| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 覀 component | west This is just a compressed version of the kanji for west. |
| 要 | need In the west, a woman has lots of needs. |
| 甘 | sweet One dose of stevia is a sweet as twenty-one sugar cubes. |
| 示 | show You're looking for two small people for your midget show. |
| 余 | surplus You have so much surplus that you can afford to see a show under a roof. |
| 長 | long The stick needs three clothes to be covered. It's long. |
| 𠃊 component | shelf A shelf is basically one line on which you can put stuff. |
| 亡 | perish You are put between some shelfs with a lidon top. That's how you perish. |
| 忘 | forget If you forget something, it perishes from your heart. |
| 酉 component | alcohol For good alcohol, one must look west. |
| 酒 | alcohol |
| 咼 component | dishonest Mouths in the desert are dishonest. |
| 過 | exceed If you walk the dishonest path, your suffering will exceed that of others. |
| 石 | stone |
| 砂 | sand |
| 肀 component | scratch A scratch is a line left behind by a claw. |
| 唐 | Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty was a bunch of people living on a cliff scratching their mouths all the time. |
| 糖 | sugar They didn't have rice during the Tang dynasty, so they ate sugar instead. |
| 太 | fat |
| 簡 | simplicity The regular intervals on a bamboo stalk are the essence of simplicity. |
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