• 走(run; go)
• 召(call; summon)

Running past everything to answer a summons is super exceeding.

• 糹(silk thread; strand of silk)
• 及(reach; catch up with)

Ranks stack like threads connecting one after another, each step reaching a higher level.

• 言(word; speech)
• 十(ten)

Calculation is using words to count numbers one by one.

• ⺮(bamboo (radical))
• 具(tool; implement)

Ancient calculation used bamboo sticks as a tool to count numbers.

• 走(run; go)
• 召(call; summon)

Running past everything to answer a summons is super exceeding.

• 糹(silk thread; strand of silk)
• 及(reach; catch up with)

Ranks stack like threads connecting one after another, each step reaching a higher level.

• 言(word; speech)
• 十(ten)

Calculation is using words to count numbers one by one.

• ⺮(bamboo (radical))
• 具(tool; implement)

Ancient calculation used bamboo sticks as a tool to count numbers.