Kanji Stories Heisig, Kanji no. 1-2042
1) 一ONE horizontal line.ひと・つ
2) 二TWO horizontal lines.ふた・つ
3) 三THREE horizontal lines.み・つ
4) 四HUMAN LEGS stick out of a monster's MOUTH - FOUR of them.よ・つ
5) 五KEYS hang by a CANE from a CEILING - FIVE of them.いつ・つ
6) 六TOPHATTED creature with ANIMAL LEGS picks up SIX.む・つ
7) 七SEVEN. Similar to a SPOON, but the horizontal stroke CUTS all the way through.
*Primitive = diced, i.e. CUT into little pieces.なな・つ
8) 八Pictograph of the number EIGHT. The two lines if continued could form the "X"
at the centre of the number 8. や・つ
9) 九The second stroke kicks out to represent one of NINE baseball players legs as he
slides into a base. Note the vertical stroke is drawn first. *Primitives = baseball,
baseball team.ここの・つ
10) 十Turn this character 45 degrees either way, and it makes the X used for the Roman
numeral for TEN. *Primitive = needle.とお
11) 口This square forms a pictograph of a MOUTH.くち
12) 日DAY. Pictograph of the sun. *Primitives = sun, tongue wagging in mouth.ひ｜か
13) 月Pictograph of the crescent MOON as seen through wisps of clouds (popular).When
this kanji appears as a primitive on the LEFT side of a kanji, it brings the connation of
"part of body", "flesh", or "meat".*Primitives = part of the body, flesh, meat,
moon.つき
14) 田Pictograph of a grid of RICE FIELDS. Note the third stroke is from the top
downward. *Primitive = brain.た
15) 目When turned sideways, the box in the middle could be seen as forming the pupil of
an EYE (popular).め｜ま
16) 古This looks like a grave-marker, the ever-nearing destination of the very
OLD.ふる・す｜ふる・い
17) 吾FIVE MOUTHS have "I".われ
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18) 冒With the SUN in your EYES, you RISK not catching the fly ball and a subsequent
conking on the head.おか・す
19) 朋Two COMPANION MOONS shine over an alien planet. | FLESH lends a sense of
closeness to the kanji for COMPANION. とも
20) 明The SUN and MOON together make for a BRIGHT day
(popular).あか・るむ｜あか・るい｜あかる・く｜あきら・か｜あか・らむ｜
あ・かす｜あ・くる｜あ・ける｜あかり
21) 唱A MOUTH, for 2 consecutive DAYS, CHANTS.とな・える
22) 晶SUNS, SUNS, SUNS, everywhere reflect off a SPARKLING wine.
23) 品These three MOUTHS together almost look like GOODS piled up and ready for
shipment.しな
24) 呂SPINE. Pictograph of two MOUTHS joined by a line.
25) 昌TWO SUNS shine on a PROSPEROUS man.
26) 早The NEEDLE-like stem (of a sunflower) combines with the SUN on top to spread
its arms to greet the EARLY morning SUN, in a kanji-like SUN-FLOWER.
*Primitive = sunflowerはや・い｜はや・まる｜はや・める
27) 旭Stay for NINE SUN-rises in the Land of the RISING SUN or else you'll never get
over the jet-lag. | Fittingly, SUN plays a role in RISING SUN.あさひ
28) 世THREE TENS add up to the 30 years of a given GENERATION (popular).
*Alternate primitive = leafよ
29) 胃Here we see a medical diagram with the BRAIN on top, and underneath, the PART
OF THE BODY which is most prominent, i.e., The STOMACH.
30) 旦The SUN rises up over the horizon (FLOOR) at "NIGHTBREAK" (i.e., The
breaking up of night). | Fittingly, the temporal DAY is found in the kanji for
NIGHTBREAK (i.e., the breaking up of night).
31) 胆The PART OF THE BODY which gets up every day at NIGHTBREAK is the
GALL BLADDER.きも
32) 亘The SUN rises up over the FLOOR of the ground to the CEILING of the sky, thus
SPANNING the day. | The temporal DAY fittingly plays a part in the kanji for
SPAN. *Alternate primitive = Spamわた・る
33) 凹Pictograph of a square with the top
CON-CAVEing in.ぼこ｜へこ・む
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34) 凸CONVEX.でこ
35) 旧Kids were punished by whacking them with a CANE all DAY long in the OLDEN
TIMES. | The temporal DAY finds its way into the kanji for OLDEN
TIMES.ふる・い
36) 自If you've ever been around Japanese people, you know that they point one finger to
their own NOSE, i.e., The DROP between the EYES, to indicate ONESELF
(popular). *Primitive = noseみずか・ら
37) 白One DROP of the SUN is WHITE (popular). *Primitive = white bird, or
dove.しろ・い
38) 百The Japanese call the 99th birthday the WHITE YEAR because the kanji for ONE
HUNDRED minus the 1 at the top turns it into the character for WHITE. (Popular).
39) 中A CANE is stuck in a whale's MOUTH, allowing fish to go IN and out.なか
40) 千If two lines make a TEN, then three lines = 10 to the 3rd, i.e. ONE THOUSAND.
(Popular).ち
41) 舌A THOUSAND MOUTHS combine to make one huge TONGUE.した
42) 升A THOUSAND bent NEEDLES are kept in an old SEWING BOX. Note how the
THOUSAND is slightly curved. * Primitive = sewing boxます
43) 昇The SUN tries to set on a needly SEWING BOX and immediately must RISE UP
again. | The SUN shines its first light in RISING UP. のぼ・る
44) 丸NINE DROPS make a ROUND pattern. *Primitive = a fat, round baseball
player.まる｜まる・い｜まる・める
45) 寸Using a special HOOKED NEEDLE, DROPS are carefully MEASURED out by a
chemist. *Primitive = glue. This is actually an old Japanese measurement called a
“sun” it is one tenth of a “shaku” which will appear later.
46) 専A mutant who has TEN BRAINS GLUED together uses them to reach the top of
his chosen SPECIALTY.もっぱ・ら
47) 博Shakily holding a huge NEEDLE with DROPS flying out of it is an acupuncture
SPECIALIST who wants to become a full-fledged DR. *Primitive = acupuncture
specialist (without the needle).
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48) 占In a trance, a gypsy holds a DIVINING ROD, and spirit's words emit from her
MOUTH, presenting an image of FORTUNE-TELLING. | MOUTH sets the tone in
the kanji for FORTUNE TELLING.ト Pictograph of a DIVINING ROD or a MAGIC
WAND.し・める｜うらな・う
49) 上A MAGIC WAND stands ABOVE a
FLOOR.うえ｜うわ｜かみ｜のぼ・す｜のぼ・せる｜のぼ・る｜あ・げる｜あ
・がる
50) 下A MAGIC WAND hangs BELOW a ceiling.くだ・さる｜くだ・す｜
くだ・る｜さ・がる｜さ・げる｜した｜しも｜お・ろす｜お・りる｜もと
51) 卓Waving a MAGIC WAND and causing SUNFLOWERS to magically appear
amidst the audience is an EMINENT magician.
52) 朝The MOON can sometimes be seen through the MIST in early
MORNING.*Radical on the left side of the kanji means MIST.あさ
53) 只A huge MOUTH seems to say "if ONLY I didn't have ANIMAL LEGS".ただ
54) 貝The EYE is the body and ANIMAL LEGS are the bottom portion of a
SHELLFISH. *Primitive = shells, shell-currencyかい
55) 貞Wave a MAGIC WAND over a SHELL, and it magically stands UPRIGHT.
56) 員Represented by a MOUTH on a SHELL, this kanji has the look of a robotic
EMPLOYEE.
57) 見A creature consisting only of an EYE and HUMAN LEGS SEES extremely
well.み・える｜み・せる｜み・る
58) 児In the OLDEN DAYS, when man was changing from beast to man, if a
NEWBORN BABE had HUMAN LEGS, it was allowed to live. | The temporal SUN
finds its way into NEWBORN BABE.こ
59) 元TWO HUMAN LEGS are given out at the BEGINNING.もと
60) 頁A picture of ONE NOSE with the ANIMAL LEGS representing the moustache,
forms a picture of a HEAD, an illustration which also adorns each PAGE of a book.
*Primitive = headページ
61) 頑If someone's HEAD always sticks with the BEGINNING idea, then he is very
STUBBORN. | HEAD in the sense of "HEADSTRONG" plays a role in this kanji.
かたく・な
62) 凡A storm that is just a puff of WIND and a DROP of rain is MEDIOCRE
effort.およ・そ｜すべ・て
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63) 負BOUND UP with a rope made of snapping SEA-SHELLS, an opponent is
DEFEATED. Or think of a CLAMSHELL’s mouth being BOUND UP as a sign of
DEFEATお・う｜ま・かす｜ま・ける
64) 万If your billfold is down to only ONE BOUND UP (by the billfold) TEN
THOUSAND yen note, it's time to go to the bank and get some more.よろず
65) 句A captive with MOUTH BOUND UP can only speak in muffled PHRASES. | A
MOUTH utters the catch-PHRASE of this kanji.
66) 肌FLESH blown on by WIND looses its soft TEXTURE.はだ
67) 旬The standard measure of DAYS in ancient China was 10 DAYS "BOUND UP",
thus creating a DECAMARON. | The temporal DAY appears in DECAMARON.
68) 勺BOUND-UP and DROP combine to create an image of a LADLE.
69) 的At a carnival booth, you shoot at an imitation WHITE DOVE, and if you hit it, you
get to fish a prize out with a LADLE - your reward for hitting the BULL'S EYE.
まと
70) 首ANIMAL HORNS growing out of your NOSE reach down to your NECK.
くび
71) 乙A fishhook pulls out FISHGUTS.*Primitive = fishhookきのと
72) 乱Sticking their TONGUES out at police, only to be brought under control by police
wielding FISHHOOKS, are rampaging RIOTERS.み・だす｜みだ・れる
73) 直CROSSED-EYES of a race-car driver are straightened out in surgery with a special
FISHHOOK, and can now see the STRAIGHTAWAYS of the race track
STRAIGHTWAY (right away), without needing the time to
uncross.なお・す｜ただ・ちに｜なお・る
74) 具A TOOLS with an EYE mounted on it is especially good at completing its job. The
TOOL primitive at the bottom of this kanji could be seen of as a table where you keep
your TOOLS. つぶさ・に｜そな・える
75) 真The TEN EYES of "straightaway" here are used as a TOOL to see the TRUTH.ま
76) 工Represents a carpenter's square, used in his CRAFT of working with wood.
*Alternate primitive = carpenter's squareたくみ
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77) 左BY ONE'S SIDE hangs a CARPENTER'S SQUARE, to the LEFT, leaving the
right side free to do the main work. Notice how the second stroke on the left is longer
than the first, to emphasize the left side. (Similar to 10, but with the vertical line
curving off to the left. Think of TEN fingers dangling BY ONE'S SIDE).ひだり
78) 右The hand usually hanging BY ONE'S SIDE which is used to put food in the
MOUTH is the one on the RIGHT. (Popular).みぎ
79) 有Dangling by one's SIDE is a packet of MOON dust, a proud POSSESSION for all
to see.あ・る
80) 賄If you have a lot of SHELL-CURRENCY in your POSSESSION, then you can
BRIBE many people.まかな・う
81) 貢Natives of Polynesian island use SHELLS to CRAFT a TRIBUTE to the
gods.みつ・ぐ
82) 項A CARPENTER'S SQUARE is used to create the HEADings of a wooden
PARAGRAPH.うなじ
83) 刀SWORD.*Primitive = dagger. *When on right, this becomes SABREリ
かたな
84) 刃A DROP of a SWORD is recategorized as a BLADE. | The SWORD lends a
cutting sense here to the kanji for BLADE.は
85) 切SEVEN SWORDS CUT.き・る｜き・れる
86) 召A SWORD-eater, as he gingerly places a SWORD in his MOUTH, seems almost to
be SEDUCING it.め・す
87) 昭In a celestial romance, the SUN attempts to SEDUCE a SHINING star. *Alternate
primitive = shoeshine box
88) 則The height of a stack of SHELLS is measured with a SABRE being used as a kind
of RULER. | SABRE lends a sense of length to this kanji. *Alternate primitive =
rulerのっと・る
89) 副Great WEALTH is used to purchase a huge collection of old SABRES for an
aficionado, the VICE-President.(畐ONE MOUTH eats all the BRAINS of various
animals, a delicacy eaten by those with great WEALTH).そ・う
90) 別A MOUTH which has been BOUND-UP is suddenly free to talk when the binding
cloth is SEPARATED by a SABRE. | SABRE lends a cutting sense to the kanji for
SEPARATE.わか・れる
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91) 丁NAIL in that STREET sign. *Primitive = nail / exactひのと
92) 町As RICE FIELDS start to multiply, NAILS are used to start building a TOWN
(Revised).まち
93) 可Determined carpenter hold NAILS in his MOUTH, saying "I CAN do this all by
myself".
94) 頂Instead of hitting the NAIL on the HEAD, you PLACE it ON THE HEAD of this
kanji. | HEAD of course appears in this kanji.いただき｜いただ・く
95) 子Pictograph of a small CHILD.こ｜ね
96) 孔A CHILD fears the HOOK of the dentist probing a CAVITY.あな
97) 了This kanji resembles a question mark, which shows that our knowledge of a given
subject is never really COMPLETE.
98) 女Here we find the graceful kanji which represents WOMAN.おんな｜め
99) 好A WOMAN is FOND of her CHILD (popular). | WOMAN lends her gentle
presence to the kanji for FOND.この・む｜す・く
100)
如A WOMAN's MOUTH often reveals a LIKENESS both physically and in
her way of thinking to that of her mother.ごと・く｜ごと・し
101)
母This kanji contains the outline of the kanji for ONNA (woman), with two
dots emphasizing the maternal nature of MAMA. (Revised). *Primitive =
breasts.毌はは
102)
貫A MOTHER gives SHELL-CURRENCY to her daughter to go out and
PIERCE her ears.つらぬ・く
103)
兄Simply a MOUTH on HUMAN LEGS is how many family members think
of the ELDER BROTHER. (Popular). *Primitive = teenagerあに
104)
克TEN TEENAGERS take over a recreation hall by OVERCOMING the
attendants.かつ
105)
小Three LITTLE drops. *Primitive = smallこ｜お｜ちい・さい
106)
少Small - with an extra line for emphasis to extend the meaning to "FEW".
すく・ない｜すこ・し
107)
大Pictograph of A PERSON with the horizontal line representing arms
outstretched to describe something very LARGE. *Primitive = St. Bernard
Dogおお｜おお・いに｜おお・きい
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108)
多In the summertime, EVENING upon EVENING combines to make MANY
good times.おお・い
109)
夕EVENING. Pictograph - simplified variation of MOON (and the katakana
for TA).ゆう
110)
汐In this elegant kanji, we see WATER in the EVENING is seen to represent
EVENTIDE. | Fittingly, WATER appears in the kanji for EVENTIDE.しお
111)
外In the EVENING when imagination runs free, a MAGIC WAND is used to
magically transport you from the inside to the OUTSIDE.そと｜ほか｜はず・す｜
はず・れる
112)
名Late in the EVENING a soldier identifies himself by using his MOUTH to
call out his NAME.な
113)
石The extending ledge of the CLIFF marks the vacancy left by the falling
STONE, represented here as a "MOUTH" or square shape.(厂Pictograph of a steep
CLIFF).いし
114)
肖In a movie-star look-a-like contest, in lieu of a big star, a SMALL MOON
is awarded to the contestant with the greatest RESEMBLANCE to a movie star.
*Primitive = fire-extinguisher, candle, sparks
115)
硝ROCK is melted by a FIRE EXTINGUISHER spraying NITRATE. |
ROCK help give a hint as to the origins of NITRATE.
116)
砕A ROCK breaks up into 9 x 10 = 90 pieces when it is properly SMASHED.
| ROCK lends a SMASHING presence to this kanji.くだ・く｜くだ・ける
117)
砂ROCKS which are only LITTLE DROPS are shown to be SAND. | ROCK
gives a key hint in the kanji for SAND.すな
118)
削 Long before the invention of the carpenter’s PLANE, people used knives
and machetes (or here SABERS) to smooth out their woodwork. If you have ever seen
the process, you will have been amazed at the speed and agility with which the adept
can PLANE a hunk of wood into shape. Indeed, you can almost see the sparks fly
from their SABERS.けず・る
119)
光SMALL, funny looking headdress and the HUMAN LEGS represent a
medicine man trying to attract the sun's RAYS. *Primitive =
shamanひかり｜ひか・る
120)
太The DROP added to LARGE means PLUMP.ふと・い｜ふと・る
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121)
器Several ST. BERNARD DOGS sit around a table, ready to eat, with their
FOUR MOUTHS wide open, gripping UTENSILS. | Since a MOUTH is the usual
objective for UTENSIL, it is used in this kanji.うつわ
122)
臭People crinkle up their NOSE at an unwashed ST. BERNARD DOG,
thinking, "he's STINKING".くさ・い
123)
妙A love-struck poet exclaims "Among WOMAN are FEW, so EXQUISITE
as you". | WOMAN lends her lovely presence to the kanji for EXQUISITE. たえ
124)
省You eliminate all but a FEW things from your line of EYE-sight see to
FOCUS on something.はぶ・く｜かえり・みる
125)
厚On a CLIFF, getting hot playing under the SUN, a child sheds his THICK
jacket.あつ・い
126)
奇A St. BERNARD DOG who thinks he CAN become human is STRANGE.
127)
川Pictograph of a STREAM.かわ
128)
州3 DROPS in a STREAM separate the STATES of a country.す
129)
順Floating down a STREAM are chopped-off HEADS, indicating the fate of
those who don't OBEY the powers that be.
130)
水Pictograph of CANE falling into the WATER, with a katakana FU on the
left and a RAG on the right representing the splashing WATER. *Primitive =
liquid氵みず
131)
氷The extra DROP in WATER creates an image of a snowflake-shaped
ICICLE hanging from your house.こおり｜ひ
132)
永A DROP of WATER comes straight down from ETERNITY.なが・い
133)
泉WHITE WATER bubbles up from a SPRING. (Popular). | WATER of
course will appear in the kanji for SPRING.いずみ
134)
原CLIFF SPRINGS give rise to MEADOWS.はら
135)
願As you walk along a MEADOW, a man with a huge HEAD jumps out of
nowhere and asks you to sign a PETITION. | HEAD lends a certain organizational
sense to the kanji for PETITION.ねが・う
136)
泳A subtle warning, this kanji states that you my head off to ETERNITY if
you're not careful while SWIMMING in the WATER.およ・ぐ
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137)
沼A poor tourist, thirsty due to lack of coke is SEDUCED by the WATER of
a nearby MARSH, and ends up drowning in quicksand!ぬま
138)
沖WATER is deepest IN the OPEN SEA.おき
139)
江CRAFT-y WATER becomes a CREEK.え
140)
汁A LIQUID with NEEDLES in it is a booby-trapped SOUP.しる
141)
潮Added to this is the MIST through which we can still see the MOON as it
looms over the incoming TIDE. | WATER of course appears in the kanji for
TIDE.しお
142)
源WATER from the cliff-top MEADOW is the SOURCE for the whole
community.みなもと
143)
活Certain LIQUIDS on the TONGUE makes it more LIVELY and
talkative.い・きる
144)
消WATER from a FIRE EXTINGUISHER - EXTINGUISHES.け・す｜
き・える
145)
況When asked if he is going to jump into the WATER for a swim, an
enthusiastic TEENAGER says, "BUT OF COURSE".いわん・や
146)
河WATER that CAN make it all the way to the ocean is designated as a fullfledged RIVER.かわ
147)
泊WATER WHITE means you stay OVERNIGHT.と・まる｜と・める
148)
湖When the MOON got very OLD, it lost all the WATER that it had on its
surface to a huge LAKE on the earth.みずうみ
149)
測A WATER-RULER measures FATHOMS. | WATER provides a hint in the
kanji for FATHOM.はか・る
150)
土Pictograph of SOIL. Primitives = ground, dirt, land.つち
151)
吐A MOUTH with SOIL in it SPITS it out. (Popular). | MOUTH of course
comes into play in the kanji for SPIT.は・く
152)
圧An artificial CLIFF, as a prop in a play, is covered with SOIL, but can't
withstand the PRESSURE, and collapses.お・す
153)
埼SOIL that's STRANGE is found on the CAPE. | The kanji for CAPE
fittingly contains SOIL since it is a representation of a section of ground. さき
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154)
垣SOIL is covered with cans of SPAM to form an artificial HEDGE. | SOIL is
what is SPANNED by a HEDGE in this kanji.かき
155)
圭SOIL is piled on top of SOIL over the ages and eventually flattens down
and turns into a SQUARE JEWEL. *Primitive = ivy
156)
封IVY falling off a chimney is GLUED back on, a solution which receives the
SEAL of approval from the homeowner.
157)
涯Standing on an IVY covered CLIFF, you gaze out over the WATER toward
the HORIZON. | WATER generally represents the dividing line of the HORIZON,
thus justifying its presence in this kanji
158)
寺Due to lack of new recruits, SOIL surrounding a BUDDHIST TEMPLE is
covered with GLUE to trap unwitting tourists into joining the priesthood, or at least to
hear a sales pitch.てら
159)
時In the olden days, looking out at the position of the SUN from a
BUDDHIST TEMPLE was the only way to tell the TIME.とき
160)
均SOIL with a DROP breaking its smooth surface is made LEVEL by a
LADLE. | The SOIL of the ground is usually LEVEL, explaining its appearance here.
なら・す｜ひと・しい
161)
火A PERSON who is a human torch has two DROPS of FIRE spraying out
from him. *Primitive = hearth-fire, fireplace, conflagrationひ｜ほ
162)
炎FIRE doubles itself up to form an INFLAMMATION.ほのお
163)
煩A FIRE on your HEAD can cause considerable ANXIETY.わずら・う｜
わずら・わす
164)
淡WATER poured on a fiery INFLAMMATION, makes the fire THIN out
and eventually fade away.あわ・い
165)
灯A FIRE perched atop a NAIL makes a kanji LAMP. The light cast by a
FIRE is included in LAMP.ひ
166)
畑FIRE is used to clear a RICE FIELD on a Japanese FARM
(popular).はた｜はたけ
167)
災FLOOD and FIRE combine to create a major DISASTER.わざわ・い
168)
灰Huge FIRE under a CLIFF leaves nothing but ASHES.はい
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169)
点FORTUNE-TELLER at a CAMPFIRE predicts you'll get SPOTS on your
clothes if you get any closer to the fire.(灬FIRE as it appears when squashed at the
bottom of a kanji. *Primitive = cooking-fire, campfire).とも・す
170)
照An old SHOESHINE BOX is thrown onto a CAMP-FIRE to provide some
ILLUMINATION to hobos reading old paperback novels. | FIRE casts its light in the
kanji for ILLUMINATE.て・らす｜て・る｜て・れる
171)
魚BOUND UP, dragged through a RICE-FIELD, and fried over a COOKING
FIRE, is what usually happens to a kanji FISH.うお｜さかな
172)
漁WATER combines with FISH to create an image of someone FISHING.
あさ・る
173)
里The GROUND covered by a RICE FIELD is one RI (about 4 kilometres).
*Primitive = computerさと
174)
黒A COMPUTER tossed onto a CAMP-FIRE ends up a charred BLACK
colour.くろ｜くろ・い
175)
墨BLACK SOIL is poured into a fountain pen, and comes out of the other end
as BLACK INK.すみ
176)
鯉A FISH with a COMPUTER in its head is a CARP. How else could they
figure out how to swim upstream? | Fittingly, FISH will appear in the kanji for CARP.
こい
177)
量Churning throughout the dark hours until NIGHTBREAK, a COMPUTER
churns out an enormous QUANTITY of printout.はか・る
178)
厘The value of that whizzy new COMPUTER you just bought has predictably
fallen as if from a CLIFF - leaving it with a value of one RIN. (1/1000 of a yen!)
179)
埋Once SOIL gets into a COMPUTER, it's useless, so you might just as
BURY it.う・まる｜う・める｜う・もれる
180)
同At a convention of "The Brotherhood", all the participants wear a HOOD
and pledge that when they open their MOUTHS they will speak with ONE and the
SAME voice. *Primitive = monk. (冂Hood is similar to WIND, but with the bottom
right turned in. *Primitive = glass hood, pheasant glass).おな・じ
181)
洞WATER only, not alcohol, is accepted as a drink by the MONK who is
visiting your house and relaxing in the DEN.ほら
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182)
胴The PART OF THE BODY most important to the MONK is the TRUNK,
where he focuses his meditation. | PART OF THE BODY plays a key role in the kanji
for TRUNK.
183)
向The DROP on the HOOD acts as a kind of pointing antennae, while the
MOUTH of the wearer informs you that what you are looking for is over YONDER.
む・かう｜む・く｜む・こう｜む・ける
184)
尚A very SMALL MOUTH is kept in a GLASS HOOD, as reminder of an
ESTEEMED opponent who came to a sad end.なお
185)
字A CHILD in a HOUSE feverishly studies kanji
CHARACTERS.(宀Pictograph of a HOUSE).あざ
186)
守Using GLUE to catch an intruder heading into a HOUSE is an alert
GUARD.まも・る｜もり
187)
完A little pitcher who practices throwing strikes off the side of his HOUSE
since the very BEGINNING grows up to pitch a PERFECT game.
188)
宣In a voice that SPANS the HOUSE-tops, a coming event is
PROCLAIMED for all to hear.
189)
宵A HOUSE is surrounded by lighted CANDLES so you can find it in the
WEE HOURS. | In a HOUSE is generally where the WEE HOURS are spent.よい
190)
安A WOMAN can RELAX in her HOUSE.やす・い
191)
宴A HOUSE is fittingly a place to have a BANQUET, here prepared by a
talented WOMAN. There is an entire DAY making the BANQUET interrupting her
RELAXATION).うたげ
192)
寄A HOUSE which is STRANGE DRAWS NEAR in a
nightmare.よ・る｜よ・せる
193)
富This full kanji for WEALTH shows the huge HOUSE that the WEALTH
can buy. | A HOUSE is shown as the place to keep one's WEALTH.とみ｜と・む
194)
貯SHELL-CURRENCY which can buy enough NAILS to build a HOUSE
comprises a life's SAVINGS.たくわ・える
195)
木This kanji can mean TREE or WOOD.き
196)
林Two TREES make a GROVE.はやし
197)
森Three TREES make a FOREST.もり
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198)
桂Contrary to popular belief, JUDAS received an ivy-coloured SQUARE
JEWEL for his infamous betrayal, and the location of the payment was under a TREE.
| TREE fittingly is found in this kanji. JAPANESE JUDAS TREE.かつら
199)
柏An OAK TREE is painted WHITE to disguise it as a birch, so that it won't
be chopped down by foresters seeking the highly valued OAK. | TREE fittingly is
found in this kanji.かしわ
200)
枠The WOOD which is 9 X 10 = 90 times more expensive than the picture
itself is the FRAME. Each corner of a WOODEN FRAME is NINETY degrees.わく
201)
梢You climb a TREE, and find a FIRE-EXTINGUISHER at the TREETOP,
kept there in case of a forest fire. TREE fittingly is found in this kanji.こずえ
202)
棚A book-end made from WOOD holds up two books about the MOON on a
SHELF. (The MOONS almost resemble the binders of books as seen from the
side).たな
203)
杏An APRICOT TREE will grow out of a MOUTH that eats too many
APRICOTS. | TREE lends a plat like presence in this kanji an APRICOT.あんず
204)
桐A TREE which looks the SAME as someone named "Paul", is named the
"PAULOWNIA". | TREE fittingly is found in this kanji for the PAULOWNIA
tree.きり
205)
植A TREE growing STRAIGHTAWAY is a fast-growing
PLANT.う・える｜う・わる
206)
枯A TREE beside a TOMBSTONE gets depressed at the company, so
WITHERS and dies. | TREE and OLD both provide important hints in this kanji for
WITHER.か・らす｜か・れる
207)
朴To use a TREE as MAGIC WAND is thought to be rather CRUDE
behaviour.ほお
208)
村TREES GLUED together form the structures of a VILLAGE
(Revised).むら
209)
相Sitting in TREES near a border, enemy soldiers EYE each other, INTERacting in such a way as to create an INTER-national crisis. | The INTER-locking
EYES provide a key hint to this kanji.あい
210)
机A TREE which was blown down by the WIND serves as an impromptu
DESK.つくえ
211)
本A "cross-cut" from a TREE becomes a BOOK.もと
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212)
札All the TREES in a preserve have a HOOK attached to them, from which a
TAG is hung, identifying it for tourists and scientists.ふだ
213)
暦In these days of deforestation, as seen high on a CLIFF, each tree that
disappears from a GROVE marks another DAY on our CALENDAR. | The temporal
DAY lends it presence to CALENDAR.こよみ
214)
案You RELAX after a falling TREE narrowly misses you, and figuring you've
got some time left on this world, you go ahead and PLAN your future.
215)
燥A FIRE burns up a NEST, leaving only PARCHED remains. (GOODS
shown atop a TREE give a pictorial representation of a NEST).
216)
未A TREE with a SHORT LINE at the top indicates that it is NOT YET
ready to be harvested.ま・だ
217)
末A TREE with a LONG HORIZONTAL LINE at the top has grown to its
EXTREMITY.すえ
218)
沫WATER travels to great EXTREMITIES when propelled by a huge
SPLASH. | Of course WATER is going to found in the kanji for SPLASH.あわ
219)
味The MOUTH is NOT ready to stop tasting that delicious
FLAVOUR.あじ｜あじ・わう
220)
妹A WOMAN who is NOT YET mature is a YOUNGER
SISTER.いもうと
221)
朱A DROP in a scientific experiment has NOT YET changed colour - but if it
turns VERMILION, then the test is positive.
222)
株A WOODEN board with VERMILION coloured markings could have been
the first "Big Board" of the Japanese STOCK exchange.かぶ
223)
若The FLOWERS leaning to the RIGHT point toward the fountain of
YOUTH. (One cross stroke with two downward strokes creates a
FLOWER)わか・い
224)
草The "EARLIEST" FLOWER is, of course, GRASS.くさ
225)
苦FLOWER grows OLD, SUFFERS.くる・しい｜くる・しむ
｜くる・しめる｜にが・い｜にが・る
226)
寛In a HOTHOUSE/HOUSE OF FLOWERS, a gentle gardener SEES that his
plants are growing slowly but is nonetheless very TOLERANT. くつろ・ぐ
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227)
薄WATER and FLOWERS are seen in an ACUPUNCTURIST's office, so as
to DILUTE the patient's fear. | WATER is not surprisingly found in the kanji for
DILUTE.うす・い｜うす・まる｜うす・める｜うす・らぐ｜うす・れる
228)
葉Here we see a pretty picture of FLOWERING LEAVES on TREE.は
229)
模A famous impressionist is buried next to a TREE in a GRAVEYARD, and
it soon becomes a tradition for aspiring comedians to stand under the tree and practice
their IMITATIONS. FLOWERS, each and every DAY, are carried by a faithful ST.
BERNARD to the GRAVEYARD of its departed master.
230)
漠Glancing down into a pool of WATER in a GRAVEYARD, you see a
VAGUE reflection, perhaps of a ghost sneaking up behind you. | Since things seen
through WATER appear VAGUE, it's an appropriate element for this kanji.
231)
墓In a GRAVEYARD, fresh SOIL covers a GRAVE.はか
232)
暮We can distract ourselves from the fate which awaits us all, i.e. The
GRAVEYARD, by filling our DAYS with the activities through which we earn our
LIVELIHOODく・れる｜く・らす
233)
膜The MOON shining into a GRAVEYARD shines through the
MEMBRANE of your skin, showing that perhaps you are turning into a ghost.
234)
苗FLOWER-ing in a FIELD is a SEEDLING.
the plant-like nature of SEEDLING.なえ｜なわ
FLOWER gives an idea of
235)
兆These lines actually represent the back of a TURTLE, which in ancient
times were read as a PORTENT of things to come. (Popular). *Alternate primitive =
tortoise shellきざ・し｜きざ・す
236)
桃In our version of the Momotarou story (who was born from a PEACH), the
TREE with the TORTOISE SHELL on top is the PEACH TREE.もも
237)
眺An ominous looking EYE is embedded in a TORTOISE SHELL,
STARING at you as you enter into a primitive structure in search of a sacred treasure.
| EYE lends an unblinking presence appears in the kanji for STARE.なが・める
238)
犬Pictograph - of the huge St. BERNARD DOG standing next to a small DOT
of a CHIHUAHUA DOG. *Primitive = Chihuahuaいぬ
239)
状A TURTLE, by having a race with a CHIHUAHUA (instead of a hare),
upsets the STATUS QUO. The left side of PORTENT becomes a TURTLE.
240)
黙A pitch-BLACK CHIHUAHUA barks wildly as you pass by, until you
suddenly command, "SILENCE!".だま・る
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241)
然The MEAT of a CHIHUAHUA, baked on a CAMP-FIRE, is not the SORT
OF THING you'd expect in a fancy restaurant.しか・り｜しか・し
242)
荻As a forest FIRE rages above, a WILD DOG ducks underwater and breathes
through a REED, represented by the FLOWER. | FLOWER gives a clue as to the
plant-like nature of REED. DOG when it appears on the left side of a kanji changes to
a WILD DOG.おぎ
243)
狩WILD DOGS are HUNTED by the palace GUARD. | WILD DOGS lend a
sense of the HUNT to this kanji.かり｜か・る
244)
猫A "SEEDLING" of a WILD DOG is a CAT. | The middling sized animal
WILD DOG helps here to give shape to a CAT. WILD DOGS love chasing CATS so
much that they plant CAT SEEDLINGS so they will have even more to chase.ねこ
245)
牛Attempting unsuccessfully to RECLINE on a bed of NEEDLES in India is
an sacred COW.うし
246)
特COWS rampaging in a BUDDHIST TEMPLE are the subject of a news
SPECIAL. At the Hindu TEMPLE the COW would be considered particularly
SPECIAL.
247)
告From a sacred COW's MOUTH comes a REVELATION.
(Popular).つ・げる
248)
先The mutant COW who walks on HUMAN LEGS marches proudly
BEFORE the rest of the herd.さき
249)
洗WATER, BEFORE a meal, is used to WASH up. |WATER is of course
found in the kanji for WASH.あら・う
250)
介Two CANES (one curved) are accidentally JAMMED IN to an
UMBRELLA in an UMBRELLA stand.すけ
251)
界All the RICE-FIELDS are JAMMED IN to our very small WORLD.
252)
茶Under a huge UMBRELLA covered with FLOWERS and supported by a
WOODEN POLE, people sip at TEA.
253)
合This kanji uses MEETING and MOUTH to draw a picture of two pipes
MEETING, with one pipe going into the "MOUTH" of the other, a perfect FIT.
Everyone gathers under ONE UMBRELLA in a
MEETING.あ・う｜あ・わす｜あ・わせる
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254)
塔In some very fertile SOIL, FLOWERS grow so tall that they FIT together to
form a huge PAGODA.
255)
王A KING might say "I am number ONE", with the capital "I" used in this
instance being visually borrowed from the western alphabet, combined with kanji for
ONE. *Primitive = sceptre
256)
玉The DROPS associated with a KING are ball shaped JEWELS. *Primitive
= ballたま
257)
宝All the JEWELS in the national treasury are HOUSED in an enormous
TREASURE chest. | HOUSE is shown to be the place where TREASURE is kept.
たから
258)
珠KING likes VERMILLION coloured PEARLS.
259)
現The KING, lacking political vision, SEES only the
PRESENT.あらわ・す｜あらわ・れる
260)
狂WILD DOGS are ordered by the cruel KING to be unleashed upon the
LUNATICS.くる・う｜くる・おしい
261)
皇As the colour WHITE is sometimes used to represent enhanced status, here
it is used to represent a "WHITE KING", i.e., The king in charge of all other kings,
thus the EMPEROR.
