• 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))

A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.

• ⺈(knife; variant form)
• 巴(long for; cling to; stick tight)

Beauty as sharp as a keen blade makes people stick fast and unable to look away.

• 其(that; that one)
• 月(moon; month)

Watch the moon's phases wax and wane to count periods of time.

• 二(two; two horizontal strokes)
• ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)

A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.

• 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))

A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.

• ⺈(knife; variant form)
• 巴(long for; cling to; stick tight)

Beauty as sharp as a keen blade makes people stick fast and unable to look away.

• 其(that; that one)
• 月(moon; month)

Watch the moon's phases wax and wane to count periods of time.

• 二(two; two horizontal strokes)
• ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)

A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.