• 金(gold; metal (figurative))

Metal is an ancient image of precious metal hidden underground, gleaming and sparkling.

• 鬲(tripod caldron top; cauldron lid)
• 虫(worm; insect)

Heat rising from a boiling pot melts everything together, just as insects dissolve and blend into one another.

• 日(sun; day)
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.

• 幸(lucky; fortunate)
• 卩(kneel; submit)
• 又(hand)

A hand grasping a submissive person represents responding with reward or punishment.

• 金(gold; metal (figurative))

Metal is an ancient image of precious metal hidden underground, gleaming and sparkling.

• 鬲(tripod caldron top; cauldron lid)
• 虫(worm; insect)

Heat rising from a boiling pot melts everything together, just as insects dissolve and blend into one another.

• 日(sun; day)
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.

• 幸(lucky; fortunate)
• 卩(kneel; submit)
• 又(hand)

A hand grasping a submissive person represents responding with reward or punishment.