262)
呈The square of MOUTH mounted on a SCEPTRE creates an image of a
television DISPLAY.
263)
全A KING raises an UMBRELLA high over his head during a picnic on a
potentially rainy day, to indicate that he "ate the WHOLE thing", and wants to be
served even more.まった・く
264)
栓A WHOLE TREE is needed to create a kind of gigantic PLUG. (Umbrella
+ tree = whole)
265)
理That which makes a KING out of the COMPUTER is its LOGIC.ことわり
266)
主A DROP of a KING is a LORD. *Primitive = candlestickおも｜ぬし
267)
注WATER is POURED onto CANDLESTICK to douse it.そそ・ぐ
268)
柱In the famous biblical story, Samson regained his strength when his hair
grew back, and knocked down the PILLARS to which he was chained. Here we see
that those two PILLARS were composed of a TREE and a CANDLESTICK,
respectively.はしら
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269)
金The KING sits under an UMBRELLA as each of his vassals presents him
with two DROPS of GOLD. *Primitive = metalかね｜かな
270)
銑METAL BEFORE was PIG-IRON.ずく
271)
鉢A hillbilly granny speaks of the GOLDEN rule and quotes from the good
BOOK as she gives local boys a BOWL-style haircut.
272)
銅The METAL which MONKS prefer is COPPER pennies, due to their vow
of poverty. | METAL provides the flavour in this kanji for COPPER.あかがね
273)
釣A METAL LADLE is used to hold the bait for a fisherman busy
ANGLING. | The METAL of the hook used is shown in this kanji for
ANGLING.つ・る
274)
針METAL is used to make NEEDLES.はり
275)
銘METAL with a NAME carved into it is an INSCRIPTION (popular). |
METAL provides the medium in this kanji for INSCRIPTION.
276)
鎮GOLD TRULY TRANQUILIZES.しず・まる｜しず・める
277) 道The NECK represents a "bottle-neck" (narrow passage) in a ROAD-WAY.
みち
278) 導When we accept someone’s GUIDANCE, we permit ourselves to be GLUED
to a certain ROAD or WAY of doing something and try to “stick to it.みち・びく
279) 辻TEN ROADS come together to form a mega-CROSSING. | ROAD provides the
flavour in this kanji for CROSSING.つじ
280) 迅At a race which finishes at a CROSSING, a FISHHOOK swoops down to take
the winner to the victory stand as the SWIFTEST of all. ROAD provides its sense of
motion to the kanji for SWIFT.はや・い
281) 造The speaking cow of REVELATION gives up its secrets as we travel the
ROAD to understanding the CREATION of the universe.つく・る
282) 迫The bright WHITE lines painted down the middle of the ROAD are
subconsciously URGING you to drive sensibly and not weave between
lanes.せま・る
283) 逃A tortoise runs clean out of his TORTOISE-SHELL and flees down the ROAD
as he ESCAPES from prison.のが・す｜のが・れる｜に・がす｜に・げる
284) 辺A BLADE to cut out a new ROAD, thus allowing access to the local
ENVIRONS.あた・り｜べ
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285) 巡A FLOODED-out ROAD is PATROLLED by police. | ROAD here provides a
sense of movement to the kanji for PATROL.めぐ・る
286)
車*primitives = vehicle, car, cart, wagonくるま
287) 連With a CAR on the ROAD you can TAKE ALONG your
kids.つら・なる｜つら・ねる｜つ・れる
288) 軌CARS, NINE in all, passing over the same spot create a RUT. | CAR provides a
hint as to the cause of a RUT in this kanji.
289) 輸When going to a BUTCHERS MEETING, a CAR is the favoured means of
TRANSPORT. | CAR gives the means of TRANSPORT in this kanji.
290) 前ANIMAL HORNS at a BUTCHER's shop are displayed prominently IN
FRONT.まえ
291) 各The persuasive MOUTH tries to convince you that EACH pair of STILTS is
perfectly made. Or you could just imagine a pair of human legs stepping on EACH
mouth.おのおの
292) 格In the not so distant future, EACH TREE will have an "endangered-species"
STATUS.いたる
293) 略A farmer has so many RICE-FIELDS he names EACH with an
ABBREVIATION.
294)
客EACH HOUSE provides a home for an honoured GUEST.
295) 額To keep track of all your GUESTS, you imagine their names written on their
HEAD, and what better part to do this than the FOREHEAD.ひたい
296) 夏A massive HEAD on a pair of STILTS wanders down the beach in midSUMMER. Note that the animal legs of HEAD have been replaced by the
WALKING LEGS.なつ
297) 処WALKING LEGS carelessly kick about improperly litter blowing in the
WIND which has been improperly DISPOSED.ところ
298)
条STILTS used to climb a TREE suddenly break like a TWIG.
299)
落From EACH FLOWER, WATER FALLS.お・ちる｜お・とす
300) 冗The wearer of the CROWN takes too many polls and makes his decisions based
on however the WIND is blowing, thus causing his opinions to be regarded as
SUPERFLUOUS.
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301) 軍A leader wears a CROWN as he rides his VEHICLE into battle at the head of
his ARMY. A CAR provides the means of transportation for an ARMY in this kanji.
302) 輝A SHAMAN takes a ride in a CHARIOT wearing a RADIANT smile. You
may recall the SMALL combined with HUMAN LEGS, which formed the shaman of
the kanji for RAY.かがや・く
303) 運CHARIOTS roll along a ROAD as they CARRY goods to the front lines.
はこ・ぶ
304) 冠In this full kanji representation of CROWN, we find that in the BEGINNING of
his reign, an ill-fitting CROWN was GLUED to a young king's head, until he finally
got used to the idea of wearing the CROWN.かんむり
305) 夢FLOWERS fall about your EYES and you receive a CROWN in a coronation,
all during the EVENING as you DREAM. EVENING slips subtly into the kanji for
DREAM.ゆめ
306)
坑SOIL thrown up by a moving WHIRLWIND leaves a huge PIT.
307) 高The TOPHAT and MOUTH replace the antenna of YONDER to create an
image of a TALL person who can see way over YONDER.たか｜たか・い
｜たか・まる｜たか・める
308)
享A TALL CHILD RECEIVES many gifts.う・ける
309) 塾TALL CHILDREN who are FAT must sit on the GROUND at tight-budgeted
CRAM SCHOOLS.
310) 熟The TALL, FAT CHILD from CRAM SCHOOL takes a hot bath heated by a
CAMP-FIRE, and MELLOWS out.う・れる
311)
亭A TALL CROWN held up by a huge NAIL forms an image of a PAVILION.
312) 京Both the TALL and the SMALL are ruled by pronouncements from the
CAPITAL.
313) 涼WATER is tossed onto the CAPITAL building to REFRESH the moribund
ideas of the politicians inside. A dash of WATER helps make things REFRESHING
in this kanji.すず・しい｜すず・む
314) 景A DAY spent in the nation's CAPITAL reveals some beautiful SCENERY. |
The SUN shines brightly, illuminating the SCENERY of this kanji.
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315) 鯨A FISH as big as the nation's CAPITAL is said to be a WHALE. | Though not
technically correct from a biological classification standpoint, FISH nonetheless
appears in the kanji for WHALE.くじら
316)
舎An UMBRELLA over a LIDDED CROCK forms a makeshift COTTAGE.
317) 周The making of a GLASS HOOD involves placing it over a LIDDED CROCK
to make sure it has exactly the right CIRCUMFERENCE.まわり
318) 週A "LAP", or CIRCUMFERENCE, along the ROAD of life, is organized by a
unit of a WEEK.
319)
士Pictograph of a GENTLEMAN.さむらい
320) 吉A special kind of SAMURAI eschews the sword and, instead opens his
MOUTH wishes GOOD LUCK to one and all. The MOUTH wishing GOOD LUCK
appears in this kanji.よし
321)
壮TURTLE-SAMURAI are ROBUST Warrior Turtles.さか・ん
322) 荘WARRIOR TURTLES wear decorative FLOWERS on their lapels as they
guard a VILLA where political talks are being held. FLOWER lends a sense of a
country atmosphere to VILLA.
323) 売A SAMURAI behind a table SELLS
underneath.う・る｜う・れる
324)
CROWNS as his HUMAN LEGS show
学In a SCHOOLHOUSE, a CHILD STUDIES.まな・ぶ
325) 覚We are advised that in a SCHOOLHOUSE, everything you SEE should be
MEMORIZED.おぼ・える｜さ・める｜さ・まる
326) 栄In the learning environment of a SCHOOLHOUSE, a poor, dying TREE
rescued by students recovers its health and FLOURISHES. | The plant-like nature of
TREE is found here in the kanji for FLOURISH.さか・える｜は・え
327) 書A WRITING BRUSH drawing the kanji for the SUN creates a picture of
WRITING.か・く
328) 津A container of WATER, to a drying WRITING BRUSH, is like a safe
HAVEN. (It’s in the place name Tsuwano 津和野)つ
329) 牧A COW is made by a TASKMASTER to BREED. TASKMASTER lends his
authoritative presence to this kanji. BREED already you COW!まき
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330) 攻A CARPENTERS SQUARE is used by a TASKMASTER on his charges as an
outlet for his AGGRESSION. TASKMASTER lends his authoritative presence to
this kanji.せ・める
331) 敗A SHELL is berated by a TASKMASTER for FAILING to produce a pearl.
TASKMASTER lends his authoritative presence to this kanji.やぶ・れる
332)
枚A TREE is used by a resourceful TASKMASTER as a SHEET of paper.
333) 故In Egypt a TOMBSTONE of an ancient TASKMASTER is discovered by
HAPPENSTANCE.ゆえ
334) 敬FLOWERY PHRASES are used by a servant speaking to a TASKMASTER
who is held in AWE. TASKMASTER lends his authoritative presence to this kanji.
うやま・う
335) 言LINES above a MOUTH will later become letters which show what it
SAYS.い・う｜こと
336)
警AWESOME WORDS ADMONISH.
337) 計Harsh WORDS which sting like a NEEDLE are used to draft an unwilling
accomplice into a PLOT to overthrow the king.はか・らう｜はか・る
338) 獄In an animal version of "Jailhouse Rock", WILD DOGS backup a tenor
CHIHUAHUA as they sing into a MICROPHONE at a PRISON show. Inclusion of
the rambunctious WILD DOG indicates PRISON time is no picnic.
339) 訂WORDS are EXACTLY as you want them in the final REVISION. | Very
often we REVISE WORDS, thus making WORDS a key primitive in this kanji.
340)
討WORDS that CHASTISE stick like GLUE.う・つ
341)
訓WORDS come forth in a STREAM, giving INSTRUCTION (popular).
342) 詔In the same we are interested in a special news bulletin, commoners in the old
days were SEDUCED by the prospect of hearing the WORDS of an IMPERIAL
EDICT.みことのり
343) 詰WORDS are PACKED into an AEROSAL
CAN.つ・まる｜つ・める｜つ・む
344)
話WORDS from an inventive TONGUE tell a tall TALE.はなし｜はな・す
345) 詠WORDS seem to last an ETERNITY to a bored student listening to a
RECITATION.よ・む
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346) 詩Reciting in front of a MICROPHONE in a BUDDHIST TEMPLE is someone
reciting a sacred POEM.
347) 語Seeing a MICROPHONE, I step up and deliver the WORD.かた・らう
｜かた・る
348) 読Convincing WORDS can SELL you on something - if you take the time to
READ them.よ・む
349) 調Just as a guitarist TUNES his guitar, a singer will sing the WORDS of the song
over and over again (kind of a "LAP") to get the proper TUNE.しら・べる
｜ととの・う｜ととの・える
350) 談WORDS have a tendency to become INFLAMED in fiery DISCUSSION. |
WORDS of course figure into the kanji for DISCUSS.
351) 諾WORDS of warning are ignored by the YOUNG as they go and do foolish
things without their parent's CONSENT.
352) 諭While trying to take over the MICROPHONE, a drunk at a MEETING of
BUTCHERS is sharply REBUKED by his colleagues.さと・す
353)
式An ARROW that is well CRAFTED makes an archer very STYLISH.
354) 試At an open MICROPHONE, the STYLE of aspiring performers is put to the
TEST.ため・す｜こころ・みる
355)
弐2 QUIVERS are seen laying together, forming the numeral "II".
356) 域The GROUND most familiar to a COWBOY is that of his home on the
RANGE.
（Cowboy with his mouth to the floor after the fiesta and ground)
357) 賊Taking SHELL-CURRENCY, by using a NEEDLE to threaten those attending
a FIESTA, is a BURGLAR.
358) 栽During THANKSGIVING, one gives thanks for the TREES, assuming one
lives on a PLANTATION.
359) 載A VEHICLE on THANKSGIVING carries an enormous LOAD of food to the
dinner. | The CAR provides a means of transport in this kanji for
LOAD.の・せる｜の・る
360) 茂FLOWERS are snatched up by a PARADE of fed-up gardeners, because they
have OVERGROWN the whole town.しげ・る
361) 成A PARADE of men marching and shaving with razor BLADES, TURNS
INTO a dark alley because the leaders were so busy shaving they lost their way. (Or a
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parade TURNS INTO a dagger-throwing bout with just one extra stroke to the
character.)な・す｜な・る
362) 城Resourceful early architects of Incan times were able to take mere SOIL and
make it TURN INTO a huge CASTLE.しろ
363) 誠At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, the act of standing in front of a
MICROPHONE often TURNS INTO a SINCERE resolution to break an addiction.
まこと
364)
威A MARCH of feminist WOMEN INTIMIDATES male chauvinists.おど・す
365) 滅WATER and FIRE combine in an unstoppable MARCH which DESTROYS
anything in its path.ほろ・びる｜ほろ・ばす
366) 減Dropping out to seek a drink of WATER as their MOUTHS becomes dry, the
number of participants in a MARCH starts to DWINDLE rapidly. | WATER comes
into play here in the sense of a DWINDLING water supply.へ・らす｜へ・る
367) 桟Construction workers wear their kid's swimming pool FLOATS as they work
on a crickety WOODEN SCAFFOLD.
368)
銭METAL which FLOATS through the economy is the simple COIN.ぜに
369) 浅In the WATER of a pool, children have to ride in a FLOAT if they leave the
SHALLOW end.あさ・い
370)
止Moving arm of signpost drops to say STOP.と・まる｜と・める｜や・む
371) 歩STOP your busy life for a FEW seconds, and go out and take a refreshing
WALK.あゆ・む｜ある・く
372) 渉To WALK across the WATER is to FORD it. | Of course WATER will be
found in FORD.
373) 頻If you endure an aggressive salesman's pitch, it may feel as if someone is
WALKING on your HEAD, because he says the same thing,
REPEATEDLY.しき・り
374) 肯A FOOTPRINT on the MOON shows what can be accomplished when people
reach an AGREEMENT to do something.
375) 企The man leading a group of people on the beach cries "STOP, we shall plant the
UMBRELLA here!" And UNDERTAKES to put in the ground.くわだ・てる
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376) 歴A GROVE OF TREES at the top of a CLIFF has a STOP SIGN in front of it to
prevent desperate students from leaping off it once they see their CURRICULUM for
the next semester.
377)
武A QUIVER contains enough arrows to STOP an oncoming WARRIOR.
378) 賦SHELL-CURRENCY must be paid by WARRIORS in a LEVY needed for
better uniforms.
379) 正This pictograph represents a FOOTPRINT "toeing the line" in an example of
CORRECT behaviour (popular).ただ・しい｜ただ・す｜まさ
380) 証WORDS, if spoken by someone who recalls the events CORRECTLY, can be
damning EVIDENCE. | WORDS are often used as EVIDENCE.
381) 政A politically CORRECT TASKMASTER shows you the error of your ways if
you deviate from the proscribed POLITICS. TASKMASTER lends his authoritative
presence to this kanji.まつりごと
382) 定To properly MEND a fix-me-up HOUSE every weekend requires great
DETERMINATION. さだ・める｜さだ・まる
383)
錠DETERMINED METAL is a LOCK!
384) 走SOIL must be MENDED after being RUN over by thousands of runners in a
marathonはし・る
385) 超A method of SEDUCTION which is so effective it actually seems to RUN and
catch the "seducee" TRANSCENDS the run of the mill tactics.こ・える｜こ・す
386) 赴In a marathon, a MAGIC WAND blocks RUNNERS, and raises up to allow
them to PROCEED with caution.おもむ・く
387) 越Participants in a RUNNING PARADE shed a DROP of sweat as they struggle
to SURPASS one another.こ・える｜こ・す
388) 是A DAY is spent MENDING clothes, JUST SO you have something to decent
to wear that night.これ
389) 題The "TOPIC" of the day is kind of like a newspaper headline, which must be
chosen "JUST SO", such that people can nod their HEADS in agreement as the read
the TOPIC.
390) 堤Although it is popularly thought the little Dutch boy saved the DIKE by
placing his thumb in a hole, what he actually did was place a clump of SOIL, JUST
SO, to plug the leak, and then ran for help. SOIL plays a roll in DIKE because that is
what many have been built from.つつみ
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391) 建Due to lack of material, frustrated architects finally throw up their hands, and
use WRITING BRUSHES piled upon one another which STRETCH toward the sky
to BUILD a skyscraper.た・つ｜た・てる
392) 延A DROP of sweat drops from aerobics participants as they STOP and
STRETCH during a PROLONGED workout.の・ばす｜の・びる｜の・べる
393) 誕At a Christmas party, revellers sing into MICROPHONE, and then PROLONG
the fun by not going home, in a celebration of the NATIVITY.
394) 礎Found in a GROVE next to the entrance to your favourite ZOO is the
CORNERSTONE of a building which used to be there. STONE of course is found in
the kanji for CORNERSTONE.いしずえ
395) 婿Next to the WOMAN he is to wed, in a ZOO, because that's where they met
exactly one MONTH ago, stands surprised BRIDEGROOM. WOMAN as usual is
present in a kanji relating to marriage.むこ
396) 衣At the top we see a TOPHAT. At the bottom, folds of a GARMENT, spit into
2 and 2.ころも
397) 裁At the first THANKSGIVING, to ensure they had the very best CLOTHES for
the historic occasion, the pilgrims enlisted the services of an accomplished TAILOR.
CLOTHES of course appear in the kanji for TAILOR.さば・く｜た・つ
398) 装In the spirit of making a fashion symbol from an animal, such as an alligator or
a horse, the newest symbol is the Warrior-turtle line of CLOTHING, the latest in
casual ATTIRE.よそお・う
399) 裏A COMPUTER wearing a TOPHAT & SCARF is an android, as you can see if
you open him from the BACKうら
400) 壊Getting SOIL in his POCKET during a tough race is a DEMOLITION derby
driver. | SOIL is included in this kanji due to the idea of something being
DEMOLISHED right down to the GROUND. （Different to the
book)こわ・す｜こわ・れる
401) 哀A poor little boy from a Dickens story wearing a tattered TOPHAT and
SCARF, his MOUTH open in hunger, presents a PATHETIC sight.あわ・れ｜
あわ・れむ
402) 遠DISTANCE-MARKERS on the ROAD show the DISTANCE travelled.
(Lidded Crock + scarf = mileage marker)とお・い
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403) 猿Wielding a CROCK-POT against WILD DOGS who are attacking his master,
all while wearing a SCARF, is a pet MONKEY. | The middling sized animal WILD
DOG helps here to give shape to a MONKEY. さる
404) 初When a spy dons a CLOAK & DAGGER for the FIRST TIME, he is hooked
for good on the thrill of "the
game".うい｜はつ｜そ・める｜はじ・め｜はじ・めて
405) 布A TOWEL hanging BY ONE'S SIDE as you walk to the shower is referred to
as LINEN.ぬの
406)
帆A TOWEL makes only a MEDIOCRE SAIL.ほ
407) 幅A TOWEL with a WEALTH of information on it is a HANGING SCROLL
recovered from the past. | TOWEL lends it sense of length to this kanji for
HANGING SCROLL.はば
408)
帽A TOWEL used to protect EYES from SUN is a CAP (popular).
409) 幕GRAVEYARD combines with TOWEL to create an image of the final
CURTAIN. | The TOWEL fits nicely in this kanji for CURTAIN.
410) 幌A TOWEL blocking the SUN over a SHAMAN is a CANOPY. | The TOWEL
fittingly plays a role in this kanji for CANOPY.ほろ
411) 錦GOLD and WHITE buttons flashing on a TOWEL create an image of a
BROCADE. METAL provides a hint in this kanji for BROCADEにしき
412) 市All the vendors dress in TOPHATS and wave TOWELS to attract your
attention at the local MARKETいち
413) 姉The WOMAN who sells things at the MARKET is your ELDER SISTER.
あね
414) 肺A type of MEAT being sold in a the MARKET are the LUNGS of some
animal.
415) 帯BELT BUCKLES combines with APRON to create an image of
SASH.おび｜お・びる
416) 滞For some reason a SASH has been left in the WATER of a STAGNATING
puddle. | WATER sitting too long in one place starts to STAGNATE.とどこお・る
417) 刺Attached to a TREE with a BELT is a SABRE, representing a THORN. | The
pointed SABRE provides a hint in this kanji for THORN.さ・さる｜さ・す
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418) 制COWS put on BELTS to carry SABRES as they undertake a revolt against the
cruel SYSTEM of slaughter
419) 製The SYSTEM for marketing CLOTHES to the very rich insists that they be
MADE IN the best fashion houses.
420) 転VEHICLES are lifted up to a RISING CLOUD by a tornado as they
REVOLVE madly in mid-air. | The wheels of a CAR provide hints to the meaning of
the kanji REVOLVE.ころ・がす｜ころ・がる｜ころ・げる｜ころ・ぶ
421) 芸Throwing FLOWERS into a RISING CLOUD is a new TECHNIQUE for
forecasting the weather
422) 雨The CEILING of the sky makes you grab a TOWEL due to getting drenched
by the (four) DROPS of RAINあめ｜あま
423) 雲RAIN combines with RISING CLOUD to create the full image for CLOUD.
くも
424) 曇In an elegantly simple kanji, blocking out the SUN is the CLOUD of
CLOUDY WEATHER.くも・る
425)
雷RAIN over a RICE-FIELD indicates THUNDER.かみなり
426) 霜FROSTY, the snowman, plays the role of a bad guy as he takes a form which is
"INTER-" rain and snow, i.e., FROST, and spoils some crops.しも
427)
冬WALKING LEGS slipping on the ICE are a sure sign of WINTER.ふゆ
428) 天A holy ST. BERNARD DOG tries to jump through the CEILING straight up
into HEAVEN.あま｜あめ
429) 橋TREES are used by guardian ANGELS to quickly form a BRIDGE for their
unknowing charges.はし
430) 嬌A WOMAN who is "pretty as an ANGEL" is very ATTRACTIVE. | WOMAN
lends her graceful presence to the kanji for ATTRACTIVE.
431)
立Pictograph of a vase STANDING UP.た・つ｜た・てる
432)
泣Needing WATER for its plants, a VASE starts CRYING.な・く
433)
章The first one two put the SUNFLOWER in the VASE wins a BADGE.
434) 競Two TEENAGERS balancing VASES on their heads bump chests as they each
VIE to knock the vase off the other's head in a teen competition.きそ・う｜せ・る
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435) 帝STANDING with CROWN askew, a bath TOWEL around his waist, is the
great SOVEREIGN, called from his bath for an emergency.
436) 童STANDING on top of a COMPUTER is the JUVENILE delinquent/computer
hacker of your neighbourhood, as usual performing some kind of antic to draw
attention.わらべ
437) 瞳The EYE of a JUVENILE contains a PUPIL. | EYE fittingly appears in the
kanji for PUPIL.ひとみ
438) 鐘Made from METAL, with the crack put in it when a JUVENILE delinquent
tried to steal it, is the Liberty BELL.かね
439) 商In this Las Vegas-like image, a VASE/pot of gold sits atop a CANOPY/tent,
inside which HUMAN LEGS dance atop a square MOUTH-like table, all of which
urge you to go ahead in and see if you can MAKE A DEAL - with a blackjack dealer.
あきな・う
440) 嫡In a wry commentary, it's stated that the WOMAN in your life who is an
ANTIQUE is your LEGITIMATE WIFE.
441) 適ANTIQUES being sold by the ROAD-side is considered SUITABLE by the
town officials only if the seller is wearing a three-piece suit.
442) 滴WATER from an ANTIQUE faucet DRIPS all night long.しず・く｜
したた・る
443) 敵As a weapon of last resort, ANTIQUES are taken by a loyal TASKMASTER
and thrown at the oncoming ENEMY. | TASKMASTER lends his authoritative
presence to this kanji.かたき
444) ヒ SPOON differs from SEVEN in that the first stroke does not cut across the
second.さじ
445) 北Two people sitting on the ground, back to back, huddle against the NORTH
wind (popular).きた
446) 背NORTH and PART OF THE BODY here combine to create the kanji for
STATUREせ｜せい｜そむ・く｜そむ・ける
447) 比In a marketing test, a sample is put on each of TWO SPOONS in an attempt to
COMPARE the taste of competing products.くら・べる
448) 昆After our DAYS are over, our living conditions will be undoubtedly be
COMPARED to their own by our DESCENDANTS. | The temporal DAY somehow
lends a connotation to this kanji for DESCENDANTS.
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449) 皆COMPARE the WHITENESS of clothes to make sure they ALL have properly
cleaned.みな
450) 混The word MIX conjures up the image of a SPOON rapidly gyrating in a
LIQUID. Now put it outside under the SUN and double up the SPOONS to
accommodate the increased size, and you have the world's largest MIX. | WATER is
useful when you need to MIX things.ま・ざる｜ま・じる
451) 渇WATER after a SIESTA slakes a THIRST. | WATER will of course be found
in the kanji for THIRST.かわ・く
452) 謁The speaker turns up the MICROPHONE when he notices that a SIESTA is
being taken by the entire AUDIENCE. | WORDS are often spoken to an
AUDIENCE.
453) 褐The CLOAK worn during a SIESTA is BROWN.
454)
喝A MOUTH after a SIESTA is HOARSE.
455) 旨A SPOON lowers food into a MOUTH WITH WAGGING TONGUE because
it's so DELICIOUS.むね
456) 脂FLESH grows FAT if you eat all the delicious FOOD. | Ample FLESH plays a
key role in the kanji for FAT.あぶら
457) 壱The SAMURAI selling CROWNS here is allowed to be SEATED because he
has just become the number 1 salesman. (Roman Numeral I)
458) 毎EVERY PERSON has a MOTHER. (Popular; RECLINE here is used as a
variation of PERSON).ごと
459) 敏EVERY TASKMASTER must be CLEVER as a fox. | TASKMASTER lends
his authoritative presence to this kanji.
460)
梅A TREE pops out of EVERY PLUM you try to eat.うめ
461)
海EVERY drop of WATER leads to the SEA.うみ
462) 乞A beggar RECLINES pitiably on the ground, reaching out his HOOK,
BEGGING for a few pennies.こ・う
463) 乾A MIST is BEGGED for by those suffering under a
DROUGHT.かわ・かす｜かわ・く
464)
腹FLESH of the ABDOMEN DOUBLES BACK during sit-ups.はら
465) 複A magician lays a CLOAK over something, then DOUBLES it BACK,
revealing a set of exact DUPLICATES.
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466) 欠RECLINE with a HOOK combines with PERSON to demonstrate a LACK of
sleep. (Yawn as a primitive)か・く｜か・ける
467)
吹A MOUTH YAWNS, first taking in and then BLOWING out some air.ふ・く
468)
炊A cook COOKS by means of YAWNING FIRE.た・く
469) 歌Uninspired rendition of the CAN-CAN evokes a YAWN from the audience, so
the dancers break out in SONG to try to save the day.うた｜うた・う
470) 軟If a CAR LACKS airbags, a crash will be far from SOFT.やわ・らか｜
やわ・らかい
471) 次If ICE is LACKING, people will go to the party NEXT door.つぎ｜つ・ぐ
472) 茨A beautiful FLOWER stands NEXT to a prickly BRIAR patch. | FLOWER
gives an idea of the plant-like nature of BRIAR.いばら
473) 資On a kanji balance sheet, we find that the SECOND column shows the SHELLCURRENCY which represent a company's ASSETS.
474) 姿It's projected here that the SECOND WOMAN in a man's life probably has a
nice FIGURE. | WOMAN lends her graceful shape to the kanji for FIGURE.すがた
475) 諮The NEXT completes the picture of WORDS from the NEXT MOUTH to
define CONSULT WITH. | WORDS and MOUTH both fit nicely in this kanji for
CONSULT.はか・る
476) 賠SHELL-CURRENCY is offered in return for keeping a MUZZLE on what he
knows, as COMPENSATION to a potential witness.
477) 培SOIL, by a farmer using a MUZZLE as a makeshift plow, is CULTIVATED. |
SOIL set the scene in the kanji for CULTIVATE.つちか・う
478) 剖SABRE is used to DIVIDE in this kanji. Add to this the MUZZLE placed on a
poor student who must wear it until he figures out how to do long DIVISION.
479)
音STAND on SUN - and make loud SOUND!おと｜ね
480) 暗The SUN is extinguished with a sudden, great SOUND, then DARKNESS.
くら・い
481)
韻A SOUND store EMPLOYEE speaks in RHYMES.
482) 識If instead of speaking normal WORDS, someone blows constantly on a
KAZOO, he may soon be DISCRIMINATED against.
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483) 鏡The full kanji for MIRROR incorporates the polished METAL which could
have made the first MIRROR.かがみ
484) 境Thrusting from the SOIL at various intervals along a BOUNDARY are
MIRRORS to scare away intruders who suddenly see themselves reflected.さかい
485) 亡A TOPHAT and a HOOK combine to create an image for DECEASED.
な・い｜な・くなる
486)
盲The EYE which has PERISHED is BLIND.めくら
487) 妄Wandering madly about an institute for the insane, having seen all her loved
ones PERISH, is a WOMAN who suffers from DELUSIONS that they may be still
alive.みだ・り
488) 荒FLOWERS PERISH in a FLOOD which LAYS WASTE to everything it
touches. あら・い｜あら・す｜あ・れる｜
489) 望PERISHING FLESH is the usual result of a warlike KING'S AMBITIONS.
のぞ・む
490) 方A TOP HAT is BOUND UP to a stick, and used to find the DIRECTION of
the wind.かた
491) 妨A WOMAN at whom all the COMPASSES in the world for some reason point
at hangs out a "do not DISTURB" sign.さまた・げる
492) 坊Covered with SOIL after exploring all day in the woods with his new
COMPASS is a little BOY. | DIRT somehow seems appropriate in the kanji for BOY.
493) 芳A FLOWER which has a COMPASS on top smells like PERFUME.
かんば・しい
494) 肪Pointing to the nearest store where MEAT is sold is a specially-made
COMPASS is carried by someone who is grossly OBESE.
495) 訪With hastily scribbled WORDS and a COMPASS, a young diplomat sets out to
CALL ON an important dignitary. | WORDS provide the flavour primitive in the
kanji for CALL ON.おとず・れる｜たず・ねる
496) 放A COMPASS held by a TASKMASTER is used to find a slave accidentally
SET FREE. | TASKMASTER lends his authoritative presence to this
kanjiはな・す｜はな・つ｜はな・れる
497) 激The WHITE WATER of nature's forces SET FREE in paint a picture of the
enormous VIOLENCE of an ocean storm. | TASKMASTER lends his authoritative
presence to this kanji.はげ・しい
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498) 脱FLESH by the DEVIL is UNDRESSED. | Bared FLESH is plays a key role in
this kanji for UNDRESS. ぬ・く
499)
説Mischievous WORDS of the DEVIL spread untrue RUMORS.と・く
500) 鋭A piece of METAL held by the DEVIL is probably a very POINTED
pitchfork! | METAL provides its harsh feel to the kanji for POINTED.するど・い
501) 曽In a scene from a horror movie, HORNS sprout from BRAINS and a
TONGUE wildly WAGS IN MOUTH as a victim who was FORMERLY one of the
good guys has his body taken over by an alien.かつ・て
502) 増The full kanji for INCREASE notes that SOIL INCREASES rapidly if not
swept out on a regular basis. | SOIL wryly plays a role in this kanji for something
which rapidly INCREASESま・す｜ふ・やす｜ふ・える
503) 贈The amount of SHELL-CURRENCY received by a youngster on his birthday
INCREASES with each cash PRESENT.おく・る
504)
東The SUN rises from behind a TREE from the EAST (popular). ひがし
505) 棟We find that only WOOD from the EAST is acceptable for making
RIDGEPOLES.むね
506) 凍Food from over the world is stored in ICE and shipped to the EAST - freshFROZEN.こお・る｜こご・える
507) 妊A WOMAN is truly a PORTER for a young life during PREGNANCY.
はら・む
508) 廷The PORTERS of justice STRETCH the truth in the COURTS as they ply their
trade.
509) 染A LIQUID which splatters from BASEBALLS falling from TREES onto
people's heads is a new method used to DYE hair.し・み｜し・みる｜そ・まる｜
そ・める
510) 燃A FIERY "SORT OF THING" can give you a serious
BURN.も・える｜も・す｜も・やす
511) 賓Staying on as a guest in your HOUSE, someone who looks at the CEILING and
only has a FEW SHELLS-MONEY when it comes time to pay the restaurant bill, is a
prominent V.I.P. | A visiting V.I.P. always stays in someone's HOUSE.
512) 歳At YEAR-END there are usually many PARADES. Imagine the biggest
PARADE of all coming to a sudden STOP because of ONE SMALL mouse preventing the completion of the YEAR-END festivities.
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513) 県The EYE and HOOK from "straightaway" here combine with SMALL to create
EYE-HOOK LOCKS which band together all the PREFECTURES on a threedimensional Japanese map.
514) 栃From a TREE on a CLIFF fall 10,000 HORSE-CHESTNUTS onto a poor
village far below. | TREE fittingly plays a role in the kanji for HORSE
CHESTNUT.とち
515)
地Underneath the GROUND live worms, SCORPIONS, and other nasty insects.
516)
池Step into the WATER of a POND, get stung by a SCORPION.いけ
517) 虫MOUTH - with a 3-stroke variation of ELBOW going through it creates an
image of a weird kanji-INSECT.むし
518) 蛍A SCHOOLHOUSE full of INSECTS are LIGHTNING-BUGS learning how
to light.ほたる
519) 蛇A beleaguered housewife fights off an invasion of INSECTS into her HOUSE
with a SPOON, little realizing that the leader is a dastardly SNAKE. | The full kanji
for SNAKE unfortunately has absolutely no relation to the familiar primitive of the
same name. へび
520) 虹The creators of kanji speculate on the origin of RAINBOWS in this character
which concludes that INSECTS CRAFTED RAINBOWS.にじ
521) 蝶This one is easy! The INSECT that looks like a flitting LEAF falling from a
TREE is the BUTTERFLY. | INSECT fittingly is found in this kanji.
522) 独WILD DOGS try to mate with INSECTS because they have been SINGLE for
too long!ひと・り
523)
蚕The INSECT who descends from the HEAVENS is the SILKWORM.かいこ
524) 風In this full kanji for WIND, we see bands of GNATS are blown about in the
WIND.かぜ｜かざ
525)
己SELF (Pictograph for SNAKE)おのれ
526) 起Don't RUN on a SNAKE - you'll ROUSE it.お・きる｜お・こる｜
お・こす
527) 妃In a science fiction tale, everyone watches in horror as transformed before their
eyes from a WOMAN into a SNAKE, is the QUEEN of the world.
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528) 改The SNAKE representing the evil inside is tamed by the TASKMASTER in a
REFORM school for problem kids. | TASKMASTER lends an authoritative presence
to this kanji.あらた・める｜あらた・まる
529) 記WORD-SNAKE would be how a "misquoted" athlete would characterize the
SCRIBE for a local newspaper.しる・す
530) 包A SNAKE which BINDS UP it victims by WRAPPING them up is a Boa
Constrictor.つつ・む
531)
胞The PART OF THE BODY which is WRAPPED is said to be PLACENTA.
