• 米(grain of rice; pictographic)

Rice grains scattered from a grain bundle symbolize the staple food of East Asian people.

• 一(one; horizontal line (barrier))
• 廾(two hands lift up)

Two hands push up the barrier together to open it.

• 罒(net; mesh (variant form))
• 夕(evening; dusk)

Spreading a net at dusk to catch birds is the original meaning of the character.

• 米(grain of rice; pictographic)

Rice grains scattered from a grain bundle symbolize the staple food of East Asian people.

• 一(one; horizontal line (barrier))
• 廾(two hands lift up)

Two hands push up the barrier together to open it.

• 罒(net; mesh (variant form))
• 夕(evening; dusk)

Spreading a net at dusk to catch birds is the original meaning of the character.