The word 钓鱼 is formed through a direct and vivid pictorial-logical composition. The first character, 钓, depicts the action of fishing with a hook and line (symbolized by the radical 钅, metal, for the hook, and the phonetic component 勺, suggesting a scooping or dangling action). It is combined with the second character, 鱼, which is a pictogram of a fish. Together, they do not merely list two things but sequentially depict the complete activity: the method (钓 – to angle with a hook) applied to the specific target (鱼 – fish), creating a compound that visually and conceptually represents the act of "fishing" as a single coherent idea.