532) 砲A ROCK cannonball is "WRAPPED" by the nozzle of a CANNON as it is
loaded. | ROCK somehow seems to fit into the kanji for CANNON.
533) 泡WATER which is WRAPPED is a BUBBLE. | WATER fittingly finds its way
into the kanji for BUBBLES.あわ
534) 亀 BOUND UP – TWO SUNS - with a LONG TAIL running through it.
Pictograph of a TORTOISE - with an eel riding on it's back! Note: Be careful not to
confuse this with "PORTENT", with its primitive of "TORTOISE SHELL".
*Primitive = tortoise or eel for bottom half.かめ
535)
電In the RAIN, bright EEL-like bolts of ELECTRIC lightning are emitted.
536) 竜A long EEL decorated with colourful VASES attached creates a picture of a
Chinese-New Year's DRAGON.たつ
537) 滝Its flexible shape flowing like WATER, a CHINESE NEW YEAR'S DRAGON
washes over a WATERFALL. | Of course, WATER appears in the kanji for
WATERFALL.たき
538)
豚The MEAT from a SOW is PORK.ぶた
539) 逐In a game know as "PURSUE the Pig", a SOW running madly about on the
ROAD is PURSUED by the competitors.お・う
540) 遂The perfect crime is CONSUMMATED by a BOAR now slipping away down
the ROAD.と・げる
541) 家Imagine living in a time where it normal to have a SOW living in your
HOUSE!いえ
542) 嫁WOMAN MARRIES INTO the HOUSE of another family. | WOMAN as
usual plays a role in a kanji involving marriage. The HOUSE provides a location for
the INTO portion of MARRY INTO.よめ｜とつ・ぐ
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543) 豪A TALL, CROWNED SOW OVERPOWERS his opponents on "Pig Pro
Wrestling" with his OVERPOWERING stench!
544)
腸MEAT stored in a PIGGY BANK is a long INTESTINE.はらわた
545) 場As we know, "LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION" is the determining
factor in valuing property. How much your patch of SOIL will put into your PIGGY
BANK is determined by its LOCATION.ば
546) 湯In a cold world, the kind of WATER precious enough to be stored in a PIGGY
BANK is HOT WATER. | WATER of course appears as an element in HOT
WATER.ゆ
547) 羊Pictograph of the HORNS and four legs of a SHEEP. Note: the tail is not
displayed when SHEEP appears as a primitive above another element.ひつじ
548) 美A flock of SHEEP are watched over by a dedicated ST. BERNARD DOG, in a
scene of pastoral BEAUTY. Or BEAUTIFUL BIG SHEEP.うつく・しい
549) 洋Abundant SHEEP are found in the WATER of the OCEAN. Or try to envisage
a kind of mythical “WATER SHEEP” zodiac sign Capricorn in the OCEAN.
550) 詳Abundant WORDS of a SHEEP are DETAILED. | SHEEP brings a certain
sense of abundance to this kanji.くわ・しい
551)
鮮Monster FISH eat FRESH SHEEP.あざ・やか
552) 達DIRT-covered SHEEP cross a fearfully cross a ROAD, and achieve a sense of
ACCOMPLISHMENT.たち
553) 羨A LACK of WATER for his SHEEP makes a farmer ENVIOUS of the
neighbour who has it. | SHEEP lends a certain sense of goodness or abundance to this
kanji, in a sense of the LACK thereof.うらや・ましい
554) 差WOOL which is well-CRAFTED earns an award of great
DISTINCTION.さ・す
555) 着A sheep's dense WOOL, so long it currently covers its EYES, will soon be
shorn and later DONNED as a sweater.つ・く｜つ・ける｜き・る｜き・せる
556) 唯The MOUTH on a TURKEY represents the world's only TURKEY SOLOIST
ever, singing at Carnegie Hall. | If you look at this kanji as SOLOIST, then MOUTH
makes sense for this kanji.ただ
557) 焦A TURKEY left too long on the CAMP-FIRE is burnt to a
CHAR.あせ・る｜こ・がす｜こ・がれる｜こ・げる
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558) 礁Through a field of ROCKS runs a TURKEY fleeing a CAMP-FIRE, finally
finding refuge in a coral REEF. Or a REEF made of ROCK and CHAR.
559) 集TURKEYS find that the top of a TREE is a popular place to GATHER.
つど・う｜あつ・まる｜あつ・める
560)
准A frozen TURKEY packed in ICE makes it only QUASI-fresh.
561) 進Those TURKEYS coming down the ROAD toward you are the ADVANCE of
a conquering army of TURKEYS.すす・む｜すす・める
562) 雑NINE TURKEYS use WOODEN bats while playing with
MISCELLANEOUS team-mates in a game of pickup baseball.
563) 雌SNOWSHOES are put on TURKEYS who are FEMININE by breeders so the
males can catch them during mating season.め｜めす
564) 準In the WATER of an Olympic-sized pool, TURKEYS float on their back, TEN
of them, wheezing heavily, only SEMI-conscious, having just swum in the SEMIfinals.
565) 奮A BANK ROBBER who uses his BRAIN creates a diversion to get things all
STIRRED UP. （BANK ROBBER = ST BERNARDS DOG and TURKEY,
imagine a robber with two animal masks).ふる・う
566)
奪A BANK ROBBER uses GLUE guns to ROB a bank.うば・う
567) 確A TURKEY HOUSE made from ROCK has the ASSURANCE of never falling
down. | The ROCK contributes to the solid feel of the character for
ASSURANCE.たし・か｜たし・かめる
568) 午A lazy horse with a high pain threshold RECLINES in a bed of NEEDLES until
NOON.うま
569) 許WORDS together with HORSE give us the image of a talking HORSE. But a
talking horse has to grant us PERMISSION before we can ride him!ゆる・す
570)
歓A PEGASUS YAWNS in afternoon DELIGHT.よろこ・ぶ
571) 権The TREE represents the stick wielded by the PEGASUS as he shows off his
new-found AUTHORITY. | "Walk softly and carry a big STICK" is the key to
obtaining some AUTHORITY.
572) 観A PEGASUS is sent up to SEE what the oncoming weather looks like, and
upon his return he indicates the OUTLOOK is good.
573)
羽 Pictograph of FEATHERS. *Primitive = wingsはね｜は
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574) 習WINGS coloured WHITE visually describe the soaring process of
LEARNING.なら・う
575) 翌Two FEATHERS are shown, one FOLLOWING the other, directly into a
VASE
576) 曜Just as each morning a rooster crows, each day a PEACOCK massively preens,
indicating a new WEEKDAY. (Feathers + turkey = peacock)
577)
濯A WATER-soaked PEACOCK get pulled from the LAUNDRY.
578)
曰ONE who is PENT IN SAYETH "Get me out of here!"いわ・く
579) 困A PENT-IN TREE is in a QUANDARY because it has no place to grow.
こま・る
580) 固Someone PENT-IN and OLD is a HARDENED criminal.かた・い｜
かた・まる｜かた・める
581) 国A JEWEL PENT-IN describes the crown jewels which represent a
COUNTRY.くに
582) 団The sense of feeling PENT-IN, and GLUED to a certain accepted behaviour,
can be one of the issues that comes with belonging to a social GROUP.
583)
因This PENT-IN ST. BERNARD DOG has one CAUSE - to get out!よ・る
584) 姻This kanji suggests that a WOMAN's CAUSE is MATRIMONY. | WOMAN
as usual plays a role in a kanji involving marriage.
585) 園DISTANCE-MARKERS within an enclosed PENT-UP are kanji shorthand for
a PARK.その
586) 回A SQUARE in a SQUARE revolves a hundred TIMES per minute (rather
clunkingly, perhaps).まわ・す｜まわ・る
587) 壇A PODIUM is represented by a TOPHAT sticking out of the GROUND.
Countless TIMES per day, beginning at NIGHTBREAK, people step up to this
PODIUM to speak their piece.
588) 店FORTUNE-TELLER plays her trade from a CAVE, thus starting the world's
first STORE.みせ
589) 庫CARS in a CAVE make a garage-like WAREHOUSE. Note: You may have
trouble distinguishing this from STOREHOUSE. Just picture werewolves in your
garage, and you won't have any more trouble.
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590) 庭When a defendant is executed it is usually in the COURTYARD. Here we see
that the CAVE surrounding the COURT is used to hold captive the unfortunate
subject of this tragic event.にわ
591) 庁A CAVE from which regulations governing the size of NAILS is issued is the
first GOVERNMENT OFFICE.
592)
床A TREE in a CAVE functions as a pre-historic BED.ゆか｜とこ
593) 麻Hidden away inside a CAVE, out of the view of pre-historic law-enforcement
authorities, a GROVE of "HEMP" is grown.あさ
594) 磨HEMP, on a ROCK, is GROUND into a smooth blend.(GRIND)みが・く
595) 心Pictograph of a HEART. *At the left, in a three stroke only form, this is a
STATE OF MIND. **At the bottom, in a squashed form, this becomes a
VALENTINE.こころ
596) 忘A forlorn lover PERISHES from a HEART attack when he concludes that "she
loves me not" after picking the petals off a "FORGET- me not". | A PERISHING
HEART says FORGET me not!"わす・れる
597) 忍A KNIFE thrust into the HEART is ENDURED by the victim. | The emotional
HEART plays a role in the kanji for ENDURE.しの・ばせる｜しの・ぶ
598) 認WORDS from one who can no longer ENDURE a problem, publicly
ACKNOWLEDGE it.みと・める
599) 忌It seems like a SNAKE has bitten the HEART of someone in
MOURNING.い・まわしい｜い・む
600) 志A SAMURAI's HEART contains good INTENTIONS.こころざ・し｜
こころざ・す
601) 誌WORDS loosely spoken can reveal good INTENTIONS - but the best way to
ensure follow-through is to DOCUMENT them. | WORDS give a key hint in the
kanji for DOCUMENT.
602) 忠Achiko, the famous dog, kept his master's memory in the MIDDLE of his
HEART, an example of profound LOYALTY.
603)
串Pictograph of two morsels of food on a skewer. SHISH-KEBABくし
604) 患AFFLICTED with the thirst for blood, a vampire is killed with a SHISHKABAB to the HEART, thus ending his AFFLICTION once and for all.わずら・う
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605) 思The rational BRAIN combines with the emotional HEART to describe key
elements of the THINKING process.おも・う
606) 恩The CAUSE of one's HEART, according to Hemingway, should be GRACE. |
As GRACE flows from the HEART, it is included in this kanji.
607) 応Someone falls into a CAVE and gets a HEART-attack, and you are the first one
to arrive and APPLY first aid. After which you APPLY to medical school.
608)
意A SOUND from the HEART is your IDEA.
609)
想INTER-relating HEARTS is a laudable CONCEPT.
610) 息In the movie BREATHLESS, heartthrob Richard Gere gets punched in the
NOSE, but wins the HEART of the starlet, who is BREATHLESS at all the
action.いき
611) 憩Sticking out their TONGUE and wiping their NOSES, as their HEARTS beat
from the exercise, are kids at RECESS.いこ・い｜いこ・う
612) 恵A knight, whose lance is represented by the NEEDLE, as he ventures onto the
FIELD of combat, has won the HEART of the Princess, and thus she bestows upon
him her FAVOUR.めぐ・む
613) 恐The HEART which is CRAFTED from MEDIOCRE materials succumbs easily
to FEAR.おそ・れる｜おそ・ろしい
614) 惑A COWBOY's HEART is lost as he is BEGUILED by a beautiful woman.
まど・う
615) 感The MARCH and singing MOUTHs of the participants raise strong
EMOTIONS.
616) 憂Drawing upon religious imagery, here a HEAD, a CROWN of thorns, and a
heavy HEART and WALKING LEGS create MELANCHOLY image.う・い｜
うれ・い｜うれ・える
617) 寡Struggling as the HEAD of the HOUSE since her husband has been killed with
a DAGGER, is a poor young WIDOW, still dressed in black. | Managing the HOUSE
is an issue in the kanji for WIDOW.
618) 忙A MOOD RING/STATE OF MIND PERISHES from lack of attention due to
the fact that its wearer is to BUSY to pay attention to it.いそが・しい
619) 悦The STATE OF MIND brought on by the DEVIL is ECSTASY - at least, that's
what he would have you believe.
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620) 恒A STATE OF MIND which SPANS a period of time is known as
CONSTANCY.つね
621)
悼A STATE OF MIND that's EMINENT is one of great LAMENT.いた・む
622) 悟Five-mouthed "I" wears MOOD RINGS to achieve ENLIGHTENMENT.
さと・る
623) 怖An snobby woman wearing an angrily flashing MOOD RING, seeing that her
LINEN is not perfectly folded, calls and complains about the DREADFUL state of
affairs.こわ・い
624) 慌A concert is cancelled due a flood which LAID WASTE to the concert hall,
leaving everyone in a STATE-OF-MIND which can only be described as DISCONCERTED.あわただ・しい｜あわ・てる
625) 悔MOOD RINGS are handed out at old fashioned revival meeting to EVERY one
who REPENTS.く・いる｜くや・しい｜く・やむ
626) 憎A STATE OF MIND which INCREASES too rapidly is HATE, as reflected by
the glowing red MOOD RING.にく・い｜にく・しみ｜にく・む｜にく・らしい
627) 慣When someone PIERCES your STATE-OF-MIND, you have become
ACCUSTOMED to her smile.な・らす｜な・れる
628) 愉In a wry commentary, this kanji posits that the STATE OF MIND of
BUTCHERS in a MEETING happily discussing their trade is PLEASURE.
629) 惰"SLOTH" is one of the seven deadly sins, according to Catholic doctrine. This
STATE OF MIND is brought on by SINISTER (LEFT) influences and reveals a
weakness of the FLESH; i.e. LAZINESS.
630) 慎The STATE OF MIND which is TRUTHFUL with itself gives one a feeling of
HUMILITY.つつし・む
631) 憾The loss of a MOOD-RING to which one is EMOTIONALLY attached gives a
feeling of REMORSE.うら・み｜うら・む
632) 憶An evasive politician wearing a MOOD-RING states before a sub-committee "I
had no IDEA what was going on - to the best of my RECOLLECTION".
633) 慕Found in a GRAVEYARD is a VALENTINE left by a grieving ex-lover
PINING for the one who has passed on.した・う
634) 添By mixing VALENTINES with the WATER from the HEAVENS (i.e., Rain) a
neighbouring country is lovingly ANNEXED.そ・う｜そ・える
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635) 必The HEART DIVIDED between two lovers INVARIABLY is broken.
かなら・ず
636) 泌In a wry commentary, this kanji states that in modern horror movies,
INVARIABLY, too much liquid/WATER like substance in the form of OOZE will
appear. | WATER is included in this kanji to represent the liquid nature of OOZE
637)
手- Pictograph of a six-fingered HAND.て
638)
看A HAND covers an EYE as its owner WATCHES OVER a landscape.
639) 摩A HEMP rope running through a HAND CHAFES it raw.す・る
640) 我HANDS grab for a PINATA as those with the biggest EGO try to be the first to
bring it downわれ｜わ
641)
義A SHEEP with an EGO has a strong sense of RIGHTEOUSNESS.
642) 議WORDS proclaiming the RIGHTEOUSNESS of each side's motives are
exchanged during DELIBERATIONS. | WORDS provide a key hint in this kanji for
DELIBERATION.
643) 犠COW and RIGHTEOUSNESS combine to create a picture of a SACRIFICE to
the gods.
644) 抹FINGERS and EXTREMITY combine to create a picture of someone
RUBBING his fingers and toes (i.e., EXTREMITIES) to warm them up.
645) 抱FINGERS like a SNAKE WRAP around you in a deadly EMBRACE.
かか・える｜だ・く｜いだ・く
646) 搭As they stand upon the BOARD of the gangplank, parting lover's FINGERS
FIT together in a final grasp as FLOWERS rain upon them from above; suddenly, the
captains voice cries out "all ABOARD!"
647)
抄FINGERS EXTRACT a FEW teeth.
648) 抗A martial artist's FINGERS flash back and forth like a WHIRLWIND as he
CONFRONTS his adversaries.
649) 批In an advertisement, FINGERS of housewives are COMPARED to one another,
and the housewife with the "dishpan hands" is roundly CRITICIZED for not using
the brand being promoted.
650)
招A FINGER SEDUCTIVELY BECKONS.まね・く
651)
拓FINGERS brush aside ROCKS to CLEAR THE LAND.
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652)
拍FINGERS turn WHITE when you CLAP.
653) 打STRIKING manicurists STRIKE with their FINGERNAILS at those who cross
picket lines to get their FINGERNAILS done, before the clock STRIKES
noon.う・つ
654) 拘A policeman's FINGERS point to the words of a PHRASE during an ARREST
as he reads the rights to the "ARRESTee".かか・わる
655) 捨At a COTTAGE, you play a lot of cards, so your fingers are usually used to
DISCARD cards. | Just as FINGERS are used to take up an object, they are also used
to DISCARD it.す・てる
656) 拐FINGERS cover a MOUTH, and a DAGGER is wielded in a daring KIDNAP. |
Grasping FINGERS are included in KIDNAP.
657) 摘Add to this an ANTIQUE, and you have picture of FINGERS as they PINCH
an ANTIQUE in a daring robbery. | FINGERS do the PINCHING in this
kanji.つ・む
658) 挑A FINGER tosses a TORTOISE SHELL at your feet, a real kanji
CHALLENGE.いど・む
659) 指In this full kanji for FINGER, we find that the FINGER is pointing to a
DELICIOUS treat behind a bakery counter.ゆび｜さ・す
660) 持FINGERS HOLD onto BUDDHIST TEMPLE, in a modern metaphor for a
struggling soul trying to HOLD on to his religious beliefs.も・つ
661) 括FINGERS pull up the TONGUE of a boot, then FASTEN the claps over it.
くく・る
662) 揮FINGERS of a gladiator in CHARIOT BRANDISH the head of a vanquished
opponent to a frenzied crowd. | Something must be held in your FINGERS in order to
BRANDISH it.
663) 推The origins of a TURKEY who has FINGERS instead of wings is the subject of
much CONJECTURE.お・す
664) 揚FINGERS of many workers guide a huge PIGGY BANK as is being
HOISTED into the air (as a promotion for a bank, no doubt, which would like to
have "piggy" fingers in your pocket to hoist your money). | FINGERS are needed in
order to HOIST something.あ・げる｜あ・がる
665) 提A suitor has his FINGERS eloquently displaying his emotion, JUST SO, and
thusly unveils his PROPOSAL of marriage.さ・げる
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666) 損A breakable item slips through the FINGERS of an clumsy EMPLOYEE, and is
badly DAMAGED. | FINGERS are used to DAMAGE something.そこ・なう｜
そこ・ねる
667) 拾FINGERS FIT together to PICK-UP a coach and hold him up high in a victory
march.ひろ・う
668) 担At each NIGHTBREAK, the FINGERS of Atlas pick up the world and place it
on his weary SHOULDERS. | FINGERS hold stuff, so they set the tone for the kanji
for SHOULDERING.にな・う｜かつ・ぐ
669) 拠FINGERS grab onto a garbage DISPOSAL which happens to be stuck in the
mountainside, which thus becomes a FOOTHOLD. | FINGERS lend a sense of
grasping and holding to FOOTHOLD.よ・る
670) 描FINGERS are used to SKETCH FLOWERS growing in a RICE FIELD. |
FINGERS are needed to SKETCH something.えが・く
671) 操FINGERS of a thief MENEUVER to steal the goods from a NEST. | FINGERS
don't just walk, they MANEUVER in this kanjiみさお｜あやつ・る
672) 接In a modelling school contest, if the VASE being balanced on a WOMAN'S
head is in any way TOUCHED by her FINGERS, then she is disqualified.つ・ぐ
673) 掲Political activists run all over town, using FINGERS to push SIESTA takers out
of the way, so they can PUT UP NOTICES everywhere.かか・げる
674) 掛Desperate FINGERS pull at a HANGMAN'S noose made from IVY, but a fairy
waves a MAGIC WAND to save the HANGING person. | FINGERS are the agent of
action in HANG.か・ける｜か・かり｜か・かる
675)
研A STONE, by TWO HANDS, is POLISHED.と・ぐ
676) 戒Returning from a mountain with God's word carried in his bony, gnarled TWO
HANDS, Moses finds the people engaged in a FIESTA, and enraged, breaks the ten
COMMANDMENTS.いま・しめる
677) 械A TREE about to be chopped down by a buzz saw makes a
COMMANDMENT: Thou shalt not use that CONTRAPTION on me!" | TREE lends
a kind of structural presence in this kanji.
678) 鼻This kanji from which the primitive NOSE is derived says that between your
BRAIN and TWO HANDS is a NOSE (the NOSE being nonetheless perched at the
top).はな
679) 刑TWO HANDS are cut off with a SABRE as an extreme form of
PUNISHMENT. | The cutting SABRE lends it presence to the kanji for PUNISH.
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680) 型By employing a method of reward & PUNISHMENT, behaviour is
MOLDED.かた
681) 才- Finger with the third stroke reversed creates an unconventional
GENIUS*primitive = genius**see the next two frames for variants.
682) 財SHELL-CURRENCY earned by EINSTEIN is invested in very terrestrial
PROPERTY.
683) 材TREES are cut down by EINSTEIN dressed in a LUMBERJACK'S shirt, in
what could have been an avocation.
684) 存A GENIE IN A BOTTLE discovered by a CHILD leads him to SUPPOSE
what he would do with his three wishes.
685) 在A GENIE IN A BOTTLE living underneath the SOIL leads a boring
EXISTENCE.あ・る
686) 乃A 2-stroked kanji is made FROM a FIST. Note the two knuckles formed by
the corners of the second stroke. *Primitive = fist. の
687) 携FINGERED-TURKEY working as a door-to-door salesman carries
PORTABLE vacuum cleaners in its FIST. | FINGERS can easily lift something if it's
PORTABLE.たずさ・える｜たずさ・わる
688) 及A FIST REACHES OUT (represented by the third line) in this kanji.
*Primitive = outstretched handsおよ・ぼす｜およ・び｜およ・ぶ
689) 吸A baby's MOUTH and OUTSTRETCHED HANDS create a picture of an infant
SUCKING happily on his mother's breast.す・う
690) 扱FINGERS on the end of OUTSTRETCHED HANDS reach for the HANDLEbars of a bike in the midst of a fall.あつか・う
691)
丈ONE ARM measures LENGTH.たけ
692) 史The electronic MOUTH TUCKED UNDER THE ARMS of students is modern
kind of HISTORY book.
693)
吏The ONE who makes HISTORY is a great OFFICER.
694) 更When the CEILING of the darkness starts to descend, and the SUN is tucked
under ONE ARM by the man upstairs, we realize it has started to GROW
LATE.さら｜ふ・ける｜ふ・かす
695) 硬If you lay on the ROCKS until it GROWS LATE, you'll probably be very
STIFF at night.かた・い
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696)
又OR AGAIN*.*Primitive = crotchまた
697)
双Two CROTCHES side by side make for an interesting PAIR.ふた
698)
桑MULBERRY TREES have three CROTCHES.くわ
699) 隻Enormous TURKEYS lay floating while people enter through the CROTCH,
thus creating a sort of VESSEL.
700) 護A MICROPHONE is placed atop a SAFE as an additional SAFEGUARD
against noisy intruders. (Flowers + vessel = safe)
701) 獲WILD DOG is stuffed into a SAFE after having been SIEZED by the dogcatcher. | The WILD DOG gives a rough flavour to SEIZE.え・る
702) 奴In a wry commentary, we find that the CROTCH of a WOMAN is something
which is interesting to most GUYS. | WOMAN interestingly is found in the kanji for
GUY.やつ
703)
怒GUYS, in matters of the HEART, often get ANGRY.おこ・る｜いか・る
704) 友Standing BY YOUR SIDE, walking on STILTS to amuse you, is a good
FRIEND.とも
705) 抜FINGERS, to greet a FRIEND, SLIP OUT of your pocket.ぬ・かす｜
ぬ・かる｜ぬ・く｜ぬ・ける
706) 投FINGERS are used to fire MISSILES past opposing batters by a hard
THROWing pitcher.な・げる
707) 没WATER MISSILES are used as weapons to DROWN the enemy. | Of course,
WATER is a key element in the kanji for DROWN.
708) 設WORDS are used like well directed MISSILES to obtain an elevated position
in the ESTABLISHMENT. WORDS are very important to members of the
ESTABLISHMENT.もう・ける
709) 撃We see HANDS are used as the VEHICLE to deliver MISSILE-like blows to
the unfortunate victim of a BEATING.う・つ
710) 殻A SAMURAI uses WEATHERVANES as MISSILES against the enemy, and
carries them about concealed in corn HUSKS.から
711) 支A NEEDLE coming from a CROTCH (of a tree, which is not included) is the
kanji representation of a BRANCH.ささ・える
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712) 技In the days when this kanji was written, a set of FINGERS wielding a
BRANCH well enough to fight off a wild beast was a germane definition of
SKILL.わざ
713)
枝A TREE BRANCH is a BOUGH.えだ
714) 肢This one is easy! A PART OF THE BODY that resembles a BRANCH is a
LIMB.
715) 茎FLOWERS placed in the top of a huge SPOOL of thread create a stage-prop
image of an enormously tall beanSTALK. | FLOWER gives an idea of the plant-like
nature of STALK.くき
716) 怪When someone's STATE OF MIND is as tightly coiled as thread on a SPOOL,
he is probably SUSPICIOUS of everyone.あや・しい｜あや・しむ
717) 軽A CAR which has a SPOOL of thread for the motor is so LIGHT you can lift it
up on one end.かる・い｜かろ・やか
718) 叔An UNCLE towers ABOVE a SMALL niece or nephew who only come up to
the height of his CROTCH.
719) 督An unruly UNCLE punches the EYE of a COACH because he feels his
nephew is not getting enough playing time.
720) 寂A single UNCLE alone in his HOUSE presents a picture of LONELINESS.
|HOUSE lends a setting for LONELINESS.さび｜さび・しい｜さび・れる
721) 淑Down to the WATER, a kindly UNCLE takes you to see the GRACEFUL
swans.
722) 反High on a CLIFF, exposing CROTCHES as a form of protest, is a group of
ANTI-establishment hippies. *Alternate primitive = hippie,
opposeそ・らす｜そ・る
723) 坂As you fly down a ski-SLOPE, you observe that SOIL going "ANTI" the level
of the ground is effectively a SLOPE.さか
724) 板Walking out on a horizontal TREE is colourfully dressed HIPPIE is forced to
walk the PLANK.いた
725) 返A repentant HIPPIE, after years on the ROAD, RETURNS his hippie clothes
and starts to live the yuppie life-style. | ROAD lends a sense of movement to the kanji
for RETURN.かえ・す｜かえ・る
726) 販Earning SHELL-CURRENCY is an ex-HIPPIE who has implemented a
successful MARKETING strategy.
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727)
爪Pictograph of a vulture's CLAW. *Primitive = vultureつめ
728) 妥CLAWS in this case represent hands, which on a WOMAN are GENTLE. |
WOMAN lends a soft presence to the kanji for GENTLE.
729) 乳The popular mnemonic for this kanji has the "claw" as hand, and "hook" as the
rounded curve of a mother's breast; thus a representation of a child's hand reaching for
his mother's breast to nurse for MILK.ち｜ちち
730) 浮FLEDGLINGS FLOAT on the WATER.う・かぶ｜う・かべる｜
う・かれる｜う・く
731) 将A TURTLE CLAWS his way to LEADERship, then uses a special GLUE to
make people follow his LEAD.まさ
732) 奨Taking over as LEADER of an animal farm is a ST. BERNARD DOG with
dictator-like qualities who like his human counterparts EXHORTS his followers to
sacrifice ever more.
733) 採FINGERS reaching toward a VENUS FLYTRAP to PICK it are in for a rude
surprise. | FINGERS are used to PICK something out in this kanji. (Vulture + Tree =
Venus Flytrap)と・る
734) 菜The FLOWER named VENUS FLYTRAP eats VEGETABLES. | A FLOWER
from a TREE is a VEGETABLE in this kanji.な
735) 受A BIRDHOUSE in the CROTCH of a tree ACCEPTS many birds into it's
hospitable setting *alternate primitive = collection plateう・かる｜う・ける
736) 授FINGERS unto a COLLECTION PLATE IMPART money. | FINGERS are
used to kick off this kanji for IMPART.さず・かる｜さず・ける
737) 愛A HEART is placed at the entrance of "BIRDHOUSE", which draws birds to
come and use their WALKING LEGS as they preen about in a ritual mating dance of
LOVE. | Of course, HEART is found in the kanji for LOVE.
738) 払A FINGER taps an exiting patron on the ELBOW, a reminder to PAY. |
FINGERS are needed to hand over money to PAY someone.はら・う
739) 広ELBOW-room inside a CAVE indicates that the cave is nice and WIDE.
ひろ・い｜ひろ・がる｜ひろ・げる｜ひろ・まる｜ひろ・める
740) 拡The opening of the "CAVE" in WIDE is not wide enough, thus FINGERS
BROADEN the opening. | You need to use your FINGERS to BROADEN
something.
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741)
鉱METAL which is WIDELY available is a MINERAL.
742) 弁A lot of ELBOW grease is applied, along with TWO HANDS, to open a huge
VALVE of an air-pressure lock into outer space.
743) 雄BY HIS SIDE, under his ELBOW, carrying a TURKEY, is a MASCULINE
hunter carrying his catch. | We recall that TURKEY is included in
FEMININE.お｜おす
744) 台An old Greek statue, both arms cut off at the ELBOW, and its MOUTH
completely chipped off, stands on a PEDESTAL.
745) 怠The WOMAN on a PEDESTAL (see COMMENCE) is replaced by a HEART
suffering from NEGLECT at the isolated position. | The emotional HEART lends it
sensibilities to this kanji.おこた・る｜なま・ける
746) 治Majestically tossing WATER from a PEDESTAL, a ruler celebrates his
REIGN by "REIGNING" cleansing WATER upon his subjects.おさ・まる｜
おさ・める｜なお・す｜なお・る
747) 始A distinguished WOMAN stands beside a huge PEDESTAL as she addresses
the graduating class at COMMENCEMENT ceremonies.はじ・まる｜はじ・める
748) 胎The PART OF THE BODY that carries and protects a child, thus in a sense
functioning as a PEDESTAL, is of course, the WOMB.
749) 窓Land on your ELBOW with a racing HEART after falling out the HOLE of an
open WINDOW. | HOLE fits nicely into the kanji for WINDOW. まど
750) 去The star of the famous move "GONE with the wind" has DIRT on her
ELBOWS.さ・る
751)
法WATER gets GONE by natural METHOD known as evaporation.
752) 会In this full kanji for MEETING, we notice that a MEETING is held on one
side of a separating WALL.あ・う
753) 至The WALL comes tumbling down to the GROUND, the CLIMAX of a long
war.いた・る
754) 室When building a HOUSE, the CLIMAX occurs when the final ROOM is
made.むろ
755) 到Actor flashily waves his SABRE at the CLIMAX of a play as he ARRIVES on
the scene.いた・る
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756) 致At the CLIMAX of the play, the stern TASKMASTER DOTH achieves his
goal of teaching old English to his students.いた・す
757) 互Two WALLS, one right side up, and the other upside down, MUTUALLY
support each other.たが・い
758) 棄An INFANT sleeps in a blanket BUCKLED to a TREE, ABANDONED to the
first passer-by who will take him.す・てる
759) 育An INFANT is given MEAT and thus BROUGHT UP to be big and strong.
そだ・つ｜そだ・てる
760) 撤FINGERS of a BABY SITTER REMOVE a baby from a crib. | FINGERS are
needed to REMOVE something. (Bring up + taskmaster = babysitter)
761) 充To each INFANT a pair of HUMAN LEGS (along with "A LOT" of other
things) is ALLOTted.あ・てる
762)
銃METAL bullets are ALLOTTED by a GUN.
763) 硫Stranded on a ROCK, an inventive BABY MOSES lights off a SULPHER flare
to summon rescuers. | SULPHER is of course extracted from a ROCK. (Infant +
stream = baby Moses)
764) 流The BABY MOSES floats downstream in the WATER of a CURRENT.
なが・す｜なが・れる
765) 允The deadly blows he is able to inflict with his ELBOWS and HUMAN LEGS
force James Bond to obtain a LICENSE to kill.
766) 唆This kanji includes the smooth-talking MOUTH which utters words to TEMPT
us. This MOUTH grants full LICENSE to indulge in the pleasures of the WALKING
legs of the opposite sex, a TEMPTING proposition.そそのか・す
767)
出Two MOUNTAINS mark the EXIT from the promised land.で・る｜だ・す
768)
山Pictograph of a MOUNTAIN.やま
769) 拙During a fire in a crowded theatre, panicky FINGERS trying to open the door
marked EXIT are BUNGLING the job. つたな・い｜まず・い
770)
岩A MOUNTAIN-sized STONE is a BOULDER.いわ
771) 炭At a good ol' Texas barbecue, they make a ASHES from a MOUNTAIN, to
create the CHARCOAL for the grill. That's why it so flat in Texas. *Primitive =
barbecueすみ
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772)
岐A MOUNTAIN path BRANCHES OFF into the woods.
773) 峠The part of a MOUNTAIN with nothing ABOVE and the whole world
BELOW is the MOUNTAIN PEAKとうげ
774) 崩A huge MOUNTAIN placed on two replicas of the MOON is too heavy, so
they start to CRUMBLE. | Instead of a cookie, a MOUNTAIN CRUMBLES in this
kanji.くず・れる｜くず・す
775) 密A HOUSE set high up in the MOUNTAINS is INVARIABLY shrouded in
SECRECY.ほそ・か
776) 蜜When there is none left in the HOUSE, a cute bear ventures out and
INVARIABLY causes some mischief with INSECTS who make HONEY. |
INSECTS make HONEY, thus lending a key hint in this kanji.
777)
嵐MOUNTAIN WINDS make a STORM.あらし
778) 崎Just as LAND which is STRANGE is a CAPE, a MOUNTAIN which is
STRANGE is a PROMONTORY.さき
779) 入Similar to PERSON, but the left side is the 'in' part of this character. *Primitive
= go in / eight.い・る｜い・れる｜はい・る
780) 込Too many people ENTERING onto a ROAD make it CROWDED. | ROAD
here provides a sense of milling movement and the setting for where things often
become CROWDED.こ・む｜こ・める
781) 分EIGHT DAGGERS PART your hair. Or a dagger cuts something into two parts
to make something easier to
UNDERSTAND.わ・かつ｜わ・かる｜わ・かれる｜わ・ける
782) 貧SHELL-CURRENCY, or lack thereof, is the issue here. In a bluntly simple
kanji, we see that one who is PARTED from his SHELL-CURRENCY has achieved
the condition of POVERTY.まず・しい
783)
頒PARTED by the HEADS of state, a country is PARTITIONED.
784) 公Bar named EIGHT ELBOWS is a popular meeting place for the PUBLIC.
おおやけ
785) 松The TREE which is most commonly known to the PUBLIC is said to be the
PINE TREE.まつ
786) 翁Speaking to the PUBLIC, with a wispy beard resembling long FEATHERS, is a
VENERABLE OLD MAN. Note how, exceptionally, FEATHERS appears in the
lower portion of this kanji.おきな
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787) 訟If you say defamatory WORDS in PUBLIC, you may be SUED. | WORDS are
the bone of contention in SUE.
