| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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