• 爫(hand (above))
• 心(heart)
• 夂(slow footstep; leisurely pace)

Love is a heart opening its hands to embrace, slowing its steps because it cannot bear to leave.

• 彳(step; action)
• 十(ten; straight)
• 罒(eye; look straight)
• 心(heart; inner mind)

Virtue is when each step forward comes from an upright gaze and a pure heart.

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

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

• ⺮(bamboo)
• 弟(younger brother; order)

Ancient people used bamboo slips to mark order, like arranging siblings by rank and role.

• 爫(hand (above))
• 心(heart)
• 夂(slow footstep; leisurely pace)

Love is a heart opening its hands to embrace, slowing its steps because it cannot bear to leave.

• 彳(step; action)
• 十(ten; straight)
• 罒(eye; look straight)
• 心(heart; inner mind)

Virtue is when each step forward comes from an upright gaze and a pure heart.

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

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

• ⺮(bamboo)
• 弟(younger brother; order)

Ancient people used bamboo slips to mark order, like arranging siblings by rank and role.