Kanji 17

QuestionAnswer
至
arrive

There is no better place to arrive than on one's private soil.

屋
roof

You arrive at a shack that has a flag serving as its roof.

士
gentleman

Out of every ten men, only one is a gentleman.

売
sell

You see a gentleman with his legs covered. He is selling something.

読
read

You sell words to make others read.

龷 component
twenty-one

Twenty plus one equals twenty-one.

散
scatter

Twenty-one moons strike the sky and scatter light across the night.

氵 component
water
洗
wash

You use water to wash away your previous sins, and make space for new ones.

頂
peak; receive

You walk to the peak of a street and receive a page.

也
to be
馬
horse

You set a small bird on fire, and it turns into a horse.

馳
go swiftly

To be like a horse is to go swiftly.

走
run
海
sea

Every water ends up in the sea.

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