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

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

• 一(one; horizontal stroke)
• 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))

Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.

• 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."

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

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

• 一(one; horizontal stroke)
• 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))

Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.

• 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."