弓

gong

bow

the most efficient weapon of this time was the bow

戈

ge

dagger-axe, weapon

dagger-axe or halberd

弟

di

younger brother

junior male

spear/dagger axe (ge) + coiled around/bow (gong)

Picture of a spindle with thread wrapped around it, as a toy for the younger brother

竹

zhu

第

di

sequence, grade

prefix before a number; order

bamboo (zhu) + younger brother (di)

younger brothers have their own bamboo, which ranks them according to the birth order

梯

ti

ladder; stairs

tree (mu) + younger brother (di)

younger brother uses his zig-zag shape as a template to build a wooden stairs or a ladder 

长

chang, zhang

long; elder ,leader; to grow

an elder man who has grown a long hair;

a simplified form of 長

张

zhang

to stretch/spread

bow (gong) + long (zhang)

a long bow must be stretched out to its full length to spread over the zone of range of the arrow

也 / 乜

ye / mie

also; too / squint

when watching a woman's genitals one squints with the other eyes too

弛

chi

to relax;

to slacken/loosen

bow (gong) + female genitals/also (ye)

when an anxious archer see woman's genitals he becomes relaxed

夷

yi

barbarian;

to exterminate/wipe out

to raze/flatten

bow (gong) + person/big (da)

the alien big people, who used to live in the Eastern part of the old China, were very skillful with bows; with time those barbarians were exterminated and their home was flatten down

姨

yi

aunt; mother's sister

woman (nu) + barbarian (yi)

to maintain peace woman from barbarians were married, but mother's sisters were still annoying