• 言(word; speech)
• 己(self; body)

Use words to record and preserve your own thoughts and affairs.

• ⼅(hook; fishhook)
• 口(mouth; speech)
• 彐(hand holding brush)

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

• 冂(outer frame; enclosure)
• 卄(twenty; many bamboo strips)

Bamboo strips tied together resemble stacked cards forming a book.

• 言(word; speech)
• 己(self; body)

Use words to record and preserve your own thoughts and affairs.

• ⼅(hook; fishhook)
• 口(mouth; speech)
• 彐(hand holding brush)

Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.

• 冂(outer frame; enclosure)
• 卄(twenty; many bamboo strips)

Bamboo strips tied together resemble stacked cards forming a book.