• 亻(person; human)
• 系(link; bind)

People bound together create a relationship.

• 歹(bones; death)
• 刂(blade; knife edge)

Using a knife to chop bones into rows is the meaning of the character for arranging in lines.

• 片(split wood; timber half (pictographic))

An image of half a split log symbolizes a thin piece or fragment.

• 亻(person; human)
• 系(link; bind)

People bound together create a relationship.

• 歹(bones; death)
• 刂(blade; knife edge)

Using a knife to chop bones into rows is the meaning of the character for arranging in lines.

• 片(split wood; timber half (pictographic))

An image of half a split log symbolizes a thin piece or fragment.