些

Bottom indexing radical 二 (two horizontal lines). Reinforces the small-plural sense: 'this' over 'two' = 'these few, some'. Same radical files 五, 亏, 井. The radical is doing more semantic work here than usual — most 二-radical chars just borrow the radical for indexing, but in 些 it actively shapes the meaning.

Top 此 supplies the sound (cǐ → xiē, an initial drift but related sibilant) and a faint 'this/these' semantic — pointing to nearby things. 此 itself is 止 (foot) + 匕, a person stopping right here. Same phonetic in 紫 (purple) and 雌 (female).