🇨🇳 Stack Chinese characters. Watch what happens.
人 = person
从 = two people = to follow
众 = three people = the crowd
木 = tree
林 = two trees = a grove
森 = three trees = a dense forest
日 = sun
昌 = two suns = prosperous
晶 = three suns = crystal / sparkling
火 = fire
炎 = two fires = scorching / flame
焱 = three fires = blazing / inferno
口 = mouth
吕 = two mouths = pitch / harmony
品 = three mouths = product / quality
One is a thing.
Two is a relationship.
Three is a force.
Chinese doesn't add.
It escalates.