反射 (fǎn shè)

Character breakdown

• 反 (fǎn) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a hand (又) climbing a cliff (厂). Based on original meaning "climb", now written as 扳. The meaning later shifted to "pull" and "reverse".

• 射 (shè) · 10 strokes

  Depicts a hand pulling back a bowstring with an arrow to shoot.