• 禾(rice plant)
• 中(in the middle; hit; strike)

Scattering rice seeds down the middle of a furrow is the action of sowing.

• 女(woman; female)
• 生(give birth; be born)

Family name is attached to woman because children are born from mother.

• 巾(cloth; scarf)
• 刂(knife; cut)

Making is using a knife to cut cloth into a desired shape.

• 禾(rice plant)
• 中(in the middle; hit; strike)

Scattering rice seeds down the middle of a furrow is the action of sowing.

• 女(woman; female)
• 生(give birth; be born)

Family name is attached to woman because children are born from mother.

• 巾(cloth; scarf)
• 刂(knife; cut)

Making is using a knife to cut cloth into a desired shape.