Kanji 8

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four

In the past, humans with four legs were enclosed in a cage and shown in a circus.

six

You lift the lid of the soup pan and see six boiling animal legs. Delicious!

seven

With one fishhook, you can catch seven fish.

eight

In the past, all animals used to have eight legs.

nine

You're in a race, but in the ninth second, you already bend your car around a tree.

white

You bend towards the sun, and are covered in white light.

hundred

One white page can give birth to a hundred different stories.

yen

You lost all your yen, because you held the box upside down an didn't properly attach the lid.

times

Enclosure and mouth are actually just two times the same kanji.

component
Wi

is an obsolete katakana character, previously used to represent the sound wi.

Now, the sound wi is represented by the digraph ウィ(Ui).

Though is not used as a katakana character anymore, it does appear as a component in multiple Kanji.

year

Every year, Wi buys a new gun.

past

Deeply under the soil, you've buried private matters of your past.

life

Your life depends on one cow, who gives you milk every day. Better take good care of it!

sword
component
yo

is identical to the Katakana character pronounced as yo.

component
small

When you were small, a line started appearing on your head and then two horns grew out. Doctors still don't understand.

success

Even though he is small, Yo's life is one big success.

component
long stride
burden

You suddenly realize your life basically just exists of a thousand and one burdens.

court

Court proceedings may feel like a burden, but they take long strides towards justice.

yard; garden

You're on a cliff, and look down on a court with a huge yard.

sheep

Sheep eat all weeds they can find on the soil.

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