• 黃(yellow; ripe grain field)

A mature golden rice plant with its stalk, roots, and heavy drooping grain panicles forms the image of this character.

• 金(gold; metal (figurative))

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

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

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

• 亻(person; human)
• 弋(stake with rope; substitute)

A person standing in place of another person is substitution.

• 黃(yellow; ripe grain field)

A mature golden rice plant with its stalk, roots, and heavy drooping grain panicles forms the image of this character.

• 金(gold; metal (figurative))

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

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

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

• 亻(person; human)
• 弋(stake with rope; substitute)

A person standing in place of another person is substitution.