• ⼔(person turning back; figure of person from behind)

Two people standing back-to-back represent North, the direction ancients faced away from.

• 車(vehicle; chariot)

The character 車 is an ancient picture of a vehicle viewed from above, showing its axle and wheels.

• 巾(cloth; scarf)
• 刂(knife; cut)

Making is using a knife to cut cloth into a desired shape.

• 辶(step; move)
• 告(report; announce)

To create something is to go to a place and announce the work you have done.

• 厂(steep mountain cliff (pictographic))

A cliff face drawn as a vertical rocky wall leaning against a mountainside.

• 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))
• 又(right hand; again)

A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.

• 阝(mound; region of land)
• 艮(stop; firm)

A tall earthen wall stands firmly to block everything and create an impassable boundary.

• 八(eight; split in two)
• 厶(private; personal)

Public means sharing your private things with everyone to become shared property.

• ⼔(person turning back; figure of person from behind)

Two people standing back-to-back represent North, the direction ancients faced away from.

• 車(vehicle; chariot)

The character 車 is an ancient picture of a vehicle viewed from above, showing its axle and wheels.

• 巾(cloth; scarf)
• 刂(knife; cut)

Making is using a knife to cut cloth into a desired shape.

• 辶(step; move)
• 告(report; announce)

To create something is to go to a place and announce the work you have done.

• 厂(steep mountain cliff (pictographic))

A cliff face drawn as a vertical rocky wall leaning against a mountainside.

• 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))
• 又(right hand; again)

A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.

• 阝(mound; region of land)
• 艮(stop; firm)

A tall earthen wall stands firmly to block everything and create an impassable boundary.

• 八(eight; split in two)
• 厶(private; personal)

Public means sharing your private things with everyone to become shared property.