Kanji 7

QuestionAnswer
乚 component
fishhook

This kanji actually looks like a fishhook.

匕 component
spoon

You can bend a fishhook into a spoon.

夕
evening

A dotted sword cuts off the day and brings the evening.

歹
decay

When a fruit starts to decay, the process generally takes only one evening.

死
death

Death dines on a spoon of decay.

全
whole

A good king provides roofs for the whole kingdom.

女
woman
桜
cherry tree

The cherry tree blossoms for everyone, even for an ostensibly insignificant woman.

宀 component
crown

A crown covers the head, lined with jewels.

安
cheap

A woman ended up being crowned, after accumulating power by buying cheap.

手
hand

A hand is basically a collection of hooks that can bend at two joints.

元
origin

Our origin lies between two human legs.

⺄ component
second
气 component
steam

If steam arises from gun one, use your second one.

㐅 component
cross
気
spirit

Steam drifts upward, crossing into the spirit realm.

又
again
皮
skin

If we're on a cliff again and again, our skin starts to erode.

彼 kanji
he

He keeps stepping on your skin.

言
word

Only after a dot is pronounced by three mouths does it become a word.

千
thousand

Bend ten times, and you'll reach a thousand.

舌
tongue

The tongue enables our mouth to tell a thousand tales.

話
talk

We talk by forming words with our tongue.

五
five
語
language

When a set of words is spoken by at least five mouths, it has a right to call itself a language.

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