禸

rou

quadruped track

footprints

禽 "Birds" or "capture" (historically depicted with a net trapping animals, linked to footprints)

Originally depicted "the mark of a beast's foot" (e.g., in hunting contexts), or footprints of animals.

亠

tou

凶

xiong

ominous, fierce

disastrous

a pit trap (凵) with crossed marks (㐅 or 乂) inside, representing a snare or dangerous cavity, thus becoming a symbol for something ominous

离

li

to leave, to depart

距离 distance (space of separation); 离婚 divorce (to leave marriage)

分离 to separate; 离…远 / 离…近 – far from / close to

离谱 unreasonable (lit. off the musical score" i.e., deviating from norms)

one must cover (亠) the ominous (凶) footprints (禸) otherwise everybody will leave in panic

禺

yu

place far away

a region, district

a kind of monkey

禺谷 Poetic term for "sunset" (from mythology);

禺强 a sea god with a fish-monkey form

a field covered with footprints in a distant region

遇

yu

to meet/encounter

遇见 to meet by chance; 机遇 opportunity (lit. lucky encounter);

遭遇 to encounter (often adversity); 

偶遇 serendipitous meeting (positive); 

遇难 to perish in an accident (negative, lit. encounter disaster)

To walk (辶) and come across a mysterious monkey (禺), thus meeting a mythical creature

万

wan

ten thousand, 10.000; myriad

TRAD 萬; 十万 100,000; 万能 omnipotent (lit. "ten thousand abilities")

万一 "one in ten thousand" → "just in case" (e.g., 万一下雨 in case it rains)

万岁 "long live!" (lit. "ten thousand years," a traditional cheer for emperors)

when the character for 'direction' (方) loses the stroke (丶), the disorientation makes it difficult to choose among 10.000 directions