• 氵(water; liquid)
• 胡(beard; whiskers)

Water gathers into a vast lake-like expanse, hence the word "hồ" for lake.

• 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)

A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.

• 幺(small; thin thread)
• ⼳(sound value; phonetic component (city radical))

A rural village is where small threads of emotion bind everyone together.

• 氵(water; liquid)
• 胡(beard; whiskers)

Water gathers into a vast lake-like expanse, hence the word "hồ" for lake.

• 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)

A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.

• 幺(small; thin thread)
• ⼳(sound value; phonetic component (city radical))

A rural village is where small threads of emotion bind everyone together.