788)
谷EIGHT UMBRELLAS cover the MOUTH of beautiful VALLEY.たに
789) 浴In the WATER of the VALLEY, beautiful maidens
BATHE.あ・びせる｜あ・びる
790) 容HOUSES are transported to a VALLEY by being carried in a massive, bucket
like CONTAINER. *Alternate primitive = bucketい・れる
791) 溶We see that WATER in a CONTAINER is snow which has MELTED. |
WATER lends it liquid nature to show what happens when something
MELTS.と・ける｜と・く｜と・かす
792) 欲Those stuck in the VALLEY LACK excitement, and LONG to be
elsewhere.ほ・しい｜ほっ・する
793)
裕A CLOAK large enough to cover a VALLEY is ABUNDANT in material
794)
鉛A METAL GULLY is made from LEAD.なまり
795)
沿WATER in a GULLY RUNS ALONGSIDE you as you drive along.そ・う
796) 賞The campsite with the cleanest OUTHOUSE gets SHELLS-MONEY as a
PRIZE. | SHELL-CURRENCY indicates value in this kanji for PRIZE.
797) 党From an OUTHOUSE outside a party held in Washington D.C, we see
HUMAN LEGS sticking out the window, a sure sign of a political PARTY gotten out
of hand.
798)
堂An OUTHOUSE built outside on the SOIL is a very PUBLIC CHAMBER.
799) 常When you visit an OUTHOUSE, a TOWEL is USUALLY not there to wash up
with, so it's USUALLY a good idea bring your own.つね｜とこ
800) 裳Arguably the most practical GARMENT to wear in an OUTHOUSE is a
SKIRT. | GARMENT fittingly appears in the kanji for SKIRT.も
801) 掌A HAND MANIPULATES the latch to an OUTHOUSE in an hurried attempt
to open it.たなごころ
802) 皮A LINE hanging off of a HOOKED BRANCH is a PELT left by a trapper.
かわ
803)
波WATER shaped like a PELT is a WAVE.なみ
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804)
婆A WOMAN using WATER to wash a PELT is an OLD WOMAN.ばば
805) 披A pre-historic flasher uses his FINGERS to pull back his PELT and EXPOSE
himself. | FINGERS are used to draw back something to EXPOSE it.
806) 破A ROCK laid on a stretched out PELT finally RENDS it completely in half.
やぶ・る｜やぶ・れる
807) 被A CLOAK made from a PELT INCURS the wrath of an animal rights
activists.こうむ・る
808) 残BONES and some old lifejacket FLOATS are the only REMAINDER of a
wreck.のこ・す｜のこ・る
809) 殉The BONES of those who died in a march lasting a DECAMARON are revered
as those of persons who have achieved MARTYRDOM.
810)
殊BONES of a VERMILION colour are PARTICULARLY valuable.こと
811) 殖BONES were created STRAIGHTAWAY by God to AUGMENT the
heretofore flabby physical structure of man.ふ・やす｜ふ・える
812) 列BONES are lined up by a someone using a SABRE, in single FILE. | SABRE
helps to give a linear sense to this kanji for FILE.
813)
裂A FILE SPLITS a GARMENT.さ・く｜さ・ける
814) 烈A FILE of CAMP FIRES burns more ARDENTLY than one. | The heat of a
FIRE is the flavour element in this kanji for ARDENT.
815)
死BONES "SITTING DOWN" slump into DEATH.し・ぬ
816) 葬FLOWERS held in DEATH by the TWO HANDS create an image of an
INTERMENT. | The kanji for DEATH is sets the tone in
INTERMENT.ほうむ・る
817) 瞬The EYE of the bird in the BIRDHOUSE, who is wearing SUNGLASSES,
WINKS at you.またた・く
818) 耳EAR resembles EYE in terms of general shape, both the top and bottom
horizontal strokes are extended hear more, and the rightmost stroke extended to
represent the earlobe.みみ
819) 取In a rare transgression of our standardized usage of a primitive, CROTCH is
used here as a variant of HAND, thus giving us the popular image of a HAND
TAKING an EAR.と・る
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820) 趣A busy executive on the RUN TAKES the GIST of a long message from an
aid. | RUN lends a hurried sense to this kanji for GIST.おもむき
821)
最To fly to the SUN TAKES the UTMOST of man's capabilities.もっと・も
822) 撮A FINGER, at the UTMOST moment, takes a perfect SNAPSHOT. |
FINGERS are needed to take a SNAPSHOT.と・る
823) 恥EARS burn red due to blood rushing to them from the HEART, showing
SHAMEはじ｜はじ・らう｜は・じる｜はずか・しい
824) 職In a variation of the "squeaky wheel get the oil" theme, here we find that if you
blow your own KAZOO into enough EARS, sooner or later someone will offer you a
POST.
825) 聖With the his MOUTH to the EAR of the KING, a Machiavellian HOLY man
rules from behind the scenes.ひじり
826) 敢A SPIKE is hammered into the EAR of the evil TASKMASTER by a slave
making a DARING escape. | TASKMASTER lends his authoritative presence to this
kanji.あえ・ない｜あえ・て
827) 聴If you use your EAR like an X-RAY machine, it means you are a really good
LISTENER. (Needle + eye + heart = X-ray machine)き・く
828) 懐In this full kanji for the alternate primitive POCKET, we see a MOOD-RING
is kept in a POCKET. (Needle + eye + garment = pockets)なつ・かしむ｜
なつ・かしい｜なつ・ける｜なつ・く｜ふところ
829) 慢A guy wearing a MOOD RING trying to play a UKULELE/MANDALA at a
gong show looks totally RIDICULOUS.
830)
漫WATER-soaked UKULELE has LOOSE strings.そぞ・ろ
831)
買EYE the SHELLFISH, BUY it.か・う
832) 置EYE a good spot, then STRAIGHTAWAY make a PLACEMENT of
something there.お・く
833) 罰A hockey player glares with fiery EYES, then has WORDS, and finally battles
with hockey sticks like a SABRE - and ends up in the PENALTY box.
834) 寧Frustrated investors hire Mafia man to confront a famous TV anchor with the
threat: sell your HOUSE, or have your HEART and EYES ripped out and stuck on a
SPIKE - which would you RATHER do?むし・ろ
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835) 濁With WATER dripping on your EYE, BOUND UP, and covered with
INSECTS, you finally agree to VOICE your 'ga' correctly.にご・す｜にご・る
836) 環Buy a JEWELED RING in a DEPARTMENT STORE. （DEPARTMENT
STORE= Wide-EYED, staring at the CEILING, open-MOUTHED, a PERSON
wearing RAGS makes his first visit to an DEPARTMENT STORE).わ
837) 還The expensive JEWEL purchased in RING is replaced here by the ROAD
travelled on the way back same DEPARTMENT STORE, by the husband SENT
BACK to return the rash purchase.
838)
夫Large - with extra line for the HUSBAND's head.おっと
839)
扶FINGERS of a HUSBAND kindly provide AID.
840) 渓VULTURE-MAN suddenly springs from the WATER of a MOUNTAIN
STREAM. (Vulture/claw combines with husband to create an image of a fearsome
looking VULTURE-MAN).
841) 規A HUSBAND must SEE to it that his children are raised with the proper
STANDARDS. | SEE lends an attentive sense to the kanji for STANDARD.
842) 替TWO HUSBANDS, for one DAY, are EXCHANGED by their wives to see if
the grass is greener on the other side, once and for all. My first HUSBAND got
vapourised by the SUN so I REPLACED him with another HUSBAND.
か・える｜か・わる
843) 賛In a system to prevent over-spending, TWO HUSBANDS must look over how
many SHELLS will be spent and APPROVE a purchase by the other's wife.
844) 潜WATER must be EXCHANGED for air in order to allow a submarine to gain
enough ballast to SUBMERGE.ひそ・む｜もぐ・る
845) 失Something DROPPED by a HUSBAND is LOST.(DROP + HUSBAND)
*primitive = to dropうしな・う
846) 鉄METAL is DROPPED onto the ground to form rails for an IRON horse, i.e.,
The train.くろがね
847) 迭A wallet unknowingly is DROPPED onto the ROAD in a busy cross-town bus
TRANSFER. | ROAD here lends a sense of movement to the kanji for TRANSFER.
848) 臣Pictograph of a RETAINER, which is similar to GIANT (later frame), with two
extra lines to support the "popping out" eye of the RETAINER. *Primitive =
slaveおみ
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849) 姫A WOMAN who is in many ways a SLAVE to her position is a
PRINCESS.ひめ
850) 蔵FLOWERS are carried about by a PARADE of SLAVES in the world's largest
STOREHOUSE.くら
851) 臓The middle PART OF THE BODY is said to be a STOREHOUSE for the
ENTRAILS.はらわた
852) 賢Smartest girl in class buys old JEANS instead of designer clothes, thus saving
SHELLS-MONEY, a strategy which is highly INTELLIGENT. （SLAVE and
CROTCH combine here to create an image of JEANS）かしこ・い
853) 堅Parents who punish kids just for getting their JEANS covered with DIRT are
overly STRICT.かた・い
854) 臨SLAVES RECLINING among other captured GOODS LOOK TO their
captors to see what is their fate.のぞ・む
855) 覧Bored HAREM girls SEE the world by PERUSING magazines. （SLAVES
RECLINING on the FLOOR creates a picture of a HAREM）
856)
巨The pop-eye of a GIGANTIC giant. *Alternate primitive = giant.
857) 拒FINGERS of a GIANT grasp a bottle of insect REPELLENT. | FINGERS are
needed to REPEL something.こば・む
858)
力POWER*Pictograph of a muscle. *Primitive = circus-strongmanちから
859)
男MUSCULAR MALE works in the RICE FIELDS.おとこ
860) 労The SCHOOLHOUSE which a CIRCUS-STRONGMAN attends prepares him
for the hard LABOR of his future carreer.
861) 募STRONGMEN are RECRUITED into the army, unfortunately that may end up
in an early entrance to the GRAVEYARD.つの・る
862) 劣In a giveaway, here we see FEW MUSCLES are seen to indicate
INFERIORITY.おと・る
863) 功The CRAFT of a CIRCUS-STRONGMAN is to ACHIEVE amazing feats of
strength each night. | CRAFT combines with MUSCLE in this kanji to give an idea of
the skill and effort involved to ACHIEVE something useful.
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864) 勧Riding round town on a PEGASUS rides a CIRCUS-STRONGMAN,
PERSUADING people to come see the magic circus. | The MUSCLE in this kanji
gives a hint of the force of PERSUADE.すす・める
865)
努A tough GUY uses his MUSCLES while TOILING.つと・める
866) 励On top of a CLIFF, TEN THOUSAND CIRCUS STRONGMEN cheer to
ENCOURAGE their favored representatives who battle below. | The MUSCLE here
hints at the power given by being ENCOURAGEDはげ・ます｜はげ・む
867) 加Similar to people who voice the words when they are reading, here a CIRCUS
STRONGMAN move his MOUTH as he ADDS his pay checks.くわ・える｜
くわ・わる
868)
賀ADD up the SHELL-CURRENCY received in CONGRATULATIONS.
869) 架ADD TREES to ERECT a masterpiece. | TREE lends a kind of structural
presence to the kanji for ERECT.か・かる｜か・ける
870) 脇The PART OF THE BODY beside which are found the THREE MUSCLES
whose are most well known (triceps, biceps, pectoral) is the ARMPIT. | PART OF
THE BODY fittingly plays a role in the kanji for ARMPIT. わき
871) 脅THREE CIRCUS STRONGMEN tower above as they mention the PARTS-OFTHE-BODY they are going to break as they THREATEN you. | THREE MUSCLES
play an ascendant role in the kanji for THREATEN.おびや・かす｜おど・す｜
おど・かす
872) 協A NEEDLE is lifted by THREE not-so-strong CIRCUS-STRONGMEN in a
CO-operative venture. | The three MUSCLES here show the power of CO-operation.
873) 行The COLUMN of ONE NAIL which is holding your tailcoat to the floor must
be lifted before you can GO anywhere.(*When the elements from this kanji are to the
left and right of another element to make room for something in the middle of them
they take the meaning BOULEVARD)い・く｜おこな・う
874) 律A COLUMN with a BRUSH on the end describes the drumstick used by a jazz
drummer as he taps out a smooth RHYTHM.
875)
復A LINE of TAPE DRIVES stand at the ready to RESTORE the data.
876) 得A COLUMN of soldiers gets up at NIGHTBREAK to chase the enemy whose
trail they have remained GLUED to, and thus GAIN on them.え・る｜う・る
877) 従Movie stars form a LINE as they ACCOMPANY one another to the OSCAR
AWARDS. (Mending + horns = Oscar Award)したが・う｜したが・える
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878) 徒Suddenly, RUNNING from a LINE of kids to greet his parents, is little
JUNIOR.いたずら｜あだ
879) 待Go to Disneyland if you want to WAIT in a long line. A long LINE stretches
outside a BUDDHIST TEMPLE exhibit WAITing to get inside.ま・つ
880) 往A LINE of CANDLE-STICKS can be seen in the night as a religious
procession begins a long and mystical JOURNEY.
881) 征A fearsome COLUMN of CORRECTION in the town square is used to
SUBJUGATE the populace.
882) 径A LINE is how the DIAMETER of a circle is represented. The CIRCLE here
is the top of a SPOOL.
883) 彼A manly "HE-man" has a LINE of people waiting to see him work out as he
wears a leopard skin PELT at the beach.かれ｜かの
884) 役A LINE of MISSILES stands upright, ready to do their fearsome DUTY.
885) 徳A LINE of X-RAY machines stand in a hospital, given as the result of the
BENEVOLENCE of the local community. | HEART gives a key hint in the kanji for
BENEVOLENCE.
886) 徹A LINE of BABY SITTERS is used to unsuspectingly PENETRATE enemy
lines. | TASKMASTER lends an authoritative presence to this kanji. (Bring up +
taskmaster = baby sitter)
887) 徴CORN ON TOE of KING is used to give INDICATIONS of fortunes of his
kingdom. (Line + mountain + taskmaster = corn on little toeしるし
888) 懲Judge relies on the INDICATIONS of his HEART to fairly enforce PENAL
code.こ・らしめる｜こ・らす｜こ・りる
889) 微The CORN ON LITTLE TOE on ONE pair of HUMAN LEGS is very
DELICATE.
890) 街A BOULEVARD lined with IVY becomes so popular that every calls it "the
IVY BOULEVARD".(*This is the full kanji meaning BOULEVARD)まち
891) 衡Down a BOULEVARD, his BRAINS BOUND UP with a bandage, a ST.
BERNARD DOG stumbles, having completely lost his EQUILIBRIUM.きびき
892) 稿Into the TALL WHEAT, a discouraged farmer who wants to be a writer tosses
his first rough DRAFT of the great American novel.
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893) 稼WHEAT is eaten by the familiar kanji SOW who lives in your HOUSE - who is
not EARNING his keep in a very desirable way. | HOUSE, in this case the full
version, is shown as the place to keep one's EARNINGS.かせ・ぐ
894)
程WHEAT on DISPLAY shows the EXTENT of the harvest.ほど
895)
税WHEAT must be handed over as the DEVIL gets his due - i.e., The TAXman.
896) 稚WHEAT is stuffed into a TURKEY who is IMMATURE to make it look
larger and more mature.
897) 和A barbershop quartet finds keeping WHEAT in their MOUTH during a
performance is the best way to keep in perfect
HARMONY.なご・む｜なご・やか｜やわ・らぐ｜やわ・らげる
898) 移From WHEAT, MANY stalks are combined to make the stick-SHIFT of a
standard transmission car.うつ・す
899)
秒FEW stalks of WHEAT can be harvested in just one SECOND.
900)
秋Leftover WHEAT is burned in FIRE in the AUTUMN.あき
901) 愁"AUTUMN" is in the HEART of someone in DISTRESS.うれ・い｜
うれ・える
902) 私A piece of WHEAT attached to the ELBOW marks the single stripe of a
PRIVATE in the kanji army.わたくし｜わたし
903)
秩WHEAT DROPS from its stalks with great REGULARITY.
904) 秘A package of WHEAT-CEREAL INVARIABLY contains some kind of
SECRET prize.ひ・める
905) 称A farmer whose WHEAT is RECLINING, and SMALL, gets teased and called
by many APPELLATIONS.
906)
利WHEAT is cut up with a SABRE in a splitting of the PROFITS.き・く
907) 梨The most PROFITABLE TREE is the PEAR TREE. | Fittingly, TREE is found
in this kanji for PEAR TREE. なし
908)
穫WHEAT is stored in a SAFE after a successful HARVEST.
909) 穂WHEAT which is FAVORED somehow doesn't get picked and is allowed to
remain in its EAR.(EAR OF A PLANT)ほ
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910) 稲WHEAT was often eaten by VULTURES in the OLDEN TIMES, so as a result,
the staple crop in the orient became the RICE PLANT. （Found in the kanji for
Waseda 早稲田）いね｜いな
911) 香WHEAT in the hot summer SUN gets so
INCENSE.かお・り｜かお・る｜か
912)
hot it actually burns and smells like
季WHEAT is a CHILD of the SEASONS.
913) 委The WHEAT is divided up to the various members of a commune by the
WOMEN of a COMMITTEE. | WOMAN brings her communicative skills to the
kanji for COMMITTEE.ゆだ・ねる
914) 秀WHEAT is held in the FIST of the winner, who EXCELS at his event.
ひい・でる
915) 透In order to preserve the ROADS in EXCELLENT condition, TRANSPARENT
plastic wrap is laid over them.す・かす｜す・く｜す・ける
916) 誘WORDS which EXCEL ENTICE you to do something, probably against your
better judgment.さそ・う
917) 穀On the cover of a new CEREAL appears the CROWNED SAMURAI (see
SELL), while on the inside we can find a toy MISSILE. | WHEAT-CEREAL of
course appears in the kanji for CEREAL.
918)
菌FLOWERS PENT-UP in a CEREAL box are a breeding ground for GERMS.
919)
米DROPPING from a special TREE are bags and bags of RICE. こめ
920)
粉In a special process, RICE is PARTED to form FLOUR.こな｜こ
921) 粘RICE is read by a FORTUNE TELLER as she warns you of a STICKY
situation you may soon encounter.ねば・る
922)
粒RICE painted on a VASE shows that GRAIN is contained inside.つぶ
923) 粧RICE is brought into a CAVE, and combined with the SOIL to make the first
COSMETICS. (A prehistoric face pack!)
924) 迷"Gone ASTRAY on the ROADS of the USA". | ROAD provides its sense of
motion and a setting in the kanji for ASTRAY. Here we take advantage of a
secondary meaning of RICE, the U.S.A.まよ・う
925) 粋Eating RICE, a BASEBALL TEAM is using NEEDLE-like chopsticks, trying
to look CHIC.いき
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926)
糧RICE in QUANTITY comprises the PROVISIONS for an excursion.かて
927) 菊The FLOWER in which the petals look like BOUND-UP RICE is a
CHRYSANTHEMUM.
928) 奥A DROP representing the drink, and RICE for food, both PENT-UP in a
container, is carried by a ST. BERNARD DOG to someone stuck in the CORE of the
earth!おく
929) 数RICE-carrying WOMEN who are watched over by the TASKMASTER, who
counts the NUMBER of bags they carry.かず｜かぞ・える
930) 楼RICE-carrying WOMEN are watched from a TREE, which makes it a de-facto
WATCHTOWER
931) 類A bowl of RICE is put on various ST. BERNARD DOG'S HEADS, in an effort
by a trainer to SORT out the ones with the best balance. | HEAD lends an
organizational sense to the kanji for SORT.
932) 漆WATER is included here to represent the liquid nature of LACQUER. TREE
gives its WOOD-staining qualities. The UMBRELLA of protection it provides is
supplemented by GRAINS OF RICE, which are mixed into the LACQUER to give it
consistency.うるし
933) 様A TREE, under which SHEEP graze, eating not grass but for some reason
GRAINS OF RICE, represents the holdings of a great "ESQ.".さま
934) 求At the point of an ARROW, RICE GRAINS for the poor are politely
REQUESTED by a Robin Hood-like character.もと・める
935)
球In the full kanji for BALL, boy KING REQUESTS a BALL to play with.たま
936) 救Making sure that the band members REQUEST contributions from each passerby is a TASKMASTER for the SALVATION Army.すく・う
937) 竹An extra DROP on a NAIL, doubled, is a pictorial representation of a piece of
BAMBOO.たけ
938) 笑BAMBOO tower built toward HEAVEN makes God LAUGH at the foibles of
men.わら・う｜え・む
939) 笠A BAMBOO VASE doubles up as a BAMBOO HAT when turned upside
down. | Fittingly, BAMBOO is found in this kanji for BAMBOO HAT. かさ
940) 笹A BAMBOO combines with LEAF to create an image of BAMBOO GRASS. |
Fittingly, BAMBOO appears in this kanji.ささ
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941) 筋A BAMBOO with MOONS attached acts as a barbell to create MUSCLES. |
The cylindrical BAMBOO, as well as PART OF THE BODY and of course
MUSCLE are all found in this full kanji for MUSCLE.すじ
942) 箱BAMBOO is INTER-twined to make a BOX. | BOXES could have mostly been
made from BAMBOO at the time this kanji was created.はこ
943) 筆In this full kanji for WRITING BRUSH, we learn that it is made from
BAMBOO.ふで
944) 筒MONKS, to support themselves, make BAMBOO CYINDERS. | BAMBOO
divides automatically into CYLINDERS, making it a natural for this kanji.つつ
945) 等We make use of the fact that BAMBOO sticks were used in a BUDDHIST
TEMPLE to rap dozing students who forgot the specifics of their teaching and instead
thought, "ETC., ETC., ETC.".ひと・しい
946) 算BAMBOO sticks manipulated by TWO HANDS and judged by a calculating
EYE represent the earliest CALCULATOR.
947) 答BAMBOO FITS together in a perfect SOLUTION to Robinson Crusoe's
problem of how to get water into his hut.こた・え｜こた・える
948) 策BAMBOO is attached to a TREE by a BELT in a mad SCHEME to straighten
the tree out. | BAMBOO provides a certain sense of sense of logic in this kanji for
SCHEME.
949) 簿BAMBOO sticks are used to spray WATER on an ACUPUNCTURE
SPECIALIST because he is not a REGISTERED participant at a medical
convention. | BAMBOO provides its sense of a marker in this kanji.
950) 築BAMBOO CRAFTED from a MEDIOCRE TREE is a mediocre
FABRICATION, indeed! | BAMBOO provides a certain sense of logic in this kanji.
きず・く
951)
人Pictograph of a PERSON.ひと
952) 佐The PERSON standing to your LEFT so as not to get in the way of your right
hand, is your ASSISTANT (popular).
953) 但A PERSON who is supposed to get up at NIGHTBREAK, says to himself,
"HOWEVER, its too early" and goes back to sleep.ただ・し
954)
住A PERSON who is a LORD DWELLS in regal splendour.す・む｜す・まう
955)
位A PERSON's STANDING is his RANK.くらい
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956)
仲The PERSON IN the middle acts as a GO-BETWEEN.なか
957)
体A PERSON carrying a BOOK holds it against his BODY.からだ
958)
悠 REMOTE= PERSON, WALKING STICK, TASKMASTER, HEART.
959) 件A PERSON has a secret AFFAIR - with a COW! | PERSON gives form to the
purveyor of the AFFAIR in this kanji.
960) 仕A PERSON who is a SAMURAI needs to ATTEND a lot of boring state
functions.つか・える
961) 他Marriage laws have progressed considerably in many places, to the point where
the significant "OTHER" may even be of the same sex. But when a PERSON wants
mate with a "SCORPION" as the significant "OTHER", that's pushing things a
bit.ほか｜た
962) 伏PERSON suddenly turns into a Chihuahua, people PROSTATE themselves in
awe. | PERSON gives form to the PROSTRATED figure of this
kanji.ふ・せる｜ふ・す
963) 伝A PERSON uses RISING CLOUDS to TRANSMIT messages.つ・たう｜
つた・える｜つた・わる
964) 仏Standing beside each PERSON, right at the ELBOW, is a BUDDHA. |
PERSON lends his shape to the kanji for BUDDHA. ほとけ
965) 休A PERSON leans against a TREE for a REST. (Popular).やす・まる｜
やす・む｜やす・める
966)
仮 PROVISIONAL = ANTI- + PERSONかり
967) 伯The PERSON with a WHITE headdress made of dove's feathers is the CHIEF
of the Indians.
968) 俗A PERSON who comes from the VALLEY is considered VULGAR by the
snobby elite who live on top of the hill.
969) 信In this optimistic kanji, we are told we can have FAITH in a PERSON'S
WORDS (popular).
970) 佳The PERSON who makes into the IVY leagues has an EXCELLENT chance
to succeed.
971) 依A PERSON who wears good CLOTHING is considered RELIABLE, whether
it's true or not.よ・る
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972) 例Many PERSONS correctly lined up in single FILE serve as an EXAMPLE for
other students.たと・える
973) 個A PERSON who is HARDENED to the criticisms of others is an
INDIVIDUAL. | PERSON lends his form to this kanji for INDIVIDUAL.
974) 健A PERSON who is BUILT-up is very HEALTHY. | PERSON lends his
substance here to the kanji for HEALTHY. すこ・やか
975)
側A PERSON uses a RULER to measure his SIDE.かわ
976) 侍A PERSON in a BUDDHIST TEMPLE serves as a WAITER to the gods. |
PERSON serves here to give shape to the kanji for WAITER. さむらい
977) 停A PERSON stands in front of each PAVILION at a world's fair, and orders you
to HALT in the name of the law and go inside.
978) 値A PERSON should STRAIGHTAWAY ask the PRICE before deciding to
purchase.あたい｜ね
979) 倣Admiring poor kids look up to a sports hero as a PERSON who is has been SET
FREE from life of poverty and therefore to be EMULATED. | PERSON lends his
presence as someone to EMULATE.なら・う
980) 倒A much awaited PERSON ARRIVES to OVERTHROW the bad guys.
たお・す｜たお・れる
981) 偵The PERSON who seems to be the most UPRIGHT member of the community
is secretly some kind of a communist SPY. | PERSON helps give form to the kanji for
SPY.
982) 僧A PERSON who has an INCREASED awareness is a BUDDHIST PRIEST. |
PERSON helps give form to the BUDDHIST PRIEST of this kanji.
983) 億A PERSON has a great IDEA - play the lottery and win a HUNDRED
MILLION dollars.
984) 儀The PERSON who is the most RIGHTEOUS performs all the
CEREMONIES.
985)
償Beautiful PERSON is awarded a PRIZE in REPARATION.つぐな・う
986) 仙A PERSON who lives up in the MOUNTAINS is described as a HERMIT. |
PERSON helps give shape to the kanji for HERMIT. MOUNTAIN brings a sense of
secretiveness as well.
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987) 催A PERSON standing on a MOUNTAIN watching the TURKEY race far below
wonders of it was such a good idea to SPONSOR such a silly event. | PERSON helps
to give a form to the kanji for SPONSOR. もよお・す
988) 仁When one PERSON becomes aware of his obligations to others, the TWO of
this kanji, he is starting to understood what HUMANITY means. | PERSON provides
the key element in this kanji for HUMANITY.
989) 侮Like the song says, EVERY PERSON plays the fool and is therefore the subject
of SCORN at one time or another, except his or her mother. | PERSON helps lend
form to the giver, or taker, of SCORN in this kanji. あなど・る
990)
使A PERSON who is an OFFICER must USE his troops well.つか・う
991) 便A PERSON sees that it GROWS LATE and it's time to go - to the
CONVENIENCE store around the corner, because all the rest are closed.たよ・り
992) 倍A captured PERSON wearing a MUZZLE stands next to his evil DOUBLE. |
It's said every PERSON in the world has a DOUBLE.
993) 優All a PERSON who is MELANCHOLY needs is a little bit of
TENDERNESS.すぐ・れる｜やさ・しい
994)
伐A PERSON is FELLED by a falling PINATA.
995) 宿A HOUSE into which 100 PEOPLE can fit is an INN. | HOUSE and PERSON
are a natural for this kanji for INN.やど｜やど・す｜やど・る
996) 傷A PERSON RECLINES on the ground, hugging his life-savings in a PIGGY
BANK, not realizing he has suffered a fatal WOUND. | PERSON helps give form to
the WOUNDED subject of the kanji.きず｜いた・める｜いた・む
997) 保A PERSON jumps into the MOUTH of a hole in a TREE to PROTECT
himself from an onrushing beast.たも・つ
998) 褒A PERSON wearing a TOPHAT & SCARF climbs a mile-high FLAGPOLE,
causing the MOUTHS of the onlookers to open and utter great PRAISE.ほ・める
999) 傑A PERSON wearing SUNGLASSES hides in a TREE, forced up there by
fanatical fans who think he's the next Alexander the GREAT. | PERSON gives shape
to the one who has achieved GREATNESS.
1000) 付A PERSON will stick like GLUE, to someone with a quality which they
ADHERE to. *Alternate primitive = scotch tapeつ・く｜つ・ける
1001) 符BAMBOO with a SCOTCH TAPE on the outside is used to gather TOKENS
on a pre-historic bus. | BAMBOO provides a certain sense of a marker in this kanji.
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1002) 府In the prehistoric location of New York city, people from different locations
come together in a single CAVE and ADHERE to one another to form the first
BOROUGH/MUNICIPALITY.
1003) 任A PERSON is a PORTER of RESPONSIBILITY.まか・す｜まか・せる
1004) 賃The RESPONSIBILITY for paying the SHELLS-MONEY lies with the
passenger in the honour system for paying FARE.
1005) 代A PERSON who gets ARROWS shot at her by wild students is a
SUBSTITUTE teacher.か・える｜か・わる｜よ｜しろ
1006) 袋As a SUBSTITUTE for CLOTHES which are all at the laundry, a woman dons
a SACK and wears it to a party.ふくろ
1007) 貸The corner loan-shark requires a borrower to provide a SUBSTITUTE as
security for the SHELL-CURRENCY he LENDS.か・す
1008) 化Is a PERSON really capable of CHANGE? That is the question posed by this
PERSON as he CHANGES from standing up to SITTING DOWN in this kanji
(popular).ば・かす｜ば・ける
1009) 花The ever-CHANGing FLOWER.はな
1010) 貨CHANGE your SHELL-CURRENCY for a ride on a FREIGHT car.
1011) 傾The undecided CHANGING HEAD mentally LEANS one way, then the other.
| A cocked head LEANS quizzically in this kanji.かたむ・く｜かたむ・ける
1012) 何A PERSON CAN do WHAT? WHATever that person makes up his or her
mind to do, that's WHAT.なに｜なん
1013) 荷A special kind of "FLOWER" is WHAT the inspectors seek when they search
your BAGGAGE.に
1014) 俊A cautious PERSON rejects the LICENSE to pursue the lovely WALKING
LEGS presented in TEMPT; undoubtedly the SAGACIOUS choice. | PERSON here
gives form to someone who is very SAGACIOUS.
1015) 傍A normal PERSON STANDING on a street corner, wearing a fake CROWN
from a popular restaurant, consults a COMPASS to see which way to go - and is
struck and killed by a runaway car - truly an innocent BYSTANDER. | PERSON here
gives substance to the kanji for BYSTANDER.かたわ・ら
1016) 久BOUND UP shares a common stroke with PERSON to indicate a PERSON
BOUND UP for a LONG TIME. *Primitive = mummyひさ・しい
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1017) 畝Long forgotten TOP-HAT lays in a RICE-FIELD for a LONG TIME because
it's in a FURROW. | RICE FIELD gives a hint in this kanji for FURROW.うね｜せ
1018) 囚 CAPTURED = PENTUP + PERSON
1019) 内A PERSON must wear a safety-BELT before being allowed INSIDE the
looking-glass.うち
1020) 丙PERSONS hang by their BELT from the CEILING in THIRD CLASS.
1021) 柄A TREE is used to crash through the doors by passengers in THIRD CLASS
who have DESIGNS on breaking through into first class.え｜がら
1022) 肉The food "MEAT-loaf" is stuffed INSIDE a PERSON to enhance his body and
get some MEAT onto his bones.
1023) 腐In the BOROUGHS of a major city, due to an extended power outage, MEAT
becomes ROTTED.くさ・らす｜くさ・る｜くさ・れる
1024) 座The first ASSEMBLY LINE extends from a CAVE, as the pre-historic workers
SIT beside it in the SOIL. (Person + person = assembly line)すわ・る
1025) 卒In a wry commentary, ASSEMBLY LINE is compared to the process by which
colleges GRADUATE students. The TOPHAT represents the scholar's cap, with the
TEN being the number of years it took this student to GRADUATE.
1026) 傘We get the point, already! Five UMBRELLAS on a NEEDLE show this kanji
super-UMBRELLA.かさ
1027) 匁 MONME is an old Japanese unit of measurement that is about 3.75 grams.
BOUND UP + ARM. (Like cubits and kites in modern English)もんめ
1028) 以A PLOW looks like a mere DROP from a distance as a PERSON pulls it BY
MEANS OF his own body strengthも・って
1029) 似 SIMILAR = PERSON + BY MEANS OFに・る
1030) 併A clever PERSON solves a PUZZLE by JOINING the pieces together.
(TWO HANDS + ANIMAL HORNS = AN ANIMAL PICTURE
PUZZLE)あわ・せる
1031) 瓦From a CEILING hangs a CANE with a sharp a FISHHOOK attached, which
breaks off pieces of ICE from a nearby block, which then fall to the floor and are
frozen permanently into TILE. （The bottom stroke of the ICE radical closes up
the TILE) かわら
1032) 瓶A PUZZLE is formed from pieces of TILE to form a FLOWER POT.かめ
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1033) 宮A HOUSE with a SPINE running decoratively along the top is a SHINTO
SHRINE.みや
1034) 営Do your work in the SCHOOLHOUSE to get the SPINE needed to obtain a
good OCCUPATION.いとな・む
1035) 善A VIRTUOUS SHEEP has ANIMAL HORNS covering his MOUTH to
observe the VIRTUE of not speaking too much.よ・い
1036) 年The HORSE you bet on, you know the one wearing SUNGLASSES with one
lens missing, finally finishes the race, one YEAR later.とし
1037) 夜A PERSON wearing a TOPHAT walks on STILTS has his way lighted by a
DROP of moonshine as he proceeds through the NIGHT.よ｜よる
1038) 液The LIQUID that drips out of your car in the in the middle of the NIGHT is
probably your transmission FLUID.
1039) 塚On a heap of SOIL sits a CROWNED PIG, proud ruler of his own little
HILLOCK.つか
1040) 幣Into a SHREDDER, a TOWEL is fed, only to realize it was wrapped around a
million dollars CASH! | The scroll-like TOWEL finds its way into the kanji for
CASH. （2 SMALL BELTS are combined by a TASKMASTER to create a
SHREDDER）
1041) 弊In the most horrific case of child ABUSE yet, a child's TWO-HANDS are
thrust into a SHREDDER.
1042) 喚The MOUTH of a neighbour of a DOG POUND is most likely to be
YELLING at the dogs to "Shu-u-u-t-u-u-up!"((Four St. Bernard dogs bound up = dog
pound)わめ・く
1043) 換FINGERS at a DOG-POUND INTERCHANGE money as dogs are bought
and sold.か・える｜か・わる
1044) 融In a TEST-TUBE, an INSECT DISSOLVES in a bizarre experiment. (Ceiling mouth - hood - human legs - spike = test tube)と・ける
1045) 施"ALMS for the poor; ALMS for the poor" goes the familiar plea; in this case,
the supplicator poses beneath a BANNER which display the SCORPIONS which are
the cause of his (or her) malaise. （COMPASS combines with RECLINE to create an
image of a BANNER）ほどこ・す
1046) 旋BANNERS on a merry-go-round at a ZOO turn round and round in a constant
ROTATION.
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1047) 遊CHILDREN under a BANNER on a ROAD happily PLAY.あそ・ぶ
1048) 旅A BANNER floats over PERSONS dressed in RAGS, a rag-tag army making a
TRIP to the front.たび
1049) 勿NOT a SOW nor a PIGLET, but a KNOT. | Progress from a SOW to a PIGLET
(by dropping last two lines), and then finally to the NOT (KNOT) of the Piglet's curly
tail (by dropping the first line) is seen in this kanji. なか・れ
1050) 物A COW tied up an KNOTS is a strange looking THING.もの
1051) 易Tying the SUN in a KNOT is not EASY.やさ・しい
1052) 賜EASY SHELL-CURRENCY for a college student or researcher comes in the
form of a GRANT.たま・わる
1053) 尿Animals use URINE to mark off their territory, similar to the way we put up
FLAGS at our borders. Thus a FLAG made of WATER is URINE.
