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

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

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 人(person; human (pictographic))

The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.

• 禾(rice plant; grain stalk)
• 尔(you)

A rice plant being weighed and measured gives it a name, thus meaning "to address" or "to call by name."

• 身(body; self)
• 寸(inch; hand; grasp)

A hand (寸) raising the body (身) to shoot an arrow is the action of archery.

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

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

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 人(person; human (pictographic))

The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.

• 禾(rice plant; grain stalk)
• 尔(you)

A rice plant being weighed and measured gives it a name, thus meaning "to address" or "to call by name."

• 身(body; self)
• 寸(inch; hand; grasp)

A hand (寸) raising the body (身) to shoot an arrow is the action of archery.