surface, just as clay covers it.

• 扌(hand)
• 末(tip; end)

Using your hand to brush from root to tip is the motion of coating or smearing.

• 爿(wooden plank; split in two)
• 夕(evening)
• 酉(jar; ferment)

Paste is something fermented and ripened in a jar through a long night.

• 涂(river; borrowed sound)
• 土(earth; soil; land)

Coating is like river water overflowing across a surface, just as clay covers it.

• 扌(hand)
• 末(tip; end)

Using your hand to brush from root to tip is the motion of coating or smearing.

• 爿(wooden plank; split in two)
• 夕(evening)
• 酉(jar; ferment)

Paste is something fermented and ripened in a jar through a long night.