Kanji 10

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兄
older brother

Your older brother is just a mouth on two legs.

免
dismissal

To enforce your dismissal from the family, your older brother runs after you with a sword and a stick.

晩
nightfall

The moment when the sun gets dismissed is called nightfall.

休
rest

A person leaning against a tree is taking a rest.

天
heaven

Heaven is one hell of a big place.

好
like

Women like children, men hate them both.

⺕ component
claw
兼
concurrently

In the weeds, some claws are concurrently drawing two lines that look like animal legs.

嫌
dislike

Though they dislike it, women can do multiple things concurrently.

立
stand up

A lid can't keep those persistent weeds from standing up.

丅
under

If you hold the one line high enough, everything will be under it.

斤
axe

Under a cliff, you find an axe.

亲
relative

Your relatives have the annoying disposition to stand in a tree and look down on you.

新
new

You buy a new axe to get rid of your relatives.

央
center

The people in the center of power always cover up big things.

映
reflect

When the sun is in the center, everything is reflected.

田
rice paddy
由
reason

You see a stick in a rice paddy, and know it must've been put there for a reason.

凵 component
container
画
drawing; painting

To make a drawing, one needs a reason to open their container of creativity.

門
gate

This kanji just looks like a gate.

間
interval

The sun appears between the gate doors at a regular interval.

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