阝

fu

hill, mound

the slope of a hill

When used on the left of a character it means ‘hill,’ but when used on the right it means “town 邑 [yì].”

余

yu

remainder

digging tool

除

chu

to remove/eliminate;

to wipe out/divide

except

删除 – "To delete" (digital context)

on a hill (阝) there is always a surplus (余) of material to be removed the parts of the stones, thus eliminating much of the hard work of climbing up.

付

fu

to pay; to

hand over;

to entrust/assign

house/broad (guang) + hand/joint [cun]

a person is handing money (´) to pay for the hand-job

附

fu

to attach/append

to rely on (subsidiary)

to be near

hill/mound [fu] + hand over/pay (fu)

"Boss on the hill" likes to be handed over a bribe (´) when he is near his subordinates, who know that they have to attach some cash in the letter of request

佥

qian

all, everyone, unanimous

assemble (ji) + many people [symbol]

people gathered all in one place

阳

yang

sun, sunlight;

positive, male

阴阳 (yīnyáng) – yin and yang (the dual forces in Chinese philosophy) 

This describes the sun (日) rising above a hill (阝). This character, in particular, depicts the sun to symbolize “Yang,” an opposing force of “Yin,” but also the man genitals

月

yue

阴

yin

the moon; cloudy, shade, negative, female, feminine

hill 阝[fù] + moon 月²²¹[yuè]

This describes the moon (月) rising above a hill (阝), and symbolizes “Yin” as explained in the above character “阳.”

邑

yi

city

a walled settlement with an official seal makes a city

者 / 读者 / 记者

zhe / duzhe / jizhe

the one who

(read)-er, (journal)-ist 

old  [lao] + sun (ri)

an old experienced person uses the sun-period for his daily ritual job

都

d(o)u

du

all, both;

capital, metropolis

old (zhe) + hill(left)/city(right) (yi)

the old cities, which had ALL inside the walls were a kind of capitals 

由

you

cause, reason,

by, from, due to, because of

a plant (ι) sprouts from a field showing its origin

邮

you

mail, post(al)

well/cause 由¹⁵⁶[yóu] + town 阝→邑^92d[yì]

FROM a field to a city a message is transported by mail

冄

ran

那

na

that (one)

那个  "Which one?" 那人 "That person"

Imagine someone pointing toward a distant town (⻏) and saying: "That place over there!"

哪

na

which? where?

a mouth is pointing toward a city asking: "Which way?"

令

ling

order, command

assemble (ji) + person (jie)

a man kneeling under the seat of power to receive an order

邻

lin

neighbor(hood)

the one who commands (令) in the city (⻏) is actually a boss (⻏) from my neighborhood