line; stick

From Lesson 9:Kanji 2·Japanese

Usages of line; stick

upside down box
冂 component

This clearly looks like an upside down box. Doesn't it?

ten
十
lid
亠 component

This obviously is a lid. Just look at it!

car
車

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.

fortune-telling
卜 component

To tell your fortune, connect the line to the dot, and the path appears.

middle; inside
中

Above the middle of your mouth there's a line called the philtrum.

small
⺌ component

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

work
工 component

This kanji looks like an I-beam used in construction work.

knife
刂 component

You make a knife using a line and a hook.

bamboo
竹

To harvest bamboo, you need two guns, a line and a hook.

stop
止

The balloon is going up. Luckily you've attached a line to it in order to stop it.

crown
宀 component

A crown covers the head, lined with jewels.

half
半

Two horns are too many, so you draw a line through them to split them in half.

small bird
隹 component
dismissal
免

To enforce your dismissal from the family, your older brother runs after you with a sword and a stick.

container
凵 component
gate
門

This kanji just looks like a gate.

towel
巾

You've got an upside down box with a stick and a towel.

丨
line; stick component
during
乍

During your yoga class, you have to bend three ways while balancing on a stick.

dish, plate
皿
twenty
廾 component
utilize
用
brush
聿 component
dry
干

You hang just two pieces of clothing on the line such that they become dry more quickly.

voice
声

You see a gentleman carrying a flag with a stick symbol. He starts raising his voice.

Asia
亜

People in Asia eat by bringing two sticks to their mouth.

grade
段
music
曲
corner
角

You take your sword and stick it in the moon, and show it the four corners of the Earth.

long
長

The stick needs three clothes to be covered. It's long.

already
已

A line by itself is already art.

comma
巴

If you just write down a small line, it already looks like a comma.

world
世

The big L to the left is carrying the world, which is the container of everything.

standing heart
忄
pull
引

You pull your bow using a stick.

scratch
肀 component

A scratch is a line left behind by a claw.

Wi
ヰ component

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.

left side
丬 component

This stick has ice on its left side.

shell
甲

There's a line of shells showing the way to the rice paddy.

shelf
𠃊 component

A shelf is basically one line on which you can put stuff.

concurrently
兼

In the weeds, some claws are concurrently drawing two lines that look like animal legs.

under
丅

If you hold the one line high enough, everything will be under it.

reason
由

You see a stick in a rice paddy, and know it must've been put there for a reason.

line up
並

You line up two sticks with horns.

condolences
弔

You take someone out with your bow and your stick, and then offer your condolences.

not
不

A tea stick with a drop on it is not what you want.

claw
爪

You bend your claw twice, then stick it in the air to stretch it.

dedicate
奉

You dedicate yourself to dividing two sticks between three people.

speak humbly
申

You poke a tortoise's shell with a stick. The tortoise begins to speak humbly to you.

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