1054) 尼Carrying a FLAG with a SPOON on it, demonstrating their intention to
SPOON-feed the poor if necessary, is an order of NUNSあま
1055) 泥Rebelling tribesmen, resenting foreign influence, push a poor NUN into the
WATER, and she gets covered with MUD. | WATER is included here to represent the
wetness of MUD.どろ
1056) 塀SOIL could be included to represent the territorial issues involved in FENCE.
The FLAG identifies the interests involved. Finally, PUZZLE demonstrates how a
labyrinth of FENCES carves up the countryside.
1057) 履A FLAG is RESTORED to its proper position after being used disrespectfully
as FOOTGEAR.は・く
1058) 屋The FLAG over the CEILING and GROUND forms the ROOF.や
1059) 握FINGERS holding onto a ROOF slowly, slowly, loose their GRIP.にぎ・る
1060) 屈A yellow FLAG flutters near an EXIT, urging drivers to YIELD to oncoming
traffic. *Alternate primitive = "yield" traffic sign
1061) 掘FINGERS grasp a YIELD sign and start DIGGING. | Since this kanji was
created before shovels, FINGERS were still used for DIGGING.ほ・る
1062) 堀SOIL removed by a YIELD sign doubling as a kind of shovel leaves a
DITCH.ほり
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1063) 居A FLAG is hung outside the place where OLD soldiers RESIDE.い・る
1064) 据FINGERS, in the famed RESIDENCE (flag + old) for old soldiers, SET the
table each night.す・わる｜す・える
1065) 層Due to bad planning, FLAGS are over-produced, so the ever-INCREASING
amounts of them are laid one on top of the other until they form another STRATUM
on the surface of the earth.
1066) 局At central headquarters, a FLAG hangs out with a noble PHRASE emblazoned
on it showing the motto of the BUREAU.
1067) 遅A FLAG warns of SHEEP in the ROAD, causing oncoming drivers to SLOW
down.おく・らす｜おく・れる｜おそ・い
1068) 漏Imagine a FLAG forced into duty as a makeshift roof, with RAIN pouring all
over it, and you can see how the LEAK developed.(Don’t forget about
WATER!)も・る｜も・れる｜も・らす
1069) 刷A SABRE cuts a huge FLAG into smaller TOWELS, to begin the process in an
old time PRINTING press. | SABRE lends its cutting (of pages) sense to the kanji for
PRINTING.す・る
1070) 尺Sitting under a FLAG, an old-time musician plays the SHAKU-HACHI flute
(the LINE hanging from FLAG), which measures about one SHAKU (an old
Japanese measurement which is about 20 inches) in length. (That’s a helluva flute!)
1071) 尽In cold weather, a SHAKU-HACHI flute doubling as an EXHAUST pipe on a
car, spits out ICE cubes instead of carbonmonoxide.つ・かす｜つ・きる｜つ・くす
1072) 沢Nymphs play the SHAKU-HACHI as they lure unwitting victims into the
deadly WATERS of the SWAMP.さわ
1073) 訳WORDS are TRANSLATED into music by a SHAKU-HACHI flute.わけ
1074) 択FINGERS of a master playing a SHAKU-HACHI flute instinctively CHOOSE
the correct holes to cover.
1075) 昼At NIGHTBREAK, a Zen priest plays a SHAKU-HACHI flute to celebrate the
coming hours of DAYTIME.ひる
1076) 戸ONE FLAG waves above a DOOR.と
1077) 肩To knock down a DOOR, the PART OF BODY used (at least in the movies) is
the SHOULDER.かた
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1078) 房With the DOOR to opportunity now open, and having a DIRECTION in life, is
a college graduate with a gold TASSEL hanging from his cap.ふさ
1079) 扇DOORS form the "WINGS" of a huge FAN.おうぎ
1080) 炉A controlled FIRE burns behind the DOORS of a HEARTH.
1081) 戻A DOOR which is very large allows a St. BERNARD DOG to RETURN
home.もど・す｜もど・る
1082) 涙WATER plus the RE-turn of a loved combine for the shedding of joyful
TEARS. | WATER is of course included in the kanji for TEARS.なみだ
1083) 雇Walking in through the DOOR is TURKEY who has just been
EMPLOYEDやと・う
1084) 顧The industrious EMPLOYEE causes discomfort for his superiors, forcing them
to turn their HEADS to LOOK BACK and see who is gaining on them. | The turning
HEAD is the theme primitive in this kanji for LOOK BACK.かえり・みり
1085) 啓A TASKMASTER listens behind closed DOORS to a whispering MOUTH as it
DISCLOSES valuable information.
1086) 示TWO LINES represent the top of a SMALL altar, used to SHOW the path to
salvation to the people. (As a primitive take it to mean ALTAR)しめ・す
1087) 礼An ALTAR has an invisible HOOK which causes passing soldiers to
automatically stop and snap off a SALUTE. | The show-ALTAR is included here due
to the showy nature of the SALUTE.
1088) 祥The show-ALTAR and the good SHEEP here combine to make an
AUSPICIOUS kanji.
1089) 祝The show-ALTAR and the lively TEENAGER here combine in a
CELEBRATION of the teenager's passage into adulthood.いわ・う
1090) 福From the show-ALTAR, we receive spiritual WEALTH in the form of a
BLESSING.
1091) 祉Reduced to collecting WELFARE, a down on his luck salesman STOPS at an
ALTAR, and thus begins his good fortune.
1092) 社The ALTAR combines with the symbolic SOIL beneath the fingertips of the
workers create an image of the importance of the Japanese COMPANY.やしろ
1093) 視The big EYE with HUMAN LEGS finds a new job INSPECTING newly built
ALTARS.み・る
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1094) 奈A ST. BERNARD DOG on an ALTAR is the first shrine you see when you go
to NARA.
1095) 尉Standing proudly under a FLAG, next to a show-ALTAR for all to see, his eyes
GLUED to the distant horizon, is a MILITARY OFFICER.
1096) 慰The brave MILITARY OFFICER combines with the emotional HEART to
offer CONSOLATION to the family of a soldier lost in battle.なぐさ・む｜
なぐさ・める
1097) 款A SAMURAI trying to help those who LACK even the basic amenities stands
behind a show-ALTAR, urging us to make contributions to our local GOODWILL.
1098) 禁In the speak-easies, a bar was disguised as an ALTAR and surrounded by a
GROVE in case of a police raid during the times of the PROHIBITION.
1099) 襟The priestly CLOAK combines with PROHIBITION from worldly pleasures to
represent a priest's COLLAR.えり
1100) 宗An ALTAR in a HOUSE represents the church of a RELIGION. | Organized
RELIGION needs a location, represented here by a HOUSE.
1101) 崇The faithful must travel to a holy MOUNTAIN in some RELIGIONS to offer
up their ADORATION.あが・める
1102) 祭FLESH, CROTCH and ALTAR combine to create a picture of an
uncomfortable RITUAL practiced on newborn males.(Ouch!! Crotch meat on the
altar?!!!)まつ・り｜まつ・る
1103) 察What bizarre RITUALS are going on in the HOUSE next door? One can only
GUESS!
1104) 擦An escaping prisoner's FINGERS GUESS by scraping against a wall in the
darkness at where a secret GRATE is. | FINGERS are included here as they scratch
and GRATE at something.す・る｜す・れる
1105) 由Romeo wonders "WHEREFORE art thou", and is tossed a SPROUT from the
balcony by Juliet. - RICE FIELD - with middle vertical stroke extending further up.
*Primitive = shoot / sprout / oil derrickよし
1106) 抽FINGERS PLUCK a SPROUT.
1107) 油LIQUID SHOOTING from ground is OIL just discovered. | WATER is
included here to represent the liquid nature of OIL.あぶら
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1108) 袖A CLOAK's SPROUTS are its SLEEVES. | The CLOAK is included here to
indicate the clothing related nature of SLEEVE.そで
1109) 宙A HOUSE under suddenly sprouting OIL DERRICK is shot into MID-AIR.
1110) 届A FLAG flies from a model OIL DERRICK on top of an oil DELIVERY truck
which DELIVERS oil to your home.とど・く｜とど・ける
1111) 笛A BAMBOO SPROUT is played as a FLUTE.ふえ
1112) 軸In your CAR, a piece from an OIL DERRICK functions as the makeshift AXIS.
1113) 甲SPROUT reversed is ROOT, which grows downward into the ground and
wraps around an old suit of ARMOR. *Primitive = root, suit of armour.こうら
1114) 押FINGERS PUSH a suit of ARMOR, crashing to the floor.お・さえる｜
お・す
1115) 岬A suit of ARMOR is placed at the HEADLAND of a MOUNTAIN.みさき
1116) 挿A THOUSAND FINGERS are needed to INSERT an out-of-shape knight into
his suit of ARMOR.さ・す
1117) 申A TONGUE WAGGING IN MOUTH - with a CANE sticking through it,
makes it difficult to SPEAKETH. *Primitive = monkey, who SPEAKETH no evil.
もう・す｜さる
1118) 伸A PERSON with a pet MONKEY stands on a street corner, selling balloons
which he EXPANDS by letting the MONKEY blow them up.の・ばす｜の・びる
1119) 神A MONKEY on an ALTAR is worshipped as a GOD.かみ｜かん｜こう
1120) 捜FINGERS probe a pet MONKEY'S CROTCH in a SEARCH for drugs or
other contraband.さが・す
1121) 果A very strange kind of TREE has human BRAINS as its FRUIT. | The TREE
from which FRUIT comes is included in this kanji.は・たす｜は・て｜は・てる
1122) 菓FLOWERS and FRUIT are used as an image to sell a new kind of CANDY.
1123) 課WORDS are the FRUIT offered by the delicious CHAPTERS of a tasty book.
1124) 裸Remove a CLOAK, and discover the forbidden FRUIT of your lover's NAKED
body.はだか
1125) 斤Pictograph of an AXE.おの
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1126) 析A huge TREE is CHOPPED down by an AXE.
1127) 所Police break down a drug dealer's DOOR with an AXE, and upon seeing all of
the drug paraphernalia within, say "We've got the right PLACE".ところ
1128) 祈A holy man urges fierce warriors to lay down their AXES and come to the
ALTAR and PRAY.いの・る
1129) 近AXES on the ROAD keep intruders from coming NEAR.ちか・い
1130) 折FINGERS FOLD around an AXE. | FINGERS are needed to FOLD
something.おり｜お・る｜お・れる
1131) 哲You are distracted by the FOLDS of the chins under the MOUTH of a professor
while he is lecturing about PHILOSOPHY.
1132) 逝A circus which has FOLDED up its tents and taken to the ROAD is dearly
DEPARTED. | ROAD with its connotations of motion is included in this kanji for
DEPARTED.ゆ・く
1133) 誓FOLDED into a sealed envelope for prosperity are the WORDS of a sacred
VOW. | The WORDS of a VOW set the tone in this kanji.ちか・う
1134) 暫Taking an AXE to a company CAR, is an office TEMP gone
TEMPORARILY insane - for a DAY. | The temporal nature of this kanji explains
the appearance of DAY.しばら・く
1135) 漸WATER leaks STEADILY from the radiator of a CAR which has just been
damaged by a madman with an AXE. | WATER sets the scene in this kanji for
STEADILY.
1136) 断A rich but tyrannical aunt brandishes an AXE as she threatens SEVERANCE
from her WILL. (Fishhook + rice = will)ことわ・る｜た・つ
1137) 質It takes TWO AXES to break into it a SHELL and ascertain the SUBSTANCE
inside.
1138) 斥An AXE has a DROP of blood from a poor soul whose pleas for clemency have
been REJECTED.しりぞ・ける
1139) 訴WORDS protesting innocence are REJECTED during a stinging
ACCUSATION.うった・える
1140) 昨This kanji states that the DAY which is SAWED off is YESTERDAY. | Of
course, DAY plays a role in the kanji for YESTERDAY. (DAY + Pictograph of a
PERSON HOLDING A THREE TOOTHED SAW)
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1141) 詐WORDS which deserve to have a SAW taken to them are those of a LIE. (C.f.
forked tongue).
1142) 作A PERSON holding a SAW busily MAKES something.つく・る
1143) 雪RAIN which must be swept up with a BROOM is obviously SNOW.
(Popular).ゆき
1144) 録A heavy METAL GUITAR is RECORDED and released as a hit RECORD. |
METAL lends a sense of permanence to the kanji for RECORD. (Broom + rice grains
= guitar)
1145) 尋His CRAFTY MOUTH having failed him, GLUE is attached to the end of a
BROOM to obtain scraps of trash from a celebrity's house, whose gleanings will be
revealed in the INQUIRER.たず・ねる
1146) 急The BOUND-UP straw of a BROOM sweeps busily and the HEART speeds up
as a housewife HURRIES through her chores.いそ・ぐ
1147) 穏WHEAT is grown by a SALARYMAN as an escape from the city, and to
CALM his nerves. (Vulture + broom + heart = salary man The BROOM and
HEART are borrowed from HURRY to help convey the hurried sense of the
SALARYMAN, as he CLAWS his way to the top).おだ・やか
1148) 侵A PERSON (presumably a lecherous employer) thinks that just because he
employs a MAID that he can ENCROACH on her personal space. (Holding a
BROOM, working for the CROWN, with the apron covering her CROTCH is a
MAID).おか・す
1149) 浸After a long days work, into bath-WATER, a MAID IMMERSES herself.
ひた・す｜ひた・る
1150) 寝A crazed TURTLE breaks into a HOUSE and is whacked by a MAID and so
has to LIE DOWN. | HOUSE provides the SETTING in which one can LIE
DOWN.ね・かす｜ね・る
1151) 婦The WOMAN who carries a BROOM and an APRON is the LADY of the
house.
1152) 掃FINGERS hold a BROOM, while the holder wears an APRON, and it all makes
a picture of SWEEPINGは・く
1153) 当A SMALL BROOM is the weapon of choice as an old woman HITS her
husband.あ・てる｜あ・たる
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1154) 争"I could a been somebody", cries Marlon Brando, now BOUND UP to a job
RAKING leaves. "I could a been. A CONTENDAH!” (A single vertical stroke added
after BROOM transforms it into RAKE. Note the vertical stoke is cut off at the top or
bottom, respectively, depending on whether there is an element above or below it).
あらそ・う
1155) 浄WATER CONTENDS with dirt and dust to keep everything CLEAN. |
WATER CLEANS, and so is included in the kanji for it.
1156) 事Obviously, TEN RAKES lodged in one's MOUTH is a MATTER of great
concern.こと
1157) 唐At a recently discovered CAVE, someone casually RAKING out the MOUTH
discovers a T'ANG dynasty artefact. *Primitive = orange juice.から
1158) 糖If you put RICE into ORANGE JUICE, it changes into SUGAR.
1159) 康CAVE + SIEVE = SANE. (A RAKE to filter GRAINS OF RICE was the first
SIEVE).
1160) 逮A SIEVE is placed on the ROAD to APPREHEND criminals. | ROAD here
provides its sense of motion and a setting for the kanji for APPREHENDED.
1161) 伊An unfortunate PERSON has been assigned the chore of MOP-ping up ITALY.
(Similar to a rake, but slightly curved on the bottom, is a MOP).
1162) 君Handily carrying a MOP in his MOUTH as kind of a substitute staff is a good
"OLD BOY" shepherd. Alternate primitive = shepherdきみ
1163) 群The SHEPHERDS watch over SHEEP, keeping them together as a FLOCK.
むら｜む・れ｜む・れる
1164) 耐We usually apply the concept of "-PROOF" to alcohol. Here, the -PROOF is
a measure of the stickiness of a gel (the GLUE), determined by how quickly the
COMB can pass through it.た・える
1165) 需In this demonstration of supply and DEMAND, an economics professor
eschews the typical widget, and uses COMBS as his sample product. He then goes on
to show that it will RAIN COMBS if there is enough DEMAND for it.
1166) 儒A historical PERSON who created a DEMANDING philosophy was
CONFUCIUS. | PERSON gives a form to the great philosopher in this kanji.
1167) 端A VASE full of COMBS teeters on the EDGE of a MOUNTAIN range. |
MOUNTAIN gives a sense of teetering on the EDGE in this kanji.はし｜は｜はた
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1168) 両A SPIKE, on one side of his BELT, and a SHOVEL (on the other side) are
BOTH carried by a well prepared workman. (SHOVEL is the square-shaped “U” in
the middle of the kanji).
1169) 満BOTH WATER and FLOWERS are used to FILL up a gas
tank.み・たす｜み・ちる
1170) 画Balance a miniature OIL-DERRICK on a SHOVEL and spray it toward the
CEILING - an innovative way to create a kanji BRUSH-STROKE.
1171) 歯You can STOP cavities by cleaning out the RICE between your TEETH with a
SHOVEL.は
1172) 曲A BRAIN is BENT by the extra line coming from the middle of
it.ま・がる｜ま・げる
1173) 曹ONE lone figure BENDING during exercise in the morning SUN is an early
rising CADET.
1174) 遭A CADET walking along a ROAD has a close ENCOUNTER of the third
kind.あ・う
1175) 漕A CADET in the WATER, ROWING. | Fittingly, WATER is included in the
kanji for ROWING.こ・ぐ
1176) 槽Tied to a TREE, a poor CADET is dipped into a VAT as part of a cruel
initiation ritual.
1177) 斗A NEEDLE (sort of) and two DROPS combine to create the BIG DIPPER.
*Primitive = measuring cup
1178) 料In a country where the currency is RICE, a MEASURING CUP is used to pay
the FEE at a toll booth.
1179) 科WHEAT is doled out by the MEASURING CUP in the WHEAT-doling-out
DEPARTMENT.
1180) 図This PENT IN BIG DIPPER represents an astronomical MAP.はか・る
1181) 用A WALKING STICK, to point out the MOON, is UTILIZED with great
effect. *Alternate primitive = screwdriverみち・いる
1182) 庸 CAVE + RAKE + SCREWDRIVER = COMFORTABLE
1183) 備A PERSON picks FLOWERS at the top of a CLIFF, having gotten there using
only a SCREWDRIVER for climbing EQUIPMENT.そな・える｜そな・わる
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1184) 昔The SALAD DAYS took place ONCE UPON A TIME. (FLOWERS on a
FLOOR create a picture of a bowl of SALAD).むかし
1185) 錯ONCE UPON A TIME, it was easy for people to get CONFUSED between
common metal and true GOLD.
1186) 借ONCE UPON A TIME, a PERSON could BORROW money enough to buy at
least a shack.か・りる
1187) 惜Someone gazes forlornly at his MOOD RING, and sighs, thinking how good
things were in his SALAD DAYS, and is overcome by a wave of selfPITY.お・しむ｜お・しい
1188) 措This kanji seems to advise that its a good idea to use these FINGERS in your
SALAD DAYS to SET ASIDE something for another DAY.お・く
1189) 散Teaching students how to make SALAD with MEAT (i.e. A chef's salad), an
exacting TASKMASTER advises his students to SCATTER the meat throughout the
salad, by properly tossing it.ち・らかす｜ち・らかる｜ち・らす｜ち・る
1190) 廿Two 10s - joined at the bottom makes 20
(XX).にじゅう
1191) 庶Living in CAVERNS, using CAMPFIRES to keep warm, are COMMONERS
who have fled the hardship of the King's rule. (TWENTY CAVES joined together
create an image of a huge CAVERN).
1192) 遮COMMONERS illegally using the king's ROAD to play touch-football have a
pass INTERCEPTED the king's guard. | ROAD here provides a sense of motion in
the kanji for INTERCEPT.さえぎ・る
1193) 席On a tour of the CAVERNS, a TOWEL brought along makes a nice SEAT
when taking a break. | A comfortable TOWEL finds its way into this kanji for SEAT
1194) 度When in the CAVERNS, keep a thermometer next to your CROTCH to make
sure you can measure the DEGREES. *Alternate primitive = thermometerたび
1195) 渡A swimmer checks the WATER to see how many DEGREES it is before
deciding to TRANSIT the channel.わた・す｜わた・る
1196) 奔A ST. BERNARD DOG coming out from playing in a HAYSTACK, hustles
and BUSTLES to meet his master. (A NEEDLE is searched for by TWO HANDS in
a HAYSTACK).
1197) 噴The MOUTH of a VOLCANO ERUPTS. | The MOUTH spewing lava fits
nicely in this kanji for ERUPT. (Haystack + clams = volcano)ふ・く
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1198) 墳The SOIL of a VOLCANO often marks the location of a suddenly created
TOMB. | The use of SOIL is not surprising in the kanji for TOMB.
1199) 憤The creative natives put a huge MOOD RING on a VOLCANO so they can tell
when it is AROUSED.いきどお・る
1200) 焼Positioned in front of a HEARTH-FIRE, a STRAWMAN goes about BAKING
a cake. (Two HUMAN LEGS added to a HAYSTACK give us a
STRAWMAN).や・く｜や・ける
1201) 暁In a peaceful agricultural scene, the SUN rises up over a STRAWMAN at
DAYBREAK. | Of course, the primitive for DAY appears in the kanji for
DAYBREAK.あかつき
1202) 半In a Solomon-like decision, a set of ANIMAL-HORNS are cut in HALF - with
a NEEDLE.なか・ば
1203) 伴The CONSORT of the king complains that she is treated like HALF A
PERSON. | PERSON gives a form to the CONSORT of this kanji.ともな・う
1204) 畔A RICE-FIELD is bisected in HALF by a PADDY-RIDGE. | Where else
would a PADDY-RIDGE be found but a RICE FIELD?あぜ
1205) 判King Solomon threatens to cut the child in HALF with a SABRE. Thus
rendering JUDGMENT. (Popular). | SABRE here lends a cutting sense of finality to
the kanji for JUDGMENT.
1206) 券Either pay a QUARTER or threaten the ticket-seller with a DAGGER to get
your TICKET to the movie. (The primitive at the top of the character simply splits
the vertical stroke of 'HALF' right down the middle to get QUARTER).
1207) 巻Before they discovered paper, the skin from about a QUARTER of a SNAKE
was used as the basic unit to create a SCROLL. | SNAKE lends a rolled up feeling to
the kanji for SCROLL.まき｜ま・く
1208) 圏Similar to the astronomical MAP (pent-up + big dipper), a planetary map, with
PENT UP acting as the border, and the SCROLL within describing the heavenly
SPHERES. | SCROLL lends a circular feel to the kanji for SPHERE.
1209) 勝A QUARTERBACK MUSCLES his way to VICTORY. (Flesh + quarter =
quarterback)か・つ｜まさ・る
1210) 藤Carried on his helmet during a game is the favourite FLOWER of a football
QUARTERBACK, (RICE-GRAINS give a visual hint of the petals), is a
WISTERIA. | Fittingly, FLOWER will appear in the kanji for WISTERIA.ふじ
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1211) 謄A QUARTERBACK'S WORDS are MIMEOGRAPHED and distributed to
the players during the huddles so they can read the plays. | WORDS are usually what
are MIMEOGRAPHED. Also FACSIMILIE.
1212) 片This looks like someone offering a gift on bended knee, but in any case, it is
precariously weighted toward the right, making the whole kanji ONE-SIDED.かた
1213) 版An editorially ONE-SIDED newspaper is printed by HIPPIES who use
environmentally friendly PRINTING BLOCKS.
1214) 之What are we made OF? Visually close to the hiragana "e", this kanji, whose
primitive is BUILDING BLOCKS (think of a block with the letter E), reminds us that
Each and Everyone is made OF the basic BUILDING BLOCKS of life. *Primitive =
building blocksこれ｜の
1215) 乏A "DROP" of BUILDING BLOCKS defines an area of DESTITUTION in a
run-down are of the city.とぼ・しい
1216) 芝FLOWERS on top of BUILDING BLOCKS are a new way to formulate astroTURF.しば
1217) 不ONE PERSON is a DRIP because he always says only NEGATIVE things.
1218) 否Someone with a NEGATIVE MOUTH can quickly NEGATE a positive
atmosphere.いな
1219) 杯If we asked the TREE itself, it might give a NEGATIVE response to the request
to draw CUPFULS of syrup from it.さかずき
1220) 矢This is sometimes considered an arrow, so we can say that a DROP of an arrow
is a DART - straight from HEAVEN.や
1221) 矯A DART-carrying ANGEL flies about looking to RECTIFY
wrongdoings.た・める
1222) 族An Indian TRIBE goes into battle with a BANNER flying above them, which
pictures an emblem of a DART (arrow).
1223) 知A MOUTH moves quick as a DART because the speakers KNOWS the subject
matter so well. (Popular).し・る
1224) 智If you KNOW everything under the SUN, you have obtained WISDOM. | The
bright SUN casts it light in WISDOM.
1225) 矛Built from the tennis racket of BEFOREHAND (shown later), a flowing ribbon
is added to change it into a sporty HALBERDほこ
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1226) 柔A HALBERD smashes through TENDER bark of a TREE, negating the
TENDER ministrations of the gardener who had nursed it back to
health.やわ・らか｜やわ・らかい
1227) 務This could be considered TASKMASTER in his full form - wielding a
HALBERD, with great MUSCLES abounding, urging his charges to complete their
given TASK.つと・める
1228) 霧WEATHER which makes it a TASK to see clearly is FOG. | RAIN is brought
in to help create the kanji for FOG.きり
1229) 班A new game of "Spear Ball" (where SPEARS are thrown at two suspended
BALLS) is played by members of a spear-ball SQUAD.
1230) 帰A warrior carrying a SPEAR is given his new weapons, a BROOM and an
APRON, at his HOMECOMING party.かえ・す｜かえ・る
1231) 弓One way to look at this pictograph has the top and bottom as the ends of the
bow being drawn, and the middle section is an exaggeration of slight inward curve a
BOW has at its centre.ゆみ
1232) 引This may be most easily remembered as a pictograph of a BOW with the
vertical line representing a string ready to be PULLED.ひ・く｜ひ・ける
1233) 弔As opposed to PULL, where the string / cane floated outside the BOW, here the
BOW is wrapped around a CANE, thus making a gift used to offer
CONDOLENCES in memory of an archery aficionado.とむら・う
1234) 弘A mighty ELBOW bends as it pulls back a BOW, sending an arrow a VAST
distance.
1235) 強Only the STRONGEST ELBOW can pull this BOW to destroy the rampaging
STRONG killer INSECT. (Bow + elbow =
vast)つよ・い｜つよ・まる｜つよ・める｜し・いる
1236) 弱ICE is fired from two BOWS by waiters into drinks in order to WEAKEN
them.よわ・い｜よわ・まる｜よわ・める｜よわ・る
1237) 沸When hundreds of DOLLARS are accidentally dropped into the WATER,
someone gets SEETHING mad. | WATER is used here due to the fact that things that
SEETHE are usually in liquid or semi-liquid form. (A BOW with two 'strings" preinstalled costs a lot of DOLLAR SIGNS in the primitive on the right. When shown
underneath another primitive, one vertical stroke becomes just a short tail, and the
other is cut off at the top of DOLLAR SIGN).わか・す｜わ・く
1238) 費DOLLARS SIGNS combine with SHELL-CURRENCY to create an
unexpected EXPENSE.つい・やす
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1239) 第A corresponding "No." of BAMBOO sticks are displayed above "DOLLAR
SIGNS" to indicate the NO. of dollars the accompanying item would cost.
1240) 弟Wearing the devil's HORNS and asking for more DOLLARS is a YOUNGER
BROTHER.おとうと
1241) 巧A well-CRAFTED SNARE is fashioned by an ADROIT hunter. (Half a BOW,
with the piece of string going across the top, creates the picture of a
SNARE).たく・み
1242) 号Someone uses his MOUTH to SNARE a passer-by by calling out his
NICKNAME.
1243) 朽The carcass of an animal caught in a SNARE which was placed in a TREE
DECAYS.く・ちる
1244) 誇A hunter's BOASTFUL WORDS are overly familiar as he explains how he
caught a rabid ST. BERNARD DOG with ONE SNARE. | The WORDS of an empty
BOAST are the focus of this kanji.ほこ・る
1245) 汚Over the WATER, finally caught in a ONE SNARE laid by his mom, one rather
DIRTY boy is about to get a bath. | As in CLEAN, the kanji for DIRTY also involves
WATER.きたな・い｜けが・す｜けが・らわしい｜よご・す｜
よご・れる｜けが・れる
1246) 与David, who shot down Goliath with ONE shot from his SLINGSHOT, has fame
and glory BESTOWED upon him. (SLINGSHOT differs from SNARE in that the
first stroke is moved down and to one side, as if being drawn back to fire a
SLINGSHOT).あた・える
1247) 写A CROWN is BESTOWED on the top flirter at the COPY
machine.うつ・す｜うつ・る
1248) 身Distorted NOSE of self - with a diagonal line to fill out the BODY of
SOMEBODY. Marlon Brando cries "look at my nose - until this line broke it, I could
have been SOMEBODY!”み
1249) 射SOMEBODY is grabbed by a bad guy, who keeps a gun GLUED to his back,
threatening to SHOOT.い・る
1250) 謝If you let WORDS SHOOT out of your mouth without thinking about it, you
could end up APOLOGIZING for it later.あやま・る
1251) 老SITTING DOWN on the SOIL as his cane goes to a DIAGONAL position
during the process, is an OLD MAN. お・いる｜ふ・ける
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1252) 考An OLD MAN aiming a SLINGSHOT carefully CONSIDERS the best
moment to release it.(The top half of this kanji is the primitive for OLD MAN)
かんが・える
1253) 孝An OLD MAN is looked up to by a CHILD with FILIAL PIETY.
1254) 教FILIAL PIETY and TASKMASTER combine to present an image of a
TEACHER at work.おし・える｜おそ・わる
1255) 拷The experienced FINGERS of a torturer "CONSIDER" how to best
TORTURE an unfortunate subject. | Cruel FINGERS TORTURE.
1256) 者An OLD MAN trying to jump over the SUN, when questioned, says he just
wants to be SOMEONE important. *Primitive = puppetもの
1257) 煮An unfortunate PUPPET, whose food value is needed based on its leather cloth,
is BOILED over a CAMP FIRE. | CAMPFIRE provides the heat in the kanji for
BOIL.に・やす｜に・る｜に・える
1258) 著FLOWERS are showered on PUPPETS after every show because they are so
RENOWNED. Bill and Ben the FLOWER pot men are RENOWNED British
PUPPETS.いちじる・しい｜あらわ・す
1259) 署Aware that all EYES were on him, John Hancock decided to no longer be a
PUPPET of the English and thus penned his famous SIGNATURE.
1260) 暑The SUN shines down on a PUPPET show being performed before tourists in
SULTRY weather. (Punch and Judy the PUPPETS in the SUNNY SULTRY/HOT
weather)あつ・い
1261) 諸A skilled ventriloquist succeeds in making the WORDS of a PUPPETS sound
like VARIOUS people. (Do not confuse with MISCELLANEOUS in number
562)もろ
1262) 猪As opposed to the primitive for BOAR (horned sow), the full kanji version
seems to say that WILD DOG which looks like a PUPPET is a BOAR. | The
middling sized animal WILD DOG helps here to give shape to a BOAR.いのしし
1263) 渚A wet PUPPET crawls from the WATER onto a STRAND, now STRANDED
on a desert island. | WATER fittingly appears in the kanji for STRAND. (STRAND
is a sort of beach or shoreline)なぎさ
1264) 賭SHELL-CURRENCY is piled up before a PUPPET who sits GAMBLING at a
blackjack table. | SHELL-CURRENCY is brought in to help make the stake in the
kanji for GAMBLE.か・ける
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1265) 峡A MOUNTAIN looks like it has been split open by the SCISSORS of God,
leaving an immense, gaping GORGE. | A MOUNTAIN is where you are most likely
to find a GORGE. (HUSBAND waves arms around (the V-like shape), looking for
SCISSORS).
1266) 狭A brave man holds off PACK OF WILD DOGS with SCISSORS, but he is
CRAMPED into narrow space.せば・まる｜せば・める｜せま・い
1267) 挟Imagine your FINGERS being SANDWICHED in by a pair of SCISSORS.
はさ・まる｜はさ・む
1268) 追The famous movie, "The paper CHASE", showed the struggles of students in a
law school. In our version, "The Kanji CHASE", a MAESTRO's tails flap behind him
as he runs along the ROAD, CHASING a student who has left music practice to go
study kanji.お・う
1269) 師A MAESTRO who hangs TOWELS from the CEILING to improve the
acoustics is an EXPERT. | The skilful MAESTRO lends his presence to the kanji for
EXPERT.
1270) 帥A COMMANDER conducts his forces like a MAESTRO, waving a TOWEL
to signal his commands. | The skillful MAESTRO lends his confident presence to the
kanji for COMMANDER.
1271) 官A HOUSE MAESTRO keeps his job by being an effective BUREAUCRAT. |
The skillful MAESTRO appears in this variation to become a stolid BUREAUCRAT.
1272) 棺Some feel the only WOOD suitable for an obstructive BUREAUCRAT is that
of a COFFIN.ひつぎ
1273) 管A BUREAUCRAT smokes a BAMBOO PIPE. | The cylindrical nature of
BAMBOO makes it a natural for the kanji for PIPE.くだ
1274) 父The gentle but stern FATHER is an "opened up" TASKMASTER.ちち
1275) 交Wearing a TOPHAT, a proud FATHER MINGLES with the upper-crust of
society.ま・ざる｜まじ・える｜ま・じる｜まじ・わる｜か・わす｜か・う
1276) 効Taken to the circus and being allowed to MINGLE with the CIRCUS
STRONGMEN is the reward for a boy scout who earns many MERIT badges. |
MUSCLE gives an idea of the effort involved in MERIT.き・く
1277) 較CARS of the race you are watching on television MINGLE with one another
because the CONTRAST needs to be adjusted.
1278) 校Students are not allowed to MINGLE during the EXAM, but rather work
quietly at their WOODen desks.
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1279) 足MOUTH of a MENDED sock fits over a LEG.(WOODEN LEG as a
primitive)た・る｜た・す｜た・りる｜あし
1280) 促A PERSON's LEGS have to be STIMULATED after being sat on for too
long.うなが・す
1281) 距A WOODEN-LEGGED GIANT runs in the Boston Marathon, covering a
LONG-DISTANCE with each stride.
1282) 路EACH (wooden) LEG increases the width of a PATH. | WOODEN LEG is
used here to suggest an idea of walking along a PATH.じ
1283) 露Early hikers along a PATH encounter the morning DEW left over from the
evening's RAIN. | RAIN is used here because a form of it creates DEW. つゆ
1284) 跳WOODEN-LEGGED pirates use a TORTOISE-SHELL as a marker in a game
of HOP-scotch.は・ねる｜と・ぶ
1285) 躍A PEACOCK with uses his (wooden) LEGS to LEAPS around in a bid for
attention. | (Wooden) LEG is featured in the kanji for LEAP.おど・る
1286) 践As we know, "Don't TREAD on me" is the motto of one of the New England
states. Uniquely walking on WOODEN LEGS, a parade FLOAT TREADS on
snakes.
1287) 踏A WOODEN-LEGGED buccaneer gingerly tests the WATER, and when the
SUN gets hot enough, STEPS in.ふ・まえる
1288) 骨BONE-JOINTS connect to MEAT/FLESH to form a complete picture of a
SKELETON.ほね
1289) 滑WATER under a scary SKELETON causes it to have a SLIPPERY time.
