Kanji 3

QuestionAnswer
土
soil; earth

Ten crops, one soil.

王
king

The king is the one ruling the soil.

玉
ball

The king has a dot at his feet. It's a ball, how inappropriate!

囗 component
enclosure

The enclosure component looks the same as the mouth kanji. Unlike mouth, this component is not a kanji by itself. When the enclosure component is used inside a kanji, another component is enclosed within it.

国
country

Enclose a ball and call it a country. Who decides what a country is anyway?

水
water
二
two
三
three
車
car

Looks like a car doesn't it? With a line connecting two axles that the wheels are connected to, and an engine(the sun) in the middle.

冖 component
cover

This kanji component looks just like a cover.

勹 component
wrap

A gun and a hook is all you need to wrap up someone's life.

与
give

If you want to give something, people will appreciate it if you put one wrap around it.

写
copy

If you want to give something away, you better cover the downside by first making a copy.

ハ component
animal legs
目
eye
真
true

I saw a creature with ten eyes and one animal leg. It's really true!

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