Kanji 8

QuestionAnswer
四
four

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

六
six

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

七
seven

With one fishhook, you can catch seven fish.

八
eight

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

九
nine

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

白
white

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

百
hundred

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

円
yen

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

回
times

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

ヰ component
Wi

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

年
year

Every year, Wi buys a new gun.

去
past

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

生
life

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

刀
sword
ヨ component
yo

ヨ is identical to the Katakana character pronounced as yo.

⺌ component
small

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

当
success

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

廴 component
long stride
壬
burden

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

廷
court

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

庭
yard; garden

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

羊
sheep

Sheep eat all weeds they can find on the soil.

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