• 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))
• 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)

Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.

• 氵(water)
• 尼(close; intimate)

Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.

• 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)

A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.

• 另(different; separate)
• 刂(knife (radical))

Use a knife to cut and separate things to distinguish one from another.

• 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))
• 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)

Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.

• 氵(water)
• 尼(close; intimate)

Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.

• 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)

A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.

• 另(different; separate)
• 刂(knife (radical))

Use a knife to cut and separate things to distinguish one from another.