すべ・る｜なめ・らか
1290) 髄HITCHHIKER you pick up turns into a SKELETON, eats your bone
MARROW.| SKELETON sets the stage in the kanji for bone MARROW. (Possess +
road = hitchhiker)
1291) 禍Jumping over a show-ALTAR while hanging onto her horse's JAWBONE is
CALAMITY Jane, the famous cowgirlわざわい
1292) 渦You slouch down until the WATER is up to your JAWBONE in a nice, hot
WHIRLPOOL.うず
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1293) 過JAWBONES drop in surprise as hot-rodders on a nearby ROAD zing by,
obviously OVERDOING the speed limit.あやま・ち｜あやま・つ｜す・ぎる｜
す・ごす
1294) 阪A popular activity in the sixties was for the HIPPIES to go up to the
PINNACLE on the HEIGHTS and take it over. | PINNACLE lends its sense of high
ground to this kanji. (Left part of the kanji can be PINNACLE/ATHENIAN
ACROPOLIS as a radical. Be careful it means something else when it appears on the
right hand side of a kanji.)さか
1295) 阿Here we can see the determination of tribal chieftain who said "We CAN make
the largest PINNACLE in AFRICA.
1296) 際At the ACROPOLIS, a celebratory RITUAL is held on great OCCASIONS.
きわ
1297) 障On ACROPOLIS men in BADGES HINDER would-be vandals.さわ・る
1298) 随All the way to the ACROPOLIS goes the HITCHHIKER, just FOLLOWING
the road. | ROAD here finds its way into the kanji for FOLLOW (as part of the
hitchhiker).
1299) 陪 PINNACLE + MUZZLE = AUXILIARY
1300) 陽We see that on top of the ACROPOLIS, a
1301) GY-BANK is placed to gather SUNSHINE.ひ
1302) 陳 PINNACLE + EAST = LINE UP
1303) 防A huge COMPASS is mounted on the ACROPOLIS to determine the direction
of an enemy attack in hopes of WARDING it OFF. ふせ・ぐ
1304) 附Political signs are ADHERE to the ACROPOLIS, having been AFFIXED by
political zealots.
1305) 院The PINNACLE of PERFECTION is how a stuffy "INST." might portray
itself.
1306) 陣Proving just how touristy the ACROPOLIS has become, we see next to it are a
bunch of CARS in a CAMPGROUND called "CAR CAMP ACROPOLIS". | CAR
and the "highness" of PINNACLE (in the sense of a good place to set up CAMP)
combine nicely in this kanji.
1307) 隊In a variation on an "Animal Farm" scenario, at the ACROPOLIS, marching in
lockstep before stunned tourists is a REGIMENT of BOARS as it takes over the
famous site.
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1308) 墜A REGIMENT is so inept that the soldiers CRASH haphazardly into one
another, and then fall to the GROUND. | SOIL plays a role here because when
something CRASHES, it usually ends up in pieces on the GROUND.
1309) 降At the ACROPOLIS, a tourist on STILTS wearing SUNGLASSES
DESCENDS from a bus.ふ・る｜お・りる｜お・ろす
1310) 階A PINNACLE is what you get when you pile ALL the STOREYS one on top
of the other.
1311) 陛Up on the ACROPOLIS, contemptuously COMPARING his lush living
conditions with those of the poor peasants living off the SOIL, far below, lives a royal
HIGHNESS.
1312) 隣From high up on a PINNACLE you can see, growing RICE and wearing
SUNGLASSES, your new NEIGHBOURS.となり｜とな・る
1313) 隔The ACROPOLIS must be put in a huge TEST TUBE to ISOLATE it from the
elements.へだ・たる｜へだ・てる
1314) 隠Hoping to rob the tourist concession at the ACROPOLIS, a thief posing as a
SALARYMAN carries in his briefcase a CONCEALED weapon.かく・す｜
かく・れる
1315) 堕The ACROPOLIS gets re-POSSESSED by the SOIL as it DEGENERATES. |
SOIL gives a sense of the ultimate result of this kanji for DEGENERATE
1316) 陥The ACROPOLIS, BOUND UP by patchwork repairs since OLDEN TIMES,
finally COLLAPSES in a big heap.おちい・る｜おとしい・れる
1317) 穴EIGHT HOUSES fall into a HOLE. *As a primitive, HUMAN LEGS replaces
the EIGHT.あな
1318) 空A HOLE is CRAFTED, leaving an EMPTY space, revealing the
SKY.そら｜あ・ける｜あ・く｜から
1319) 控FINGERS which leave your bank account EMPTY WITHDRAW all your
funds.ひか・える
1320) 突A poor, unfortunate ST. BERNARD DOG falls suddenly into a HOLE, and is
STABBED to death by some malicious boys.つ・く
1321) 究Seeming to fall off a table, and into a HOLE, is the curve-ball of BASEBALL.
How it does this is the subject of a much scientific RESEARCH.きわ・める
1322) 窒A HOLE, at the CLIMAX of the play, is PLUGGED UP by the heroic Dutch
boy.
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1323) 窃A HOLE is CUT with great STEALTH in this nefarious kanji.ひそ・か
1324) 窪WATER-HOLES dried up and were overgrown with poison IVY during the
great DEPRESSION. HOLE gives a key hint in this kanji for DEPRESSION. (The
DEPRESSION referred to here is a sunken place in the ground, rather than in one’s
spirits).くぼ
1325) 搾FINGERS fit through a HOLE in a SAW and SQUEEZE it.しぼ・る
1326) 窯A HOLE in which a SHEEP turns over a CAMP-FIRE is a KILN. | OVENFIRE, fires things up in a KILN.かま
1327) 窮SOMEBODY in a HOLE with only an empty BOW finds it HARD to get UP
and out of the hole. (HARD UP).きわ・める｜きわ・まる
1328) 探FINGERS reaching into a hole made in a TREE by a PAPER PUNCH,
GROPE around. | FINGERS is an obvious choice for an element in GROPE. (HOLE
without the "chimney" on the house is a PAPER PUNCH).さが・す｜さぐ・る
1329) 深DEEP in the WATER divers use a high-tech PAPER PUNCH to make holes in
the WOODEN hull of an old ship.ふか・い｜ふか・まる｜ふか・める
1330) 丘AXES tossed on the FLOOR of the ground pile up high enough to make a
HILL.おか
1331) 岳A HILL on a MOUNTAIN is sharp as a POINT. (The POINT referred to here
is as in “Point Pleasant” like a place).たけ
1332) 兵Using an AXE as a TOOL of war is a SOLDIER.
1333) 浜The WATER of a SEACOAST is invaded by SOLDIERS.はま
1334) 糸A COCOON creates a SMALL length of THREAD.いと
1335) 織Instead of the usual swaying snake, THREAD sways to the music of a KAZOO
as it's WOVEN into a carpet in mid-air.お・る
1336) 繕THREAD is used by thrifty and VIRTUOUS people to DARN their socks.
つくろ・う
1337) 縮Using only THREAD, an INN is constructed by the incredible SHRINKING
man.ちぢ・まる｜ちぢ・む｜ちぢ・める｜ちぢ・らす｜ちぢ・れる
1338) 繁The CLEVERNESS of a good seamstress can transform the merest of
THREAD into a LUXURIANT gown.しげ・る
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1339) 縦A weight is tied to one end of a THREAD allowing it to ACCOMPANY the
downward line of the wallpaper in VERTICAL line. | As in HORIZONTAL, the thin
THREAD keys the kanji for VERTICAL.たて
1340) 線At a police "LINE-UP", in which witnesses attempt to identify the perpetrator
of the crime, a witness notices a red THREAD on the jacket of one of the line-up
members, and recognizing it as belonging to the bad guy, she SPRINGS to her feet,
grabs him, and throws him into a nearby SPRING. A life-LINE then pulls him out.
1341) 締By means of invisible THREAD, the sheepish SOVEREIGN is controlled by
his wife, which she TIGHTENS around his neck whenever he gets out of
line.し・まる｜し・める
1342) 維Wild TURKEY is trapped by a THREAD made of strong FIBER. | THREAD
provides a hint in the kanji for FIBER.
1343) 羅FIBER under the sideways EYE is used a GAUZE.
1344) 練THREAD combines with EAST to show how such skilfully made tapestries
originated there - PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.ね・る
1345) 緒Instead of hanging by a THREAD, a wily PUPPET stands on his own with
THONG sandals.お
1346) 続THREAD CONTINUES to SELL well. | THREAD fits here in the same sense
of the CONTINUING THREADS of on-line conversations.つづ・く｜つづ・ける
1347) 絵THREADS MEET in an embroidered PICTURE.え
1348) 統THREAD is ALLOTTED (A LOT of it) to make OVERALLS. | If we look at
this OVERALL in the sense of the clothing item, THREAD makes sense
here.す・べる
1349) 絞The Boston Strangler, who used thick THREAD as his weapon of choice,
would MINGLE with the horrified crowd after STRANGLING his victim. | The
string-like THREAD lends a sinuous reality to this kanji for
STRANGLE.しぼ・る｜しま・る｜し・める
1350) 給In a piecework system, a textile worker, based on the amount of work done,
(measured by the amount of THREAD used), is hopefully reimbursed with a
FITTING SALARY.たま・う
1351) 絡EACH THREAD ENTWINES another.から・まる｜から・む
1352) 結An AEROSOL CAN sprays a special THREAD which TIES up its victim. |
That entwining THREAD appears in TIE is no surprise.ゆ・う｜ゆ・わえる｜
むす・ぶ
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1353) 終Every THREAD has an END. On the other hand, we find that the THREAD of
life continues as hibernating animals emerge at WINTER'S
END.おわ・る｜お・える
1354) 級The ties and prejudices of CLASS, here represented by THREAD around
OUTSTRETCHED HANDS, are difficult to break.
1355) 紀THREAD is spit out by a SNAKE in the forms of letters to create a
CHRONICLE of his life. | THREAD is used here to represent the continuity of a
CHRONICLE.
1356) 紅The THREAD of a masterful guitar solo weaves its way through a meticulously
CRAFTED song "They call Alabama the 'CRIMSON Tide'".べに｜
くれない
1357) 納A THREAD of payments leads to a SETTLEMENT; INSIDE of a month.
おさ・まる｜おさ・める
1358) 紡A THREAD is wound around the stem of a COMPASS, and then suddenly
pulled, causing it to start SPINNING wildly about. | THREAD is a natural choice for
a kanji involving SPINNING.つむ・ぐ
1359) 紛THREAD which PARTS, causing the pants it was holding up to fall down,
creates an amusing
DISTRACTION.まぎ・らす｜まぎ・らわしい｜まぎ・らわす｜まぎ・れる
1360) 紹The THREAD of conversation which leads toward SEDUCTION starts with a
simple INTRODUCTION.
1361) 経Picture a monk who, while passing THREAD through the centre of a SPOOL
(of thread) chants a Zen SUTRA.へ・る
1362) 紳Tarzan returns to England and is captured and tied up by a thick THREAD, and
called half-man, half-MONKEY. Of course, later on, they call him SIRE.
1363) 約Someone ties a THREAD to the handle of a LADLE to remind themselves of a
PROMISE they had made.
1364) 細THREAD the four squares of RICE-FIELD together to make a DAINTY
decoration.こま・か｜こま・かい｜ほそ・い｜ほそ・る
1365) 累In a RICE FIELD - not snow, or rain, but THREAD, which over the years falls
from the clothes of the peasants as they work the fields is what ACCUMULATES.
Notice how the fallen THREAD lays at the bottom in this kanji.
1366) 索A parachutist, in an attempt to keep from breaking his CROWN, pulls out a
NEEDLE and THREAD in a desperate attempt to repair a broken rip-CORD. |
Suitably, THREAD appears in the kanji for CORD.
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1367) 総Using THREAD to sew a "PUBLIC" HEART onto his jacket for all to see,
GENERAL Napoleon protested his love for Josephine.(GENERAL in this sense does
not mean a member of the military. It is more like a “universal” or “widespread”
GENERAL)すべ・て
1368) 綿WHITE TOWELS are ripped down to THREAD for their COTTON.わた
1369) 絹THREAD from the MOUTH of a silkworm produced only under the light of the
MOON is a rare SILK.きぬ
1370) 繰THREAD WINDS and un-WINDS around a NEST to create a picture of a kind
of yo-yo. | THREAD makes it easy to visualize WINDING around something.
(Goods + tree = nest)く・る
1371) 継The THREAD provides the sense of continuity found in INHERIT. The WILL
completes the picture for INHERIT. (Rice + fishhook = will)つ・ぐ
1372) 緑What colour are the THREADS/strings of a GUITAR? THREADS of a
GUITAR are strings dyed GREEN, as the group sings a rock version of
"GREENSLEEVES". (Broom + rice + grains = guitar)みどり
1373) 縁Add a lonely SOW with a BROOM, and we see a poor creature who needs a
sense of AFFINITY with his masters. | THREAD here provides a sense of connection
for AFFINITY.ふち
1374) 網The THREAD of a FISHERMAN'S NET completes this kanji for NETTING.
(Glass canopy - animal horns - perish = fisherman's net)あみ
1375) 緊JEANS held together by just a few THREADS make the wearer very TENSE
that they might split. (Slave - crotch = jeans)
1376) 紫SNOWSHOES attached with THREAD are so tight your feet turn PURPLE.
(Footprint + spoon = snowshoe)むらさき
1377) 縛An ACUPUNCTURE SPECIALIST must become an expert, not only in the
needle, but also in the THREAD, so that his can TRUSS UP his patients.しば・る
1378) 縄THREAD combines with the long, sinewy EEL from a rice-field to create an
image of a STRAW ROPE. | THREAD lends it rope-like sense in the kanji for
STRAW ROPE.なわ
1379) 幼A COCOON is cradled by a CIRCUS STRONGMAN from its INFANCY. |
COCOON lends a sense of early phases of a butterfly's life to INFANCY. THREAD
without the "small" bottom half creates a COCOON.おさな・い
1380) 後A LINE of COCOONS improbably wearing STILTS follows BEHIND
someone with a great big huge gigantic "BEHIND".のち｜あと｜うし・ろ｜
おく・れる
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1381) 幽TWO COCOONS + MOUNTAIN = FAINTかす・か
1382) 幾TWO COCOONS are saddled with the job of counting the PERSONS who
attend the FIESTA - "HOW MANY in your party?" *Primitive = abacusいく
1383) 機A wooden ABACUS is the first MECHANISM. | TREE lends a kind of
structural presence to this kanji.はた
1384) 玄Whodunnit MYSTERY novels now have a new addition to the genre - the
TOPHATTED COCOON, who unravels a MYSTERY, and then disappears.
1385) 畜MYSTERIOUSLY gathering in a RICE-FIELD, you find your LIVESTOCK,
leaving you to ponder the question of why they don't gather in the pasture like normal
livestock.
1386) 蓄FLOWERS are trampled by LIVESTOCK who AMASS on a flowery field.
たくわ・える
1387) 弦A BOW MYSTERIOUSLY is missing its BOW-STRING.つる
1388) 擁FINGERS of a MYSTERIOUS TURKEY HUG you.
1389) 滋A question about WATER which was DOUBLY-MYSTERIOUS to the ancient
creators of kanji is how such a simple liquid could be so NOURISHING.(Remember
the doubling up element on the top hat because it has an extra stroke)
1390) 慈A DOUBLY-MYSTERIOUS HEART is the only way this kanji is able to
explain that most admirable of human qualities - MERCY. | HEART fits nicely into a
kanji about MERCY.いつく・しむ
1391) 磁MAGNETISM was first discovered in the DOUBLY-MYSTERIOUS
behaviour of some unusual STONES.
1392) 系THREADS of LINEAGE are sometime DROPPED. | THREAD lends a sense
of continuity in LINEAGE. *Primitive = yarn
1393) 係The PERSON who carries the YARN is the PERSON-IN-CHARGE because
he can dole it out to anyone at his own discretion.かかり｜かか・る
1394) 孫A CHILD listening to the YARNS of his grandfather is a GRANDCHILD. |
CHILD and LINEAGE combine to create an image of a GRANDCHILD.まご
1395) 懸In a weird sci-fi flick, from an EYEHOOK LOCK connected to a piece of
YARN, a beating human HEART hangs SUSPENDED in midair.か・かる｜か・ける
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1396) 却STAMPS are all but GONE - INSTEAD, we have e-mail.(Right-hand primitive
is POSTAGE STAMP).かえ・って
1397) 脚 PART OF THE BODY + INSTEAD = SHINSあし
1398) 卸Horses have HORSESHOES placed on them, are STAMPED, and then sold
WHOLESALE at a horse auction. (HORSE combined with FOOTPRINT makes a
HORSESHOE).おろし｜おろ・す
1399) 御The LINE of WHOLESALERS insist on conducting an auction in an
HONORABLE fashion, avoiding the usual hijinksおん
1400) 服The image of FLESH covered by a BIKINI is gives us the legal minimum for
CLOTHING. | CLOTHING covers FLESH in this kanji. (Stamp + crotch = bikini)
1401) 命Somewhere in a secret location, in such small letters that it can FIT on the back
of a STAMP, printed in indelible ink, is mankind's FATE.いのち
1402) 令After a MEETING, the documents are CHOP-SEALed and ORDERS are
issued.(CHOP-SEAL* is Similar to STAMP, but with the top stroke extended out to
the left. When CHOP-SEAL appears on top of a kanji it looks like katakana マ)
1403) 零If we could give ORDERS to the RAIN, the first would be for ZERO rain on
the day of a picnic.こぼ・れる
1404) 齢False TEETH are ORDERED by people beginning to show their AGE.
1405) 冷ICE is ORDERED to COOL a bottle of
champagne.さ・める｜さ・ます｜つめ・たい｜ひ・や｜ひ・やかす｜ひ・や
す｜ひ・える
1406) 領In a future world, a weird, unattached HEAD issues ORDERS which must be
followed by those under its JURISDICTION.
1407) 鈴GOLD-coloured and ringing, an ORDER for room service is issued by a
SMALL BELL.すず
1408) 勇With only a CHOP-SEAL for a weapon, a MALE whacks away at his enemies,
displaying great COURAGE.いさ・む
1409) 通HAMMERS repair ROAD, but cause TRAFFIC. (Chop-seal + utilize /
screwdriver = hammer)とお・す｜とお・る｜かよ・う
1410) 踊A WOODEN LEG is hit with a HAMMER causing the victim to JUMP.
おど・り｜おど・る
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1411) 疑After using a SPOON to put poison in a DART, then shooting, and next
stamping with a CHOP-SEAL and shipping a poor animal off to a ZOO, a zoo-keeper
starts to have DOUBTS about his profession.うたが・う
1412) 擬A FINGERS are used by a MIMIC as part of his act, and he is so effective
people start to DOUBT if he's a MIMIC or the real thing.
1413) 凝The cooling process of initiated by ICE combines with DOUBT to describe
how a liquid CONGEALS into a solid. | ICE applied to a wound causes it to
CONGEAL.こ・らす｜こ・る
1414) 範A makeshift BAMBOO weapon, a getaway CAR, and telltale FINGERPRINTS
emerge to give a PATTERN of a murderer's movements. | BAMBOO provides a
certain sense of logic in this kanji. (The primitive for FINGERPRINT is like that for
STAMP except the second stroke bends back underneath and to the right).
1415) 犯WILD DOGS leave their FINGERPRINTS at the scene of a CRIME.
おか・す
1416) 厄On a CLIFF are found the FINGERPRINTS of the UNLUCKY person who
slipped off the edge.
1417) 危A BOUND UP, UNLUCKY bad guy who has escaped is reported to be armed
and extremely DANGEROUS.あや・ぶむ｜あぶ・ない｜あや・うい
1418) 宛Each HOUSE has a MAILBOX, complete with ADDRESS. | HOUSE gives a
setting in the kanji for ADDRESS. (The mailman who delivers in the EVENING
always leaves messy chocolate FINGERPRINTS on your MAILBOX).あ・てる
1419) 腕The PART-OF-THE-BODY with which you write your ADDRESS is your
ARM.うで
1420) 苑FLOWERS growing behind the MAILBOX paint a picture of a front
GARDEN. | Fittingly, FLOWERS appears in the kanji for GARDEN.その
1421) 怨In a horror movie, the hero looks in his MAILBOX and finds an animal's
HEART inside, put there as a threat by a bad guy bearing a serious GRUDGE. | Since
the HEART is where a GRUDGE is carried, it fittingly appears in this kanji.うら・む
1422) 柳TREE fittingly appears in WILLOW. Combine this with EGGS as they splash
against WILLOW TREE (which explains the missing DROPS of the yolks). Left side
of EGG without the DROP is a RECEIPT. (TREE + RECEIPT + STAMP =
WILLOW) やなぎ
1423) 卵You get a STAMPED RECEIPT, with the two DROPS representing the yokes,
after paying for an EGG breakfast.たまご
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1424) 留A RANSOM NOTE found in a RICE FIELD grimly informs the police that a
kidnap victim has been DETAINED. (Receipt + dagger = ransom note)と・まる｜
と・める
1425) 貿A RANSOM NOTE demands SHELL-CURRENCY in a TRADE for the
victim. (Receipt + dagger = ransom note)
1426) 印In the full kanji for STAMP, we see that STAPLES are sometimes needed to
attach a STAMP to an envelope. (The primitive on the left represents STAPLES laid
side by side, or STAPLES as seen from the side.しるし
1427) 興STAPLE and REVERSE STAPLE hold up curtains on either side of MONKS
singing Gregorian chant, while standing on the stage-like TOOL, all in order to
ENTERTAIN you.おこ・す｜おこ・る
1428) 酉Pictograph of a WHISKEY BOTTLE is also the SIGN OF THE BIRD.
*Primitive = whiskey bottleとり
1429) 酒The WATER in a kanji WHISKEY BOTTLE is SAKE.さけ｜さか
1430) 酌Another easy one! WHISKEY BOTTLE combines with LADLE to form an
image of an old-time BARTENDER.く・む
1431) 酵A WHISKEY BOTTLE treated with FILIAL PIETY achieves
FERMENTATION.
1432) 酷WHISKEY lends a certain sense of sourness to this kanji for CRUEL. | A bar
hanger gazing at a WHISKEY BOTTLE gets a CRUEL REVELATION - life is
CRUEL.
1433) 酬For every WHISKEY BOTTLE collected, the STATE promises to REPAY a
nickel.
1434) 酪Frustrated drunk finds that EACH WHISKEY bottle contains a DAIRY
PRODUCT - milk!
1435) 酢A WHISKEY BOTTLE with its top SAWed off is used to pour VINEGAR
into your salad.す
1436) 酔If you drink from 9 X 10 WHISKEY BOTTLES, you will become very
DRUNK.よ・う
1437) 配A SNAKE DISTRIBUTES WHISKEY bottles to everyone. くば・る
1438) 酸TEMPTED to drink WHISKEY, you find it tastes like ACID.す・い
1439) 猶WILD DOGS + PREACHER = WAVER (animal horns + whiskey bottle =
preacher)なお
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1440) 尊In what could conveniently be seen as the full kanji for the alternate primitive
PREACHER, we see a PREACHER who keeps his eyes GLUED to the heavens is a
REVERED reverend.たっと・い｜たっと・ぶ｜とうと・い｜とうと・ぶ
1441) 豆Pictograph of a table full of BEANS. *Primitive = tableまめ
1442) 頭The full kanji for HEAD incorporates BEANS / TABLE into the image;
imagine someone with a string-BEAN for a HEAD.あたま｜かしら
1443) 短Try to throw a DART over a TABLE, but it comes up SHORT.みじか・い
1444) 豊TABLE is so covered with food & plenty that it is BENDing under the weight
of a BOUNTIFUL harvest.ゆたか
1445) 鼓In the full kanji for DRUM, we see that a BRANCH is used to beat the
DRUM.( A SAMURAI stands on a TABLE, beating a DRUM)つづみ
1446) 喜DRUMS are beaten and many MOUTHS are open in song as the people
REJOICE on a festive occasion. | A MOUTH singing hallelujahs seems to be a
reasonable fit for the kanji REJOICE.よろこ・ぶ
1447) 樹We find a novel method of cutting down TREES is to attach an huge number of
DRUMS to them with filled with GLUE - so they snap under the weight and become
falling TIMBER-TREES.き
1448) 皿Pictograph of a DISH.さら
1449) 血A DROP in a DISH turns out to be BLOOD.ち
1450) 盆PARTS of incredibly old and broken DISHES are found out the bottom of the
Pacific BASIN. | The shallow DISH gives an indication in the kanji for BASIN.
1451) 盟Eating from BRIGHT DISHES are the leaders of a newly formed ALLIANCE.
| Usually, the forming of an ALLIANCE is celebrated as a BRIGHT occasion by
those involved.
1452) 盗A subtle food thief, from the NEXT DISH, STEALS the pastry.ぬす・む
1453) 温WATER left under the SUN in a DISH becomes nice &
WARM.あたたか｜あたた・かい｜あたた・まる｜あたた・める
1454) 監HAREM girls are provided with dinner in DISHES by an OVERSEER. (Slave
- reclining - floor = harem)
1455) 濫WATER must be carefully OVERSEEN lest it OVERFLOW.
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1456) 鑑METAL taken from a mine under the careful eyes of an OVERSEER are
inspected for valuable SPECIMENS.かんが・みる
1457) 猛WILD DOGS about to eat a CHILD from a DISH are FIERCE.
1458) 盛This recalls the famed gospel where a DISH filled with a few bits of food was
TURNED INTO enough to feed the crowd, which in turn caused Jesus’ popularity to
BOOM.も・る｜さか・る｜さか・ん
1459) 塩The SOIL which makes up SALT is poured into the MOUTH of a RECLINING
figure by means of a DISH. | SOIL shares some features with SALT, as so finds its
way into this kanji.しお
1460) 銀METAL is added to SILVER to create the full kanji for SILVER.しろがね
1461) 恨The STATE OF MIND where you should look for that SILVER lining is
REGRET.うら・む｜うら・めしい
1462) 根A TREE has SILVER ROOTS.ね
1463) 即A SILVER STAMP is put on sale by the post office, and becomes and
INSTANT success.すなわ・ち
1464) 爵Flying with the predatory skill of a VULTURE, with an eagle EYE and a
SILVER bullets, GLUED murderously to the tail of his aerial opponent - is the
BARON von Richtoven.
1465) 節A crude but effective BAMBOO network allows INSTANT communication
among many NODES. | The joining sections of a BAMBOO make it a natural fit in
this kanji for NODE.ふし
1466) 退For a lovable troop of soldiering miscreants, the ROAD that gleams like
SILVER is the one leading to RETREAT. | ROAD lends a sense of movement to the
kanji for RETREAT.しりぞ・く｜しりぞ・ける
1467) 限Posted on the ACROPOLIS in shiny SILVER numbers so the whole of Athens
will see, is the speed LIMIT.かぎ・る
1468) 眼The "SILVER" portion of an EYE is the EYEBALL.まなこ
1469) 良A DROP of SILVER makes GOOD halo. *Primitive = halo, saintよ・い
1470) 朗A singer who seems to have a HALO due to the backdrop of the MOON sings a
MELODIOUS song. | GOOD / HALO lends it pleasant connotations to
MELODIOUS.ほが・らか
1471) 浪After being baptized in WATER, a HALO suddenly appears over the head of
the WANDERING saint in the desert.なみ
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1472) 娘From a parent's perspective, a WOMAN with a HALO is a DAUGHTER.
むすめ
1473) 食A SAINT underneath an UMBRELLA takes a break from his busy schedule
and EATS. *Primitive = foodた・べる｜く・う｜く・らう
1474) 飯"ANTI" to the generic FOOD, a MEAL implies some effort & preparation.
めし
1475) 飲After eating FOOD, you YAWN mightily, and then DRINK something to wash
it down.の・む
1476) 飢FOOD blown away by the WIND leaves the people at a picnic feeling rather
HUNGRY. | FOOD is the issue in HUNGRY.う・える
1477) 餓Poor kids in Africa beg for FOOD, but it can't be delivered due to the
overweening EGOS of the rival tribal leaders, who use STARVATION as a means of
warfare. | FOOD of course appear in the kanji for STARVE.う・える
1478) 飾A famous interior DECORATOR RECLINES on a TOWEL while eating
FOOD in luxury, contemplating the marvellous DECORATIONS he will make to a
roman bath.かざ・る
1479) 館FOOD controlled by BUREAUCRATS sits inside a "BLDG".
1480) 養A kindly SHEEP provides FOOD to FOSTER child.やしな・う
1481) 飽FOOD WRAPPED up and taken home is that which is left over after your
appetite has been SATED.あ・かす｜あ・きる
1482) 既SILVER change is collected by a WAITRESS for service rendered
PREVIOUSLY, but when you ask her for a date, has a PREVIOUS engagement.
すで・に
1483) 概Where a TREE was PREVIOUSLY, now there is only an OUTLINE.
1484) 慨A STATE OF MIND which is always looking at what was done
PREVIOUSLY is likely to RUE many occasions.
1485) 平CEILING is the level surface of the water, while the NEEDLE floating
underneath and the ANIMAL HORNS combine to make a picture of the WATER
LILY floating EVENLY. *Primitive = water-lilyたいら｜ひら
1486) 呼A MOUTH, through a rolled-up WATER-LILLY, CALLS to the
bullfrogs.よ・ぶ
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1487) 坪The SOIL of a TWO-MAT-AREA is covered with WATER-LILIES.つぼ
1488) 評"EVEN" WORDS EVALUATE.
1489) 刈A SHEAF and a SABRE combine to create a picture of a harvest being
REAPED.か・る
1490) 希The good ship HOPE comes filled with SHEAVES and LINEN.
1491) 凶Using a huge SHOVEL to steal all the SHEAVES in the field is a dastardly
VILLAIN.
1492) 胸The FLESH of a beautiful captive is BOUND UP by a dastardly VILLAIN, as
her BOSOM heaves in distress.むね｜むな
1493) 離A TOP-HATTED VILLAIN sticks his ELBOWS into a BELT and uses the
leverage thus gained to pry out the latch between two train cars full of TURKEYS,
thus DETACHING them, and makes off with the trainload.はな・す｜はな・れる
1494) 殺SHEAVES are launched with MISSILE-like velocity from a TREE, thus
KILLING dozens of people.ころ・す
1495) 純Just as a group of monkeys set in front of typewriters for a long enough period
of time will create a duplicate of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", THREAD trailed together
by enough EARTHWORMS combine to create a GENUINE masterpiece. (The
FISHHOOK from eel is borrowed for this primitive. The large DROP represents the
shape of the simple EARTHWORM. These same worms are dug up with a SHOVEL
and put on a FISHHOOK to complete the picture of an EARTHWORM).
1496) 鈍Crawling over a bar of shiny GOLD is an EARTHWORM, trailing mud and
slime, leaving the bar dreary and DULL. | METAL is used with DULL, presumably
because that is an apt description of it when it's not been kept clean.にぶ・い｜
にぶ・る
1497) 辛A VASE full of NEEDLES contains particularly SPICY contents. *With 2
extra lines to make it look like a tree, this becomes 'RED PEPPER' から・い
1498) 辞TONGUES wag over SPICY gossip, when, as a result of a juicy scandal, some
high minister RESIGNS.や・める
1499) 梓A TREE whose leaves are shaped like bottles of SPICE is a CATALPA TREE.
| TREE is fittingly found in the kanji for CATALPA TREE.あずさ
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1500) 宰In a typical apartment HOUSE, the source of the all the SPICY gossip is
usually the SUPERINTENDENT (who often has SPICY garlic on his breath!). |
HOUSE lives in its domestic feel to the kanji for SUPERINTEND.
1501) 壁Blood drips like KETCHUP to the GROUND in a failed escape over the Berlin
WALL.(A FLAG thrusts from the MOUTH of a bottle of SPICY KETCHUP).かべ
1502) 避A fleeing criminal throws KETCHUP on the ROAD, thus successfully
confusing the police dogs, allowing him to EVADE capture.さ・ける
1503) 新If you STAND on a TREE madly waving an AXE, you'll make the evening
NEWS. (NEW as in “brand NEW”)にい｜あらた｜あたら・しい
1504) 薪During the final stages of a brutal war, FLOWERS are used to create a
completely NEW kind of FUEL. (FIREWOOD)たきぎ
1505) 親PARENT STANDS on a TREE (or flagpole) to SEE children
(popular).おや｜した・しい｜した・しむ
1506) 幸Slashing out the bitterness from SPICY is a single line, leading to
HAPPINESS.さち｜しあわ・せ｜さいわ・い
1507) 執It's often said that FAT people are somehow happier than regular-sized people.
Perhaps the HAPPINESS of a FAT MAN is due to his TENACITY.と・る
1508) 報Male viewers are HAPPY to see a television anchor making her REPORT while wearing a BIKINI!むく・いる
1509) 叫A group singing 'SHOUT' can't get enough volume, so one of them puts his
MOUTH to a narrow end of a CORNUCOPIA, and starts to SHOUT even louder.
さけ・ぶ
1510) 糾A THREAD is TWISTED round & round a CORNUCOPIA until it starts to
get its characteristic TWIST.
1511) 収Holding a CORNUCOPIA in between his legs (CROTCH) as he juggles, is a
clever street entertainer who uses this method to collect his INCOME.おさ・まる
1512) 卑Just a DROP of BRAINS is all it takes to go from a LOWLY position to that of
a rich man eating fruit from a CORNUCOPIAいや・しい｜いや・しむ｜
いや・しめる
1513) 碑The LOWLIEST ROCK is a TOMBSTONE. | ROCK fittingly plays a role in
TOMBSTONE.
1514) 陸The ACROPOLIS and the TAJ MAJAL as seen from the sea are the first
indications that you are nearing a vacation LAND. (Rising high above the SOIL
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amidst of field of RICE SEEDLINGS is the TAJ MAHAL). (Standing in the SOIL are
the HUMAN LEGS of those picking RICE-SEEDLINGS).
1515) 睦Lovingly EYEing one another as they tour the TAJ MAJAL on a honeymoon is
an INTIMATE couple. | EYE plays a key role in this kanji, since INTIMATE
couples often gaze into one another's EYES. (Rice-seedlings + ground = Taj
Mahal)むつ・ぶ｜むつ・まじい
1516) 勢DARTH VADAR and a CIRCUS STRONGMAN pit their FORCES against
one another in a fearsome battle. (Taj Majal + fat man = Darth Vader) Emerging from
the TAJ MAJAL is a frightening FAT MAN - DARTH VADAR.いきお・い
1517) 熱DARTH VADAR enjoys the warming HEAT of a CAMPFIRE on some far
away planet. (Taj Majal + fat man = Darth Vader)あつ・い
1518) 菱OPIUM FLOWERS are bought with DIAMONDS. (Rice-seedling + stilts =
opium) A RICE-SEEDLING that makes you feel like you're on STILTS is
OPIUM.ひし
1519) 陵At the ACROPOLIS, at one point in history is became fashionable to smoke
OPIUM, which due to its long-term effects let to the construction of a
MAUSOLEUM nearby. (Rice-seedling + stilts = opium)みささぎ
1520) 亥Under a huge TOPHAT you can see the oddly shaped ELBOW of a PERSON
as he stuffs his arm into the mouth of SIGN CARRYING HOG (Sign of the hog).
*Primitive = acornいのしし
1521) 核Electron TREES whir around the ACORNS which compose the NUCLEUS of
a kanji atom.
1522) 刻On a tiny ACORN, with the tip of his SABRE, a dying soldier ENGRAVES
the name of his loved one. | SABRE lens its cutting sense to the kanji for ENGRAVE.
きざ・む
1523) 該WORDS which have the quality of ACORNS (small size, large potential) are
found in the fine print of a contract and usually obviate much of what is "ABOVESTATED".
1524) 劾As a punishment, ACORNS are flung by a CIRCUS STRONGMAN at a
congressman being CENSURED by the ethics committee.
