| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 乚 component | fishhook This kanji actually looks like a fishhook. |
| 匕 component | spoon You can bend a fishhook into a spoon. |
| 夕 | evening A dotted sword cuts off the day and brings the evening. |
| 歹 | decay When a fruit starts to decay, the process generally takes only one evening. |
| 死 | death Death dines on a spoon of decay. |
| 全 | whole A good king provides roofs for the whole kingdom. |
| 女 | woman |
| 桜 | cherry tree The cherry tree blossoms for everyone, even for an ostensibly insignificant woman. |
| 宀 component | crown A crown covers the head, lined with jewels. |
| 安 | cheap A woman ended up being crowned, after accumulating power by buying cheap. |
| 手 | hand A hand is basically a collection of hooks that can bend at two joints. |
| 元 | origin Our origin lies between two human legs. |
| ⺄ component | second |
| 气 component | steam If steam arises from gun one, use your second one. |
| 㐅 component | cross |
| 気 | spirit Steam drifts upward, crossing into the spirit realm. |
| 又 | again |
| 皮 | skin If we're on a cliff again and again, our skin starts to erode. |
| 彼 kanji | he He keeps stepping on your skin. |
| 言 | word Only after a dot is pronounced by three mouths does it become a word. |
| 千 | thousand Bend ten times, and you'll reach a thousand. |
| 舌 | tongue The tongue enables our mouth to tell a thousand tales. |
| 話 | talk We talk by forming words with our tongue. |
| 五 | five |
| 語 | language When a set of words is spoken by at least five mouths, it has a right to call itself a language. |
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