1525) 述The inventor of a special RESIN that keeps cars from sliding all over the
ROAD doesn't win the Nobel Prize, but he does get an honourable MENTION. (A
WOODEN POLE is covered with many DROPS (only one shown) of RESIN for
easier climbing).の・べる
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1526) 術Carried down the BOULEVARD St. Michelle during a war evacuation, with
special RESIN rubbed into the surface of the paintings to protect them, are the finest
works of ART in France.すべ
1527) 寒A kind of HOUSE in which you keep CELERY and frozen ANIMAL LEGS on
ICE is a COLD kanji ice-box. (An extra horizontal line added to SALAD represents a
CELERY STICK).さむ・い
1528) 醸In a Tahitian version of moon shining, WHISKEY BOTTLES are hidden
underneath a GRASS SKIRT, the substance therein being a fine Tahitian BREW.
(Dressed in a TOPHAT & SCARF because of unusually cool weather, with a hula
skirt is composed of EIGHT CELERY STICKS is a hula dancer wearing a GRASS
SKIRT).
かも・す
1529) 譲Whooping it up front of a MICROPHONE is the emcee of a Hawaiian barbecue
wearing a GRASS SKIRT, who then graciously DEFERS the mike to the guest of
honour.ゆず・る
1530) 壌In Tahiti, the amount of GROUND covered by a GRASS SKIRT is the standard
for measuring a LOT.
1531) 嬢A happy Irishman washed up on a Tahitian island marries a WOMAN wearing
a GRASS SKIRT; and he always calls her "LASS".
1532) 毒GROW UP/PLANT + BREASTS = POISON. (Add another horizontal stroke
to SOIL for GROW UP).
1533) 素PLANTS are sewn together with THREAD as an exhibit made by kids in
ELEMENTARY school.もと
1534) 麦BARLEY is often used to make beer. So picture a bunch of silly workers,
drunk on beer, trying to gather a PLANT while balancing on STILTS - a BARLEY
plant.むぎ
1535) 青All PLANTS on the MOON are BLUE!あお｜あお・い
1536) 精Similar to blue-blooded Bostonians, RICE which has a slightly BLUE tinge to
it is highly REFINED.
1537) 請WORDS of BLUE are used to SOLICIT customers into a seedy
nightclub.こ・う｜う・ける
1538) 情Wearing a MOOD-RING, a BLUES singer croons "FEELINGS, ooh, ooh, ooh
FEELINGS".なさ・け
1539) 晴The SUN shines clearly in a BLUE sky after the clouds have CLEARED-UP.
は・らす｜は・れる
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1540) 清WATER that is BLUE is PURE. | WATER lends it connotations of purity to
the kanji for PURE.きよ・い｜きよ・まる｜きよ・める
1541) 静The calm and peaceful color of BLUE CONTENDS with the other, noisier
colours for some peace and QUIET.しず｜しず・か｜しず・まる｜しず・める
1542) 責When a PLANT grows from an OYSTER, (instead of a pearl), someone gets
the BLAME. *Alternate primitive = dunce capせ・める
1543) 績A little kitten, after tangling up some THREAD, wears a miniature DUNCECAP as punishment for his EXPLOITS.
1544) 積Ending up wearing a DUNCE-CAP is lazy child who was trying to turn up the
VOLUME control by using a stalk of WHEAT instead of getting up and doing it
properly.つ・む
1545) 債The PERSON wearing a DUNCE-CAP has issued too many BONDS, and now
cannot pay the holders. | PERSON gives form to the BOND-holder of this kanji. (A
financial bond is the meaning).
1546) 漬Dipping into a large vat of WATER is a DUNCE-CAP, used to obtaining the
PICKLING PICKLES held therein. *Alternate primitive =
picklesつ・ける｜つ・かる
1547) 表A PLANT wearing a SCARF can now survive the cold, and covers the
SURFACE of the earth!おもて｜あらわ・す｜あらわ・れる
1548) 俵A PERSON coming out of the water breaks the SURFACE of the ocean, after
have done some underwater shopping, carrying grocery BAGS. | The PERSON here
gives form to the BAG-lady of this kanji.たわら
1549) 潔WATER in its ELEMENTARY state is UNDEFILED. The DAGGER
provides an exclamation point. | WATER lends it connotations of purity to the kanji
for UNDEFILED. いさぎよ・い
1550) 契A PLANT is slashed by a DAGGER-wielding ST. BERNARD DOG, as he
makes a PLEDGE to bring it to a poor lost victim in the Alps.ちぎ・る
1551) 喫A dieter's PLEDGE is broken as he opens his MOUTH to CONSUME a box of
candy. | MOUTH handles the chores as it wolfs down food in this kanji for
CONSUME.
1552) 害If a HOUSE GROWS UP in your MOUTH, it will cause a fair amount of
HARM.
1553) 轄If you lose CONTROL of a CAR, then a lot of HARM will be done. | The
CAR lends a sense of its CONTROLS to this kanji.
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1554) 割The amount of HARM that can be done by a SABRE is directly
PROPORTIONAL to its size. | SABRE lends a cutting sense to the kanji for
PROPORTION. さ・く｜わり｜わ・る｜わ・れる
1555) 憲A HOUSE-PLANT with EYES and a beating HEART stares at the creators of
the American CONSTITUTION.
1556) 生A DROP of a PLANT is a drop of LIFE. *Primitive = cellき｜は・やす｜
なま｜い・かす｜い・きる｜い・ける｜う・まれる｜う・む｜お・う｜は・
える
1557) 星A SUN which looks like a tiny CELL of light in the nightly sky is in reality an
enormous STAR.ほし
1558) 姓A WOMAN's LIFE changes greatly at the point of marriage, which
traditionally has been when she changes her SURNAME.
1559) 性A MOOD RING reflects a SEXY mood, which in the natural progression of
things could lead to a new LIFE coming into being.(As in gender)
1560) 牲A COW'S LIFE comes to an end during an ANIMAL SACRIFICE.
1561) 産A LEPRECHAUN'S LIFE is the PRODUCT of our imagination - right? (Vase
+ cliff = leprechaun)うぶ｜う・まれる｜う・む
1562) 隆You need STILTS to get onto a camel's HUMP for the ride of your LIFE - to
the top of the ACROPOLIS.
1563) 峰Climb to the SUMMIT of a MOUNTAIN on a KNITTING NEEDLE. (Stilts +
bushes = knitting needle)みね
1564) 縫THREAD is used by a giant KNITTING NEEDLE to SEW a ROAD to the
ground.ぬ・う
1565) 拝FINGERS are clasped together in prayer as BUSHES hang from the CEILING
in an interesting ceremony of WORSHIP. おが・む
1566) 寿BUSHES are GLUED together in hopes of increasing their LONGEVITY.
ことぶき
1567) 鋳A METAL'S LONGEVITY is determined by the quality of the
CASTING.い・る
1568) 籍ONCE UPON A TIME, hanging a BAMBOO stick on a CHRISTMAS TREE
in the town square was the means to ENROLL children in school in the upcoming
year. | BAMBOO provides a certain sense of a marker in this kanji. (The addition of
the final two stokes to BUSHES make it a 'BUSHY TREE', i.e., a CHRISTMAS
TREE).
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1569) 春The SUN shines on a BONSAI tree in the SPRINGTIME. (BONSAI could be
viewed a three horizontal lines crossing through a PERSON when it appears in this
form).はる
1570) 椿The TREE for which it is always SPRINGTIME is the evergreen CAMELLIA
(japonica). | Fittingly, TREE is found in the kanji for CAMELLIA. つばき
1571) 泰A PEACE-pipe is made from a BONSAI-tree and filled with RICE-GRAINS.
1572) 奏You wander among the BONSAI trees in Japanese HEAVEN, followed by
angels who float beside you PLAYING MUSIC.かな・でる
1573) 実An architect's dream of creating a HOUSE from BONSAI trees becomes a
REALITY in this kanji.み｜もの・る
1574) 奉A BONSAI TREE is placed atop every PHONE POLE in America, in
OBSERVANCE of/DEDICATION to the need for strong communication between
the U.S. and Japan.( - Bonsai - cornstalk / telephone pole Picture a TELEPHONE
POLE coming out of a field of CORNSTALKS with the two crossbeams on the top,
the top one a little shorter).たてまつ・る
1575) 俸A PERSON, in OBSERVANCE of good work, receives a STIPEND.
1576) 棒A BONSAI is attached to a TELEPHONE POLE becomes straight as a ROD,
just like the TREE growing beside it
1577) 謹If you're dying to tell a secret, whisper your WORDS to a CABBAGE - it will
be DISCREET. | WORDS must be kept inside if one is to remain DISCREET. (A
FLOWER that feeds many MOUTHS when it GROWS UP is a
CABBAGE).つつし・む
1578) 勤A CABBAGE is believed by a CIRCUS-STRONGMAN to be the source of his
amazing strength, so he eats it DILIGENTLY.つと・まる
1579) 漢WATER is poured on SCARECROWS in the SINO part of the world, because
the poor things are outside all day in the hot sun. | The WATER of the confluence of
rivers after which China was named finds its way into SINO. (A two-legged
CABBAGE becomes a SCARECROW. (Not to be confused with the haystack +
human legs of the STRAWMAN).
1580) 嘆As he languishes out in the fields, ignored by the crows, the MOUTH of the
SCARECROW of emits a hearty SIGH.なげ・かわしい｜なげ・く
1581) 難The SCARECROW has figured out how to get rid of the crows, but now
foraging wild TURKEYS are making his life
DIFFICULT.むずか・しい｜かた・い
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1582) 華FLOWERS are held to a SILO by huge NEEDLES, creating a SPLENDID
sight for all who see. (Drop a T onto the middle of SALAD to make SILAGE).はな
1583) 垂At first appearing as a DROP from the sky, its downward trajectory represented
by the vertical line (CANE), landing on the FLOOR of the earth, is rocket-like SILO,
now DROOPING from the impact.た・らす｜た・れる
1584) 睡EYES DROOP when they are DROWSY.ねむ・る
1585) 錘METAL is DROOPING because the SPINDLE is turning too quickly. | The
METAL portion of a SPINDLE is emphasized in this kanji.つむ
1586) 乗WHEAT, when harvested, is put on a special conveyer belt, and gets a RIDE
up to the top of the SILO. *Alternate primitive = busの・せる｜の・る
1587) 剰A BUS takes a load of SABRES to an old army SURPLUS store.
1588) 今An early morning MEETING at 7 AM; oh, no, that's right NOW! (Popular).
*Primitive = clockいま
1589) 含A modern CLOCK with a picture of a MOUTH underneath is an indication that
the alarm is INCLUDED.ふく・む｜ふく・める
1590) 吟A CLOCK is installed into one side of a poets MOUTH to help him to
VERSIFY rhythmically. | The counting MOUTH plays a role in VERSIFY.
1591) 念NOW your HEART makes a heartfelt WISH.
1592) 琴Two KINGS using a CLOCK as a metronome learn to play the HARP.こと
1593) 陰Mounted on the ACROPOLIS is a huge CLOCK, suddenly obscured by
RISING CLOUDS which SHADE it from view, acting like the blinders on a window
SHADE.かげ｜かげ・る
1594) 予A CHOP-SEAL is attached to a HOOKED NAIL to form a primitive TENNIS
RACKET - which give you a good "BE-FOREHAND".*Alternate primitive = tennis
racketかね・て
1595) 序A pro goes into a CAVE and starts throwing TENNIS RACKETS around to
motivate himself as a PREFACE to a tennis match.ついで
1596) 預A TENNIS RACKET is used by a teller to whack someone on the HEAD for
trying to make a DEPOSIT without properly filling out the DEPOSIT
slip.あず・かる｜あず・ける
1597) 野Batting around old COMPUTERS with TENNIS RACKETS could be the way
they play tennis on the PLAINS.の
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1598) 兼An ambitious fellow for some reason wants to attach ANIMAL HORNS to his
DOUBLE-HANDLED RAKE, but the handles end up SPLITTING, because he is
trying to do two jobs CONCURRENTLY.か・ねる
1599) 嫌A WOMAN whose boyfriend is going out with other girls CONCURRENTLY
rather DISLIKES the situation.いや｜きら・う
1600) 鎌Made of METAL, and shown in films demonstrating how all the workers could
work CONCURRENTLY, are the famed hammer and SICKLE of the communists. |
METAL fittingly fits into the kanji for SICKLE.かま
1601) 謙WORDS come CONCURRENTLY from a SELF-EFFACING person in order
to deflect praise being heaped upon him.へりくだ・る
1602) 廉In a store made from a CAVE, many voices are heard CONCURRENTLY as
the shoppers negotiate for a big BARGAIN.
1603) 西This empty WHISKY BOTTLE demonstrates the fondness of the settlers for
whiskey in the WEST. *See next frame for OLD WEST as it appears as a
primitive.にし
1604) 価To struggling settlers who needed every bit of help they could get, each
additional PERSON in the OLD WEST was of great VALUE.あたい
1605) 要After the OLD WEST settlers achieved basic survival mode, WOMEN soon
become the dominant NEED. | WOMAN lends an alluring presence to the kanji for
NEED.い・る
1606) 腰PART OF THE BODY combines with LOINS to create a fairly self-evident
representation of LOINS.こし
1607) 票In the OLD WEST, where the church was the centre of the community, during
election season, the show-ALTAR was the chosen area to post the BALLOT.
1608) 漂In a unique method of absentee voting, mailed in from a desert island over
thousand of miles of WATER is a marked off BALLOT - attached to a piece of
DRIFT-wood.ただよ・う
1609) 標TREES used to post election BALLOTS are makeshift SIGNPOSTS.しるし
1610) 栗In the OLD WEST, gathering under a CHESTNUT TREE, cowboys tell each
other jokes that are old CHESTNUTS. | TREE fittingly is where you can find
CHESTNUTS.くり
1611) 遷The TRANSITION from the east to the OLD WEST was eased by the help of
ST. BERNARD DOGS, who ate dangerous SNAKES on the ROAD.
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1612) 覆In the OLD WEST, everyone would pitch in to RESTORE to an upright
position, a covered wagon which had CAPSIZED.くつがえ・す｜くつがえ・る
1613) 煙A FIRE in the OLD-WEST is built on the GROUNDS of a small camp of a
west-travelling caravan. Unfortunately, this creates SMOKE, which alerts the natives
to the presence of the unwelcome interlopers.けむ・い｜けむり｜けむ・る
1614) 南The "BELT" of HAPPINESS traverses the SOUTHERN climes. (One line
added to "bitter/spicy" makes "happiness").みなみ
1615) 楠Because of all the bugs and insects in that area of the country, he most
important TREE in the SOUTH is the CAMPHOR TREE, known for its insect
repellent qualities. | TREE of course is found in this kanji. くすのき
1616) 献In the deep SOUTH, it could have been a tradition to offer a pet CHIHUAHUA
as an OFFERING when visiting friends.
1617) 門Pictograph of two swinging GATES.かど
1618) 問A MOUTH at the GATES asks the QUESTION - "can I come
in?".と・い｜と・う｜とん
1619) 閲If the DEVIL greets you at the pearly GATES, it does not bode well for the
upcoming REVIEW of your life.
1620) 閥A skilled socialite FELLS the GATES of admission to the inner CLIQUE.
1621) 間The amount of time it take the SUN to pass across the city GATES is an
INTERVAL of time (popular).あいだ｜ま
1622) 簡A stick of BAMBOO is split into INTERVALS, which defines a very SIMPLE
unit of measurement.
1623) 開TWO HANDS thrust OPEN the swinging GATES of a barroom.あ・く｜あ・ける｜ひら・く
1624) 閉EINSTEIN CLOSED the GATES on the tried and true Newtonian physics with
his startling new theories.し・まる｜し・める｜と・ざす｜と・じる
1625) 閣As all roads lead to Rome, EACH GATE leads into the Tokyo TOWER.
1626) 閑TREES glimpsed through GATES lead into a appealing LEISURE area.
1627) 聞EAR "HEARS" at the GATES.き・く｜き・こえる
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1628) 潤A playful joke is played on a KING entering the city GATES in full pageant
when someone drops a pail of WATER on him, making him mad as a WET hen.
うるお・う｜うるお・す｜うる・む
1629) 欄GATES on the exposed EASTERN side from which the Mongol hordes are
coming are battered open by a COLUMN of soldiers carrying a TREE.
1630) 闘The swinging GATES are broken, the TABLES are all overturned, and
everything has to be GLUED together in the aftermath of a saloon
FIGHT.たたか・う
1631) 倉Many GATES MEET with a MOUTH representing the entrance, in a
GODOWN (A godown is storeroom in India & China, which has many
entrances).くら
1632) 創The lead singer of a popular group by the same name grabs a SABRE and leaps
into a GODOWN to save someone who has fallen in, which is the GENESIS of a
good story. はじ・める
1633) 非UN-.Pictograph of a heavy iron pole with bars extending in both directions.
*Primitive = jail cell
1634) 俳A PERSON in a JAIL CELL takes advantage of the free time to write HAIKU
poems.
1635) 排FINGERS extend from a JAIL CELL in a plea for mercy which is quickly
REPUDIATED.
1636) 悲Someone stuck in a JAIL CELL has a HEART attack because he is so SAD.
かな・しい｜かな・しむ
1637) 罪A huge EYE is painted on the ceiling of a JAIL CELL, silently reminding the
inhabitant of his GUILT.つみ
1638) 輩As they drove around town picking up subversives in the JAIL CELL CAR, the
K.G.B were great COMRADES to one another.
1639) 扉The only DOOR out of a JAIL CELL is the FRONT DOOR.とびら
1640) 侯To beat the other PERSON in a boxing match, the KEY is to DART in and out,
per the instructions of the MARQUIS of Queensbury. | PERSON lends his substance
to the MARQUIS of this kanji. (1 KEY gets you in. This primitive for KEY looks like
the number one).
1641) 候When his boxing injuries started to bother him and he needed to walk around
with a CANE, the MARQUIS of Queensbury retired to the Florida due to the warmer
CLIMATE.そうろう
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1642) 決Symbolically washing his hands in WATER, a revolutionary judge commits
members of royalty to the GUILLOTINE, their fate having been DECIDED by the
events of history. (A KEY comes down on a PERSON in a kanji GUILLOTINE).
き・まる｜き・める
1643) 快Marie Antoinette's STATE OF MIND as she approaches the GUILLOTINE is
inexplicably CHEERFUL - perhaps she has completely lost her senses in the trauma
of the revolution.こころよ・い
1644) 偉The PERSON pictured in a LOCKET is considered to be ADMIRABLE by its
wearer. | PERSON gives form to the ADMIRABLE subject of this kanji. (A KEY and
SUNGLASSES are held by a line (the extra line in KEY) in the MOUTH of
beachgoer, forming a kind of LOCKET. Key with one extra vertical stroke - mouth 1/2 sunglasses).えら・い
1645) 違A lucky LOCKET found on the ROAD makes all the DIFFERENCE. | ROAD
could be thought to bring a sense of distance to
DIFFERENCE.ちが・う｜ちが・える
1646) 緯A THREAD with a LOCKET hanging from it connects your TV to an outside
wall, a jury-rigged attempt to fix the bothersome HORIZONTAL lines on the screen.
| As in VERTICAL, THREAD brings its linear qualities to the kanji for
HORIZONTAL.
1647) 衛Pick up a LOCKET on a BOULEVARD, get attacked and kill someone in selfDEFENSE.
1648) 韓Gazing through the MIST, while clutching a LOCKET which contains a picture
of his loved one, a Korean man gazes toward his beloved KOREA.から
1649) 干Pictograph of a CLOTHESLINE with clothes set out to DRY. *Primitive =
clotheslineほ・す
1650) 肝Various PARTS OF THE BODY hang from a CLOTHESLINE from which a
surgeon picks out a LIVER to transplant. | PART OF THE BODY sets the scene in
the kanji for LIVER. きも
1651) 刊SABRES hang from a CLOTHESLINE, which whir and cut the pages for a
book as part of the PUBLISHING process. | SABRE lends a sense of cutting (of
paper) to the kanji for PUBLISH.
1652) 汗Dripping WATER while hanging on a CLOTHELINE is an old SWEATshirt.あせ
1653) 軒In Japan, it's so crowded that CARS with CLOTHESLINES around them are
de-facto FLATS for some young people.のき
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1654) 岸Beneath a MOUNTAIN CLIFF, a CLOTHESLINE has been set up to dry the
bathing suits on a BEACH.きし
1655) 幹Working in the early morning MIST, a farmer, with his anxious wife holding an
UMBRELLA over his head, attaches a CLOTHESLINE to a TREE-TRUNK and
pulls it out.みき
1656) 芋The full kanji for POTATO brings FLOWER into the picture to lend it a more
plant-like quality. Hung by small HOOKS from a CLOTHESLINE are small
POTATOES.いも
1657) 宇In a HOUSE, POTATOES are grown under the EAVES of the attic by a
farming fanatic.
1658) 余An UMBRELLA tries to cover a load of SMALL POTATOES, but the task
proves to be TOO MUCH. *Primitive = scalesあま・す｜あま・る
1659) 除A tourist who wants to see the ACROPOLIS is weighed on a SCALE, and if he
is too heavy, is EXCLUDED from going inside. | PINNACLE lends a sense of "high
ground" to the kanji for EXCLUDE.のぞ・く
1660) 徐The indicator LINE on your SCALE goes GRADUALLY downward (but
quickly upward).
1661) 叙Standing on a SCALE, a contestant in a weight gaining contest who hid weights
in his CROTCH has the winner's award CONFERRED upon him.
1662) 途SCALES along a ROAD form the ROUTE a trucker must follow in order to
have his freight weighed along the way.
1663) 斜On a SCALE is placed a MEASURING CUP, thus affecting the angle of the
DIAGONAL which is made by the scale's indicator.なな・め
1664) 塗The LIQUID measured on a SCALE which you buy to cover up DIRT is a
gallon of PAINT.ぬ・る
1665) 束In the MOUTH of a TREE you find a BUNDLE of money.たば
1666) 頼A BUNDLE carried on the HEAD implies a certain TRUST in oneself not to
drop it.たよ・る｜たの・む｜たの・もしい
1667) 瀬A BUNDLE is carried on a HEAD to keep it from falling into the WATER of
the RAPIDS.せ
1668) 勅A BUNDLE of food is delivered by a CIRCUS STRONGMAN, as per the
IMPERIAL ORDER you delivered over the phone.
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1669) 疎Walking around in a ZOO, carrying his BUNDLE of possessions, is an
ALIENATED alien from outer space.うと・い｜うと・む
1670) 速A BUNDLE moving down the ROAD QUICKLY gains momentum.
はや・める｜すみ・やか｜はや・い
1671) 整Sneaking into your house with a BUNDLE of organizing items (files, etc.) Is an
efficient TASKMASTER, who with a red pen CORRECTS all your failings and
ORGANIZES your lifeととの・う｜ととの・える
1672) 剣In the full kanji for SABRE, an AWL sharpens the point at the end of a
SABRE. (A PERSON makes a belt FIT better by creating another hole with an
AWL). つるぎ
1673) 険A tiny AWL supports the ACROPOLIS from falling down a PRECIPITOUS
incline.けわ・しい
1674) 検Having to write the answers into a TREE with an AWL makes for a tough
EXAMINATION.
1675) 倹A FRUGAL PERSON uses an AWL to make new holes in a belt. | PERSON
lends his form to the FRUGAL subject of this kanji.
1676) 重The extra lines help to support a CAR carrying a HEAVY load. *Alternate
primitive = pickup truckおも・い｜かさ・なる｜かさ・ねる｜え
1677) 動MUSCLES lend their power to this kanji. | It takes HEAVY MUSCLES to
MOVE something.うご・かす｜うご・く
1678) 勲A CIRCUS STRONGMAN who stops a PICKUP TRUCK from running into a
CAMPFIRE surrounded by boy scouts is decorated by the scout leader for the
MERITORIOUS DEED. | CAMP FIRE lends certain brightness to this kanji for
MERITORIOUS DEED.
1679) 働A PERSON MOVES things at WORK. | PERSON gives its form to the hardworking subject of this kanji. はたら・く
1680) 種Various SPECIES of WHEAT are loaded into a PICKUP TRUCK for
examination in a botanical laboratory.たね
1681) 衝PICKUP TRUCKS, on a main BOULEVARD, smash into one another in a
head-on COLLISION.
1682) 薫FLOWERS burnt over a CAMP-FIRE create a HEAVY FRAGRANCE. |
FLOWERS provide the aroma in the kanji for FRAGRANT. (Meritorious deed =
flowers + heavy / pickup truck)かおる
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1683) 病In this full kanji for SICKNESS / ILL, we find that those who are SICK are
treated as THIRD-CLASS citizens. (Two DROPS of germs coming out of a CAVE
represent SICKNESS).やまい｜や・む
1684) 痴The SICKNESS of lack of KNOWledge is that of being STUPID.
1685) 痘It was originally believe the SICKNESS of chicken POX was caused by eating
spoiled BEANS.
1686) 症SICKNESS can by CORRECTLY diagnosed by checking the SYMPTOMS.
1687) 疾SICKNESS caused by poisoned DARTS comes RAPIDLY.
1688) 痢A SICKNESS you can PROFIT from because it cleans out your system is
DIARRHOEA (???).
1689) 疲From the earliest times, the "SICKNESS" that caused people to want to lay
down on their animal PELTS and sleep was simply being
EXHAUSTED.つか・らす｜つか・れる
1690) 疫SICKNESS which strikes like a MISSILE is an EPIDEMIC.
1691) 痛The SICKNESS caused by getting whacked with a HAMMER is great PAIN.
(Chop seal + utilize = hammer)いた・い｜いた・む｜いた・める
1692) 癖The all too common MANNERISM of using too much KETCHUP can make
people SICK and therefore have the bad MANNERISMS to throw up all over
everyone!くせ
1693) 匿BOXES are irresistible places for YOUNG children to try to HIDE.
1694) 匠BOXES are chopped up with AXES for use as material by busy ARTISANS at
a country fair.
1695) 医A BOX of DARTS represents the DOCTOR's bag carried by a kanji
DOCTOR.いや・す
1696) 匹FOUR minus a stroke EQUALS EQUAL. | FOUR BOXES of EQUAL size.
ひき
1697) 区A warden delivers a BOX of SHEAVES to each prison WARD. | The BOX
represents three of the four sides of the boundary of a WARD. *Alternate primitive =
warden
1698) 枢A TREE is used by a WARDEN as the HINGE for the huge front door to his
prison. | TREES lend their wooden presence in the kanji for HINGE
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1699) 殴A WARDEN is fired upon with a MISSILE in a deadly ASSAULT by
prisoners doing time for ASSAULT and battery.なぐ・る
1700) 欧A prison WARDEN YAWNS as he takes a tour of EUROPE with his family. |
WARD lends a sense of the various divisions of the European countries.
1701) 抑A frustrated psychiatric patient uses his FINGER to push on a BOX of
STAMPS, but nothing comes out, so he RE-PRESSES it.おさ・える
1702) 仰A PERSON must FACE-UP to the fact that a BOX of STAMPS (which usually
features the FACE of a president looking UP) is now empty. | PERSON fills out this
kanji for FACE-UP. おお・せ｜あお・ぐ
1703) 迎From a BOX of STAMPS extends a ROAD composed of WELCOME
mats.むか・える
1704) 登In an American Indian legend, an Indian warrior goes into a TEEPEE, stands on
a TABLE, and ASCENDS into the skies. (An UMBRELLA with TWO STICKS
coming out of each side represents a TEEPEE). のぼ・る
1705) 澄After being given a bath in warm WATER, a madman's insanity ASCENDS out
of his mind and he momentarily speaks with great LUCIDITY. (Table / bean + tepee
= ascending)す・ます｜す・む
1706) 発TWO HUMAN LEGS wiggle around, sticking out the top of a TEEPEE, the
punishment for a poor soldier being DISCHARGED from the army.
1707) 廃Into a CAVE is DISCHARGED a blast of firepower to ABOLISH the
remnants of a vanquished army. | The DISCHARGE of a powerful weapon here
threatens to completely ABOLISH an enemy. すた・る｜すた・れる
1708) 僚The PERSON you share a PUP TENT with is hopefully a good COLLEAGUE.
| PERSON gives form to the COLLEAGUE of this kanji. (A ST. BERNARD DOG
(with two DROPS representing the stakes to hold it up) joins you in a very SMALL
PUP TENT. The SUN is what you wait for all night as you shift uncomfortably).
1709) 寮HOUSING made from PUP TENTS were the earliest DORMITORY rooms. |
HOUSE fittingly plays a role in the kanji for DORMITORY.
1710) 療If you're SICK of modern life, spend a few days in the beauty of nature in your
PUP-TENT, and you're suddenly HEALED of your malaise.
1711) 彫The THINKER runs a LAP, thus CARVING out the shape of a race-track.
(Three lines represent the SHAPE of one's hair or beard or the statue of "THE
THINKER").ほ・る
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1712) 形In the full kanji for SHAPE, we see the TWO HANDS which created the
SHAPE in the first place.かた｜かたち
1713) 影The SUN shines down on the CAPITAL building, throwing its SHAPE in the
form of a SHADOW on the ground below. | SUN and SHAPE of the shadow both fit
nicely into this kanji for SHADOW. (Scenery = sun + capital)かげ
1714) 杉TREES growing around the THINKER are CEDAR TREES, planted there
because they have a restorative effect on the old statue.すぎ
1715) 彩VENUS FLYTRAP varies its SHAPE and COLORING to draw victims. | The
artistic SHAPE is found in this kanji for COLORING.いろど・る
1716) 彰A good PATENT can change the SHAPE of our world. A BADGE is hung on
the THINKER to indicate that its unique shape is PATENTED.
1717) 彦A LEPRECHAUN jumps atop the THINKER, and remarks that he looks like a
thoughtful LAD, indeed.| The LAD-sized LEPRECHAUN lends his SHAPE to the
kanji for LAD. ひこ
1718) 顔A LAD's HEAD has big FACE.かお
1719) 須The THINKER, by the way he rests his HEAD on his fist, seems to be thinking
of what he OUGHT to be doing
1720) 膨A PART OF THE BODY with a DRUM-like SHAPE SWELLS in this
Freudian kanji.ふく・らむ｜ふく・れる
1721) 参 ELBOW + ST. BERNARD DOG + SHAPE = VISITまい・る
1722) 惨STATE OF MIND combines with VISIT to create an image of
WRETCHED.みじ・め
1723) 修A PERSON is whacked with a CANE by a TASKMASTER attempting to
SHAPE behaviour with DISCIPLINE. | TASKMASTER lends his authoritative
presence to this kanji. おさ・まる｜おさ・める
1724) 珍A JEWEL is smuggled into a country in an simple UMBRELLA, the reason for
its high value being that its SHAPE is unusually RARE. | JEWEL is a nice fit in this
kanji for RARE.めずら・しい
1725) 診The UMBRELLA - SHAPE combination is familiar from RARE. Added to
that are the WORDS urging us to get a RARE CHECK-UP.み・る
1726) 文TOPHAT on the X ends the SENTENCE*Primitives = plaid, kilt.ふみ
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1727) 対KILT is GLUED onto a boxer who sets a fashion trend in a boxing match
"VERSUS" an opponent who tries to rip off his opponents garb when things get
rough. *Primitive = versus
1728) 紋THREAD letters are sewn onto a KILT, representing the FAMILY CREST. |
Since THREAD is usually sewn into an item of clothing as a FAMILY CREST, it
finds its way into this kanji.
1729) 蚊An INSECT who is attracted to a KILT is the MOSQUITO, because he can get
at the bare leg underneath!か
1730) 斉TWO PLAID FENCEPOSTS are ADJUSTED (with a wrench). *Alternate
primitive = wrenchひと・しい
1731) 剤A WRENCH shapes a SABRE into spoon, so that it can be used to give a
DOSE of medicine.
1732) 済WATER is released by loosening a hose nozzle with a WRENCH, and sprayed
onto runners to cool them down as they cross the FINISH line.す・む｜す・ます
1733) 斎A SMALL WRENCH is all that is needed to fix the PURIFICATION system
for the entire colony.
1734) 粛A RAKE is used to move RICE in between FENCEPOSTS in a SOLEMN
ceremony to mark the start of the harvest season.
1735) 塁A baseball FIELD lacks night lights, so SPARKLERS are stuck in the
GROUND to mark the location of the BASES. | FIELD and GROUND provide a
natural setting in this kanji for BASES. (Scattering out from a focal point as four
lines is a kanji SPARKLER).
1736) 楽A musical DOVE waves SPARKLERS atop a TREE like some kind of a
conductor, as a kanji orchestra plays MUSIC far below.たの・しい｜たの・しむ
1737) 薬FLOWERS and MUSIC are the best MEDICINE. | FLOWERS lend a plantlike flavour to the kanji for MEDICINE.くすり
1738) 率A MYSTERIOUS secret transistor radio is powered by a SPARKLER and
helps bring victory to an army which was outnumbered by a TEN to one RATIO.
ひき・いる
1739) 渋A LIQUID which STOPS the blood and feels if it had SPARKLERS in it is an
ASTRINGENT.しぶ｜しぶ・い｜しぶ・る
1740) 摂Holding FINGERS in your EARS while watching people set off SPARKLERS
gives a VICARIOUS thrill.
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1741) 央We discover in this kanji that a St. BERNARD DOG with a BOX for his body
is what exists at the CENTER of the universe.
1742) 英Fresh FLOWERS are placed every day in the exact CENTER of ENGLAND.
1743) 映The SUN REFLECTS from the CENTER. | The visual SUN plays a role in the
kanji for REFLECT.は・える｜うつ・る｜うつ・す
1744) 赤A SMALL SWORD is stuck in the GROUND, signalling the start of a bloody,
RED war. Note how the two lines of SWORD replace the middle line of SMALL.
*Alternative primitive is APPLEあか｜あか・い｜あか・らむ｜あか・らめる
1745) 赦When the TASKMASTER sees RED, his charges ask his PARDON. |
TASKMASTER lends his authoritative presence to this kanji.
1746) 変Balancing an APPLE on his head while walking on STILTS is an UNUSUAL
fellow.か・える｜か・わる
1747) 跡The snow prints left by WOODEN LEGS and dropped APPLES leave an easy
TRACK to follow. | (Wooden) LEGS make TRACKS in this kanji.あと
1748) 蛮In a daring raid, BARBARIAN ANTS make off with an APPLE, booty from
the kitchen counter.
1749) 恋An APPLE-complexioned woman about to surrender her HEART is on a cover
of a ROMANCE novel.こい｜こい・しい｜こう
1750) 湾APPLES bob up and down in the WATER, while a BOW describes the general
shape of the shore-line of the GULF of Mexico.
1751) 黄An OIL DERRICK running around on ANIMAL LEGS shoots YELLOW
salad dressing at your SALAD in a service innovation.き｜こ
1752) 横A TREE, decaying and YELLOW, lays SIDEWAYS across your path.よこ
1753) 把From an inner city MOSAIC, FINGERS reach out and GRASP you by the
neck. | FINGERS are fittingly included in the kanji for GRASP. (Similar in
appearance to the primitive SNAKE, but closed off on the left and with another
vertical line in the middle, this primitive is a MOSAIC).と・る
1754) 色BOUND UP in a bright, inner city MOSAIC are all the COLOURS of the
spectrum.いろ
1755) 絶Sorry, THREAD of that COLOR has been DISCONTINUED. | A broken off
THREAD is the basis for this kanji.た・える｜た・つ｜た・やす
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1756) 艶A BOUNTIFUL MOSAIC is made from 8 X 10 GLOSSIES.つや
1757) 肥MEAT is laid out in such a way as to create a MOSAIC which both entreats the
gods as well as FERTILIZES the ground. | In the cycle of life, FLESH returns to
nourish the earth as FERTILIZER.こえ｜こ・える｜こや・す｜こや・し
1758) 甘TWENTY and ONE SWEETS (are carried in a picnic basket).*Primitive =
wicker or picnic basket.あま・い｜あま・える｜あま・やかす
1759) 紺To the practical executive "SWEET THREADS" are a NAVY BLUE suit.
1760) 某Your PICNIC BASKET is tossed up into a TREE, so you want to catch the SO
& SO who did it.なにがし
1761) 謀WORDS are passed in a PICNIC BASKET hanging from a TREE, as part of an
ongoing CONSPIRACY. | WORDS are spoken quietly as a CONSPIRACY
develops.はか・る
1762) 媒A WOMAN stands beside a SO and SO and acts to MEDIATE yet another
dispute in which he is involved. | WOMAN brings her communicative skill to the
kanji for MEDIATOR.
1763) 欺A drug smuggler carrying a BUSHEL BASKET full of cocaine YAWNS in
feigned boredom as he passes through customs with well-planned DECEIT. (A
longer version of WICKER BASKET, set on a TOOL, creates an image of a
BUSHEL BASKET).あざむ・く
1764) 棋TREES on one side and BUSHEL BASKETS on the other form bizarre
CHESS PIECES.
1765) 旗A BANNER that is always carefully stored in a BUSHEL BASKET is the
NATIONAL FLAG.はた
1766) 期All the BUSHEL BASKETS on a farm are filled in one MONTH, the basic
PERIOD of time it takes to complete the harvest.
1767) 碁BUSHEL BASKETS filled with ROCKS form an early version of the game of
GO. | STONES / ROCKS provide an element of the game GO in this kanji.
1768) 基Dumping a bunch of footballs out of a BUSHEL BASKET onto the GROUND,
a famous coach announce "It's time to return to the
FUNDAMENTALS".もと｜もとい
1769) 甚A famous astronomer who is apt to use this word finds that to allocate the
contents of all the BUSHEL BASKETS in an EQUAL manner is a
TREMENDOUSLY difficult undertaking.はなは・だ｜はなは・だしい
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1770) 勘It is a TREMENDOUS POWER to have INTUITION.
1771) 堪SOIL can WITHSTAND TREMENDOUS pressure.た・える
1772) 貴A PURSE contains SHELLS which are very PRECIOUS. | SHELLCURRENCY lends a sense of value to this kanji. (You keep things IN a purse, the
bottom of which is represented by the last
stroke).たっと・い｜たっと・ぶ｜とうと・い
1773) 遺The PRECIOUS ROAD carries goods BEQUEATHED from one generation to
the next.
1774) 遣A MAESTRO not making enough money decides to increase the contents of his
PURSE, and takes a ROAD-related night job - not to drive taxis, but to DISPATCH
them.つか・う｜つか・わす
1775) 舞RECLINE blissfully in an OAKEN TUB - then jump up, throw on your
SUNGLASSES and sharp clothes, and go out and DANCE!まい｜ま・う
1776) 無RECLINE blissfully in an OAKEN TUB heated by an ever so light CAMPFIRE, and fade happily into NOTHINGNESS.な・い
1777) 組A group of people who meet weekly to sew with THREAD, and put their
creations on a SHELF at the end, form the "sewing ASSOCIATION". (The SHELF
primitive looks like a small stand with horizontal SHELVES, where we can put things
for easy perusal of our EYE, which SHELF resembles).くみ｜く・む
1778) 粗RICE left on the SHELF remains unbought because it's too COARSE for the
palette.あら・い
1779) 租As valuable WHEAT is imported into a country, a certain amount is removed
and stored on a huge SHELF, as a TARIFF.
1780) 祖A small ALTAR is kept on a SHELF, at which people revere their
ANCESTORS. | ALTAR lends a sense of the worship of ANCESTORS in this kanji.
1781) 阻SHELVES are hurled from the ACROPOLIS in an attempt to THWART an
enemy attack. | As in WARD OFF (pinnacle + compass) PINNACLE lends a sense of
high ground lending an ability to THWART off attackers. はば・む
1782) 査TREES in growing in a kitchen SHELF must be quickly INVESTIGATED.
1783) 助In your top SHELF, you keep a little CIRCUS STRONGMAN to HELP with
your duties.すけ｜たす・かる｜たす・ける
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1784) 宜In a prominent SHELF in a HOUSE are placed cards and letters from family
and friends signed with BEST REGARDS.よろ・しい
1785) 畳Resembling a miniature RICE FIELD, kept in a special room with royal
CROWNS on a SHELF, is a humble TATAMI MAT.たたみ｜たた・む
1786) 並Put ANIMAL HORNS on the VASE and add a couple of lines down the middle
to make a ROW of vases.なら・びに｜なら・ぶ｜なら・べる｜なみ
1787) 普ROW + SUN = UNIVERSALあまね・く
1788) 譜WORDS which are UNIVERSAL are found in a MUSICAL SCORE.
1789) 湿On a DAMP kind of day, WATER drips from everything, including a
DAFFODIL. (Sun + row = Daffodil flower)しめ・す｜しめ・る
1790) 顕A magician takes a DAFFODIL flower, and suddenly make a HEAD APPEAR
in its place. | The SUN shines down on someone who has just happened to APPEAR
before us.
1791) 繊You sew your mouth shut with THREAD on THANKSGIVING to keep from
having a ROW of food come into it - all in hopes of staying SLENDER. | THREAD
combines with ROW to give a sense of SLENDER to this kanji.
1792) 霊At a haunted castle, when it RAINS TWO days in a ROW, the SPIRITS of
restless souls start to manifest themselves.たま
1793) 業If the product you're planning to sell is still HANGING IN A ROW UPSIDE
DOWN on the original delivery rack, then you are NOT YET ready for
BUSINESS.わざ
1794) 撲Added to that is the odd-looking headdress of IN A ROW UPSIDE DOWN on
a HUSBAND as he threatens to SLAP his opponents. | FINGERS do the honours in
this kanji for SLAP.
1795) 僕The PERSON of this kanji, the HUSBAND wearing the odd headdress of
UPSIDE DOWN IN A ROW, is ME!しもべ
1796) 共A bowl of SALAD sits atop a pair of ANIMAL LEGS, and create a picture of
TOGETHERNESS as they run though a park. *Primitive = strung togetherとも
1797) 供A PERSON STRINGS TOGETHER a series of paper dolls on a string, to
SUBMIT as an entry into a contest.とも｜そな・える
1798) 異Putting BRAINS TOGETHER to form a solution is an all too UNCOMMON
occurrence.こと
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1799) 翼In this full kanji for WING we find that using WINGS to be able to fly was
considered to be an UNCOMMON feat (at least for man).つばさ
1800) 洪WATER comes TOGETHER to form a DELUGE.
1801) 港WATER pours in a sudden DELUGE from the HARBOR.みなと
1802) 暴SUNS quashed TOGETHER resemble scattered RICE-GRAINS as they make a
nova-like OUTBURST.| The bright SUN plays a role in the kanji for OUTBURST.
あば・く｜あば・れる
1803) 爆An OUTBURST of FIRE is a BOMB.
1804) 恭Offensive lineman have VALENTINES STRUNG TOGETHER around their
necks as they play football, which they wear as a sign of their long battle for
RESPECT.うやうや・しい
1805) 選Two SNAKES seemingly STRUNG TOGETHER as they hit the same places
along the long ROAD of the campaign provides an apt description of the
ELECTION process.えら・ぶ
1806) 殿Waving STRUNG TOGETHER FLAGS in a protest against nuclear MISSILES
is "MR." Chips.との｜でん
1807) 井Pictograph of a WELL.い
1808) 囲Jumping into a WELL, where he is PENT IN is desperate criminal
SURROUNDED by cops.かこ・う｜かこ・む
1809) 耕Recycle-conscious farmer uses a CHRISTMAS TREE to TILL the soil, then
finally throws it out into an old WELL.たがや・す
1810) 亜To the Romans, with their voracious appetite for conquering other lands
(represented by the MOUTH), the numeral II represented the next continent to
conquer, ASIA.
1811) 悪In ASIA, they write a roman numeral 2 over your MOUTH if your HEART is
BAD.わる・い
1812) 円CIRCULAR coins are saved in this representation of a GLASS CANOPY
where the vertical line represents a slot to insert coins and the horizontal line the level
to which the CIRCULAR YEN coins have piled up.まる・い
1813) 角BOUND UP, a "broken" SCREWDRIVER only works at an
ANGLE.かど｜つの
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1814) 触Carefully measuring the ANGLE with a sextant, an INSECT dive-bombs his
victim, at which point he radios back to say CONTACT has been
established.さわ・る｜と・く｜と・かす｜と・ける
1815) 解If you measure the ANGLE correctly, you can stick a DAGGER into a stuffed
COW and watch the stuff within completely UNRAVEL.と・く
1816) 再A JEWELED BELT is given to a lover - for being there AGAIN and
AGAIN.ふたた・び
1817) 講An inventive professor takes his MICROPHONE and attaches to it an outward
facing FUNNEL to it to make sure the words of his LECTURE are heard. As you fall
into the WELL, for the nth time, you AGAIN have the feeling of being in a FUNNEL.
Notice how the first downward stroke of WELL has been straightened out).
1818) 購It's like throwing SHELL-CURRENCY down the drain with a FUNNEL if you
get too many magazine SUBSCRIPTIONS.
1819) 構A sagging TREE is inserted into a huge FUNNEL to correct its POSTURE.
かま・う｜かま・える
1820) 溝WATER is FUNNELED by a GUTTER. | Since WATER is usually found in a
GUTTER, it's also found in this kanji.みぞ
1821) 論WORDS fly back and forth as members of a COMMITTEE make their
ARGUMENTS. (A SCRAPBOOK lays protected in a GLASS CANOPY, with its
pages marked by FLOWERS. A SCRAPBOOK used to keep the minutes of the
MEETING of a COMMITTEE (right-hand side of the kanji). | Unfortunately, this
primitive for COMMITTEE has little to do with the full kanji for the same).
1822) 倫A distinguished PERSON is assigned to take charge of a COMMITTEE on
ETHICS. | PERSON lends his substance to the ETHICAL subject of this kanji.
1823) 輪At a CAR COMMITTEE, the future of the WHEEL is charted.わ
1824) 偏A PERSON sits reading a COMIC BOOK, PARTIALLY interested, as she is
drawn by an aspiring comic-book artist. (Door + scrapbook = comic
book)かたよ・る
1825) 遍As a promotion, COMIC BOOKS are tossed onto the ROAD, so you see them
laying around EVERYWHERE.あまね・く
1826) 編A THREAD is used to sew together COMIC BOOKS into a COMPILATION
of the greatest issues. | THREAD lends a sense of continuity to this kanji.あ・む
1827) 冊Similar to scrapbook, the middle line extends further out on each side to suggest
a larger TOME.
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1828) 典A special TOOL, by BENDING the door of a safe back and forth and
examining the vibrations, is able to crack the CODE. Note the similarity to
BOUNTIFUL (bend + table) as well as the combined stroke connecting the elements.
1829) 氏When FAMILY NAMES were first handed out, it could have been done by a
kind of lottery where two DROPS of lines with TWO FISHHOOKS were let down
into a pot to select each person's FAMILY NAME.うじ
1830) 紙A FAMILY NAME is sewn with THREAD onto PAPER.かみ
1831) 婚A WOMAN often changes her FAMILY NAME on the DAY of her
MARRIAGE. | WOMAN typically plays a role in a kanji involving marriage
1832) 低A PERSON presents his CALLING CARD as he LOWERS himself in a bow.
(A salesman's FAMILY NAME often ends up on the FLOOR next to the wastebasket,
in the form of a CALLING CARD).ひく・い｜ひく・まる｜ひく・める
1833) 抵To keep the enemy from reading it, FINGERS depicting sign language are
drawn on the CALLING CARD of the French RESISTANCE. | FINGERS are used
to RESIST an aggressive FORCE.
1834) 底At the BOTTOM of a deep CAVE, you find the CALLING CARD of "Joe's
Cave Bottom Rescue Business".そこ
1835) 民The MOUTH of many asking for the right to a FAMILY NAME resulted in the
same being awarded to the common PEOPLE.たみ
1836) 眠The EYES of PEOPLE will sooner or later close in SLEEP.ねむ・い｜
ねむ・る
1837) 捕A game played by bored soldiers involves using only one FINGER to throw
and CATCH a DOG-TAG. (An ARROWHEAD joined to a SCREWDRIVER forms
a picture of a kanji DOG
TAG).つか・まえる｜つか・まる｜と・らえる｜と・る｜と・らわれる
1838) 浦DOG-TAGS are tossed into the WATER by a famous blues singer as he sits on
the dock of the BAY.うら
1839) 蒲The BAY-FLOWER is a BULLRUSH. | FLOWER gives an idea of the plantlike nature of a BULLRUSH.かま
1840) 舗A COTTAGE converted to sell DOG-TAGS is a souvenir SHOP.
1841) 補A new CLOAK and an extra set of DOG TAGS provide a welcome
SUPPLEMENT to a soldier's normal monthly allotment.おぎな・う
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1842) 邸A special CALLING CARD is needed to gain entrance into the CITY WALLS
surrounding a president's RESIDENCE. | A CITY WALL provides a backdrop for
RESIDENCE in this kanji. “CITY WALL” is similar to "PINNACLE", but found on
the right side of a kanji.
1843) 郭Everything RECEIVED at the CITY WALLS must first be put into an
ENCLOSURE for checking. | CITY WALLS provide a containing sense in the kanji
for ENCLOSURE.
1844) 郡A humble OLD BOY / SHEPHERD tosses the bullies who give him such a
hard time right out over the CITY WALL, no longer the "coward of the COUNTY". |
CITY WALLS provides a sense of borders in this kanji for COUNTY.
1845) 郊People of all types MINGLE freely outside the CITY walls, in the
OUTSKIRTS of town. | CITY WALLS provides a sense of borders in this kanji for
OUTSKIRTS.
1846) 部MUZZLED guard dogs patrol the CITY WALLS, each one having his own
SECTION. | CITY WALLS provides a sense of borders in this kanji for SECTION.
1847) 都PUPPETS with macabre grins hang from the CITY WALLS to greet visitors to
a dark, brooding METROPOLISみやこ
1848) 郵Starting to DROOP dangerously are the CITY WALLS on top of which has
been stacked all the excess MAIL during a postal strike. | CITY WALLS provide a
sense of crossing borders in this kanji for MAIL.
1849) 邦The banished "man without a COUNTRY" hides behind some BUSHES, then
darts through CITY WALLS into his HOME COUNTRY. | CITY WALLS provides
a sense of borders in this kanji for HOME COUNTRY.
1850) 郷With COCOONS filled with gold, a favourite SON returns to his HOME
TOWN.
1851) 響The "HOME TOWN" SOUND is an empty ECHO, because all the kids have
moved to the city. | SOUND pipes up in the kanji for ECHO.ひび・く
1852) 郎With a shining HALO gleaming over his head, entering the CITY WALLS of
Jerusalem to the cheering crowds is the SON of God. | As in DAUGHTER, HALO is
contained in SON.
1853) 廊Into a CAVE ventures your only SON, but as you go into chase him, you find
yourself in a long CORRIDOR, similar to the experience of Alice in Wonderland.
1854) 盾DRAGGED behind a retreating soldier, superstitiously painted with 10 EYES
as if to spot incoming arrows, is a SHIELD. (DRAG resembles CLIFF, but a slightly
upward tilt on the top of the CLIFF changes this pictograph to DRAG).たて
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1855) 循A LINE of SHIELDS form an unbroken SEQUENCE as the enemy
approaches.
1856) 派Through the WATER is DRAGGED a poor PERSON in RAGS when he
declares in favour of the opposing FACTION.
1857) 脈In an allegory for how food is delivered to the rest of the body, MEAT is
DRAGGED by tiny PERSONS in RAGS - through the VEINS!
1858) 衆"Give me your huddled MASSES", says the Statue of Liberty. BLOOD, and
not one but TWO DROPS of sweat, and millions of huddled PERSONS IN RAGS
create this picture of the "huddled MASSES".
1859) 逓The Pony Express horseman DRAGS a PHONE POLE attached to his BELT
down the ROAD, a PARCEL POST delivery. *Alternate primitive = Pony Express.
1860) 段STAPLE GUNS are used to shoot MISSILES at the teacher in a wild class of
the first GRADE. (STAPLES with an extra DROP added as a trigger creates an
image of a STAPLE GUN).
1861) 鍛A METAL's GRADE is determined by the quality of the FORGING
process.きた・える
1862) 后She would prefer not to get DRAGGED into the debate, but ONE woman who
gets listened to when she opens her MOUTH is the EMPRESS.きさき
1863) 幻Instead of garlic, for some reasons COCOONS are hung from
COATHANGERS throughout the house in an effort to repel visits from an irksome
PHANTASM. The right hand radical is a pictograph of a CLOTHES HANGER.
まぼろし
1864) 司After using a CLOTHES HANGER to hang up one of his trademark sports
jackets, the ONE MOUTH always being heard on the set is that of famous
Hollywood film DIRECTOR.つかさど・る
1865) 伺In Hollywood, a PERSON who wants a part in a film will often go to see the
DIRECTOR to PAY RESPECTS. | PERSON gives his form to the one to whom
others PAY RESPECTS.うかが・う
1866) 詞WORDS which DIRECT the ebb and flow of language are PARTS OF
SPEECH.ことば
1867) 飼By using FOOD to modify and DIRECT its behaviour, a Hollywood
DIRECTOR DOMESTICATES a tiger-cat. Let's hope that the DIRECTOR doesn't
become FOOD for the supposedly DOMESTICATED creature.か・う
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1868) 嗣A MOUTHY heiress carries around a SCRAPBOOK of photos of herself with
famous DIRECTORS, for which they pose only because she is HEIR to an enormous
fortune.つ・ぐ
1869) 舟Appearing as a mere DROP among all the fancy yachts, with a CANOPY atop,
is a BOAT named "MAMA". | The two drops and the horizontal line are familiar
from the kanji for MAMA.ふな
1870) 舶A massive BOAT with a WHITE DOVE painted on its prow is a huge ocean
LINER.
1871) 航Steering a BOAT in a WHIRLWIND is a skilled NAVIGATOR.
1872) 般A huge BOAT with a complement of nuclear MISSILES is an aircraft
CARRIER.
1873) 盤A "CARRIER" DISH is a TRAY.
1874) 搬Deft FINGERS put together an aircraft CARRIER on a CONVEYOR belt.
1875) 船A boy imagines a toy BOAT in a little GULLY to be a huge, fine
SHIP.ふな｜ふね
1876) 艦The menacing silhouette of the BOAT which OVERSEES the battle is that of
the WARSHIP.
1877) 艇The BOAT in which fish hold COURT is a broken old ROWBOAT.
1878) 瓜A huge INSECT without a mouth goes berserk CLAWS at a MELON.うり
1879) 弧The ARC of a BOW, the ARC of the arrow's flight until it hits a MELON
hanging as a target from a tree branch, as well as the path of the MELON as it gently
swings in the air afterwards combine to describe an ARC.
1880) 孤A Shirley Temple-like CHILD left in a MELON patch is a poor ORPHAN,
who survives on MELONS until she finds a parent.
1881) 繭COCOON.THREAD is woven to form its HOOD, with the vertical CANE
separating its phases as it FLOWERS into a butterfly.まゆ
1882) 益The symmetric combination of the ANIMAL HORNS over ANIMAL LEGS
combine to represent the main DISH at a BENEFIT dinner.ま・す
1883) 暇Holding STAPLES in his MOUTH while he REVERSES BOXES, is a
troublesome fellow who has had too much SPARE TIME dropped into his lap
(CROTCH) every DAY. | Two new primitives appear here MOUTH combined with
STAPLES, and the REVERSED BOX. ひま
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1884) 敷DOG-TAGS flash as young recruits, SET FREE for the weekend, SPREAD out
in search of recreation in the local town. (Compass + taskmaster = set free)し・く
1885) 来COME ONE, come all, get your ONE bag of
RICE.きた・す｜きた・る｜く・る
1886) 気ONE RECLINING HOOK picks up SHEAVES and tosses them about in a
prank played a mischievous SPIRIT.
1887) 汽The sheaves or x shape from SPIRIT suddenly are transformed into WATER
and become VAPOR.
1888) 飛The HOOKS with the little PERSONS hanging sideways from them in an airshow come first and last respectively. In between is SEWING BOX that can now
FLY.と・ばす｜と・ぶ
1889) 沈SINKING into the WATER, its smokestacks forming a gloating CROWN, as
the HUMAN LEGS the drowning passenger stick out from the water, the Titanic
SINKS.しず・める｜しず・む
1890) 妻Doing the job of TEN, including RAKING the yard, is a modern WIFE.つま
1891) 衰The DECLINE and fall of the Roman empire was marked by ONE PATHETIC
attempt after another to revive it.おとろ・える
1892) 衷A MOUTH is covered with a SCARF held in place by a NEEDLE, with the
intent to keep the wearer from revealing the INMOST secrets.
1893) 面The ONE and NOSE are borrowed from HEAD. Add a large, distorted
MOUTH and you have the character that represents a Halloween MASK.
つら｜おも｜おもて
1894) 革In the CAVERNS, holding in their MOUTHS NEEDLES for sewing, are the
workers of LEATHER.かわ
1895) 靴The first thing they did when they discovered LEATHER was CHANGE it into
nice, comfortable SHOES.くつ
1896) 覇Domination of the Indians in the OLD WEST by guns and LEATHER, many
MOONS ago is seen as HEGEMONY.
1897) 声In ancient Japan, after winning a battle, a SAMURAI might rip the opposing
FLAG down the middle (represented by the vertical line of flag) and bellow a victory
cry in his loudest VOICE.こえ｜こわ
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1898) 呉The CROOKED MOUTH used as a TOOL to manipulate others with insincere
complements, easily GIVEN.く・れる
1899) 娯A WOMAN who GIVES of her talents (a geisha, perhaps?) provides a tired
samurai with a bit of RECREATION. | WOMAN brings her gracious gifts to the
kanji for RECREATION.
1900) 誤WORDS which are GIVEN too easily often become a MISTAKE. |
Interestingly, WORDS provide the flavour of the kanji for MISTAKE.あやま・る
1901) 蒸FLOWERS are thrown at a STEAMSHIP, while under its FLOOR burn the
COOKING-FIRES, already running to feed the guests. | A STEAM-ship is
represented here as a combination of the COMPLETED ship slipping into the
WATER.む・す｜む・らす｜む・れる
1902) 承THREE STEAM-SHIPS are at loggerheads until one of them decides to
ACQUIESCE to the other two and allow them to pass.うけたまわ・る
1903) 函An official uses a SNARE to catch kids who are illegally using SPARKLERS,
and SHOVELS them into a BIN.はこ
1904) 極A poor polar bear in the north POLE is caught by a cruelly by SNARE in his
MOUTH and CROTCH, and his carcass probably will end up on the ocean FLOOR
under the north POLE. | TREE lends an upright presence to the kanji for POLES.
きわ・まる｜きわ・める｜きわ・み
1905) 牙From an elephant's oddly-shaped MOUTH comes the bottom portion of a
HALBERD, thus creating an image of an elephant's TUSK.きば
1906) 芽Several elephant TUSKS stand together on the end of a huge FLOWER,
creating the image of a BUD. | FLOWER of course fits into the kanji for BUD.め
1907) 邪Sitting atop an elephant whose TUSKS are thrusting into the CITY WALLS of
Oz is the WICKED witch of the West.よこしま
1908) 雅Riding an elephant's TUSK, and handing out TURKEYS to the natives on a
charitable tour, rides the GRACIOUS Jacqueline Onassis.みやび・やか
1909) 釈Telltale ANIMAL TRACKS as well as the SHAKU-HACHI FLUTE provide
an EXPLANATION as to the fate of the rats led from town by the "Pied Piper”.
(DROPS of RICE a left by a small creature escaping with a portion of your supplies
are ANIMAL TRACKS).と・く
1910) 番As you follow ANIMAL TRACKS over a RICE-FIELD, they TURN hither
and yon. *Primitive = diceつがい｜つが・う
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1911) 審A HOUSE of DICE is the wry characterization a HEARING. | A HOUSE
provides the setting for a judicial HEARING.つまび・らか
1912) 翻DICE have FEATHERS attached to them to make them FLIP more randomly. |
FEATHERS, as they fall from the sky, provide a key hint in this kanji for FLIP.
ひるがえ・す｜ひるがえ・る
1913) 藩FLOWERS are tossed into the WATER according to a roll of the DICE in an
unusual game played at a family reunion by the entire CLAN.
1914) 毛The LONG DROP represents the head, the FISHOOK the fangs, and the two
lines the legs, of a FURRY but dangerous animal. *Alternate primitive = fur coatけ
1915) 耗If you rub a CHRISTMAS TREE against a FUR COAT, the amount of FUR on
the coat will DECREASE.
1916) 尾A FLAG of FUR is a TAIL.お
1917) 宅A lonely soldier keeps a photo of his HOUSE with a LOCK OF HAIR from his
wife to remind him of HOME. (FUR with a missing stroke is a LOCK OF HAIR).
1918) 託With fearful WORDS and a LOCK OF HAIR, a voodoo practitioner attempts to
CONSIGN her victim to a dreadful fate. | WORDS are needed to CONSIGN
someone or something.
1919) 為MOVING FISTS wave TAIL-FEATHERS which appear as a DROP from a
distance as volunteer warriors affirm that they DO volunteer for the war effort.
(Bottom part of this kanji is a pictograph of a bird's TAILFEATHERS).ため｜な・す
1920) 偽A PERSON swears not to "DO" a FALSEHOOD. | PERSON gives form to the
purveyor of a FALSEHOOD in this kanji.いつわ・る｜にせ
1921) 長The MANE which needs a HAIRPIN is too LONG. (HAIRPIN differs to the
element meaning SCARF by one horizontal stroke at the top of it that joins the two
parts together. The top part of the kanji shall be taken to mean the long shaggy
MANE of an animal and the character as a whole shall mean HAIR/LONG as an
element).なが・い
1922) 張A LONG-BOW is LENGTHENED.は・る
1923) 帳You know all those notes your carefully wrote in your favourite NOTEBOOK?
Here, you pull out your NOTEBOOK to study for an important exam, only to find a
wet TOWEL that is very LONG, in its place.
1924) 脹If you look at the MOON
DILATE.ふく・らむ｜ふく・れる
for
too
LONG
your
eyes
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1925) 髪In this full kanji for HAIR, we see the HAIR is SHAPED by a FRIEND, the
HAIR OF THE HEAD-dresserかみ
1926) 展UNFOLD a FLAG by taking out the HAIRPIN which keeps it folded, and find
a SALAD inside.
1927) 喪A new game in which a pile of SOIL is aimed at by TWO MOUTHS spitting
HAIRPINS is called "hit or MISS".も
1928) 巣An OWL brings FRUIT to a NEST. | TREE provides a setting in the kanji for
NEST. (The three stokes from CLAW are taken to form an OWL).す
1929) 単A professorly OWL perches a BRAIN atop a NEEDLE in a SIMPLE
experiment.
1930) 戦A SIMPLE FIESTA breaks into a full fledged WAR because they can't decide
who broke the PINATA first.いくさ｜たたか・う
1931) 禅The ALTAR, representing religion, and SIMPLE, here combine in an apt
description of ZEN.
1932) 弾SIMPLER than using a BOW is firing a gun full of BULLETS.ひ・く｜
はず・む｜たま
1933) 桜A professorly OWL and a pretty WOMAN sit under a TREE, eating
CHERRIES. CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE.さくら
1934) 獣The scholarly OWL with the big BRAINS speaks with ONE MOUTH as a
representative of the bird kingdom, while a CHIHUAHUA represents the ANIMAL
kingdom.けもの
1935) 脳Mr. NO may be a VILLAIN with a lot of FLESH, but he also has a big
BRAIN. (Owl + villain = Mr. NO)
1936) 悩Elegant MOOD RING shines on Mr. No's hand as he starts more
TROUBLE.なや・ます｜なや・む｜なや・ましい
1937) 厳OWL soars from a CLIFF in a DARING escape from an overly STERN Owlmaster.きび・しい｜おごそ・か
1938) 鎖METALLIC links made from SMALL SHELLS form the links of a
CHAIN.くさり
1939) 挙An eager student's HAND is prominently featured in this kanji for RAISE. The
teacher is a venerable old OWL, and the setting is a shop class, where kids are
learning how to use TOOLS to RAISE the dead.あ・げる｜あ・がる
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1940) 誉A wise old OWL knows that WORDS are the best TOOL for protecting, and
destroying, a REPUTATION.ほま・れ｜ほ・める
1941) 猟Chasing WILD DOGS with only his pet OWL and a SCREWDRIVER as
weapons is a minimalist big GAME-HUNTER. | As in HUNT, WILD DOGS play a
role in the kanji for GAME-HUNTING.
1942) 鳥ONE WHITE TAIL-FEATHER of a high-flying BIRD floats slowly to the
ground.とり
1943) 鳴The MOUTH of a BIRD issues a CHIRP.な・く｜な・る｜な・らす
1944) 鶴Inside a TURKEY HOUSE is a BIRD who is different from the others,
standing up on one leg as he is - a CRANE.つる
1945) 烏The white BIRD loses a stroke, thus changing to black CROW.からす
1946) 蔦A FLOWER / PLANT on which you can fly like a BIRD as you swing through
the air, is a VINE. |FLOWER gives an idea of the plant-like nature of VINE.つた
1947) 鳩The BASEBALL BIRD is the PIGEON.はと
1948) 鶏A hungry VULTURE-MAN seizes a BIRD for dinner - namely, a CHICKEN.
(Vulture + husband = Vulture Man)にわとり
1949) 島A BIRD with his tail tucked in comes to rest on a MOUNTAIN on an ISLAND
after a long journey across the waters. (Popular). | MOUNTAINS lends a sense of
solid mass to ISLAND.しま
1950) 暖The SUN shining on MIGRATING DUCKS restores WARMTH to their
outstretched wings. | The SUN provides the heat in the kanji for WARMTH. (ONE
CLAW is raised in FRIENDSHIP by MIGRATING DUCKS as they pass one
another). あたたか｜あたた・かい｜あたた・まる｜あたた・める
1951) 媛A WOMAN is so beautiful DUCKS MIGRATE just to see her - the world's
most BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. | WOMAN fittingly appears in the kanji for
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.ひめ
1952) 援Helpful FINGERS nurse a downed MIGRATING DUCK back to health and aid
and ABET it on its journey southward. | FINGERS are needed to successfully ABET
someone.
1953) 緩THREAD is attached by MIGRATING DUCKS to the slower members to pull
them back up to speed when they SLACKEN their pace. | As it does in TENSE,
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THREAD
plays
a
role
in
SLACKEN.ゆる・い｜ゆる・む｜ゆる・める
the
kanji
for
1954) 属A FLAG tied up with a BELT contains the BELONGINGS of a runaway, and
protects those same belongings from the GNATS which are the plague of the season.
1955) 嘱The MOUTH offers proof that you BELONG when you are ENTRUSTED
with the secret password. | The MOUTH utters words of caution in this kanji for
ENTRUST.
1956) 偶TALKING CRICKET ACCIDENTALLY kills a PERSON - by TALKING
him to death. (Brain / rice field + belt + insect = talking cricket)
1957) 遇TALKING CRICKET conducts man-on-the-street (ROAD) INTERVIEWS.
1958) 愚The TALKING CRICKET knows in his HEART that it is FOOLISH to try to
help humans, because they will just squash him.おろ・か
1959) 隅At the ACROPOLIS, you find a friendly TALKING CRICKET in each
CORNER acting as a kind of tour guide.すみ
1960) 逆A MOUNTAIN GOAT running on the ROAD is INVERTED by an oncoming
car. (ANIMAL HORNS combine with MOUNTAIN to create MOUNTAIN GOAT.
Note: inside an enclosure, the tail disappears, which means he's standing still).さか｜
さか・らう
1961) 塑A MODEL of a MOUNTAIN GOAT is made in a MONTH from mere SOIL. |
SOIL lends a clay-like sense to this kanji for MODEL.
1962) 岡An enormous MOUNTAIN GOAT in a GLASS CANOPY sits on top of
MOUNT Everest.おか
1963) 鋼METAL from MOUNT EVEREST is used to create the hardest STEEL in the
world. | METAL is of course found in the kanji for STEEL.はがね
1964) 綱HAWSER is chosen as the best rope for an ascent of MOUNT EVEREST.
つな
1965) 剛A STURDY ladder formed from SABRES is used to climb the famed MT.
Everest.
1966) 缶Wild HORSES in the MOUNTAINS kick up old TIN CANS.かま
1967) 陶At the ACROPOLIS, TIN CANS are BOUND UP and sold to unwitting tourists
as ancient POTTERY.
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1968) 揺In a circus stunt, a trapeze artist hangs by her FINGERS to a SWING attached
to a CONDOR. | Hanging by your FINGERS you can SWING from something.
(Featured here is the master of the VULTURES and the KING of the MOUNTAINS,
a
soaring
CONDOR).ゆ・さぶる｜ゆ・する｜ゆ・らぐ｜ゆ・る｜ゆ・るぐ｜ゆ・すぶ
る｜ゆ・れる
1969) 謡In front of a MICROPHONE wearing the mask of a CONDOR stands an actor
NOH-CHANTING.うたい｜うた・う
1970) 就In the CAPITAL of the country, all the CHIHUAHUAS start growing HUMAN
LEGS, and is said to be a matter CONCERNING national
security.つ・く｜つ・ける
1971) 懇The SOCIABLE SKUNK has a SILVER HEART. (CLAWS combine with a
portion of SOW to create a SKUNK).ねん・ごろ
1972) 墾The SOCIABLE SKUNK is invited to a GROUNDBREAKING ceremony.(It
refers to the opening of farmlands).
1973) 免While being BOUND UP under the hot SUN by his HUMAN LEGS for
offending some sultan in the desert, a comedian (while looking down at a quizzical
rabbit) says, "Well, EXUUUSE ME!". *Primitive = rabbitまぬが・れる
1974) 逸 RABBIT + ROAD = ELUDEそ・れる｜そ・らす
1975) 晩Growing fearful because they can no longer see the SUN, all the little
RABBITS jump into their holes at NIGHTFALL. | The temporal DAY is finds its
way into NIGHTFALL.
1976) 勉A RABBIT is lifted by a CIRCUS-STRONGMAN, who breathes heavily after
the great EXERTION.
1977) 象The head of a RABBIT and the body of a SOW combine to create a kanji
ELEPHANT.
1978) 像A STATUE of a PERSON is as big as an ELEPHANT. | A PERSON is
usually what a STATUE is made to resemble, helping to give a shape to this kanji.
1979) 馬His MANE flying and TAIL decorated with FEATHERS, you use a CANE on
your HORSE to urge him to ever greater speed. *Primitive = team of horsesうま｜ま
1980) 駒If a TEAM-OF-HORSES is a novel, then a PONY is a mere PHRASE. | TEAM
OF HORSES fits fittingly into this kanji for PONY.こま
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1981) 験In the days of yore, when a TEAM-OF-HORSES passed a checkpoint, an AWL
was used to poke the leather binding of the horses, for VERIFICATION that no
weapons were hidden within.
1982) 騎A horse (from TEAM-OF-HORSES) performs STRANGE tricks in an
EQUESTRIAN event.
1983) 駐Lighted CANDLESTICKS show the way for a TEAM-OF-HORSES to a place
where they might STOP-OVER for the night.
1984) 駆A TEAM OF HORSES takes the WARDEN for a DRIVE around the WARD
in which his prison is located. | TEAM OF HORSES lends a travelling sense to this
kanji.か・る｜か・ける
1985) 駅A TEAM OF HORSES, by means of the sweet melody of the SHAKU-HACHI
flute, finds its way to a STATION.
1986) 騒A TEAM OF HORSES whose CROTCHES are full of INSECTS become
BOISTEROUS. (If only they were all this easy!)さわ・ぐ
1987) 駄A TEAM-OF-HORSES with a PLUMP woman sitting on them conveys an
image of a BURDENSOME load.
1988) 驚An AWESOME action hero riding a TEAM-OF-HORSES is none other than
"WONDER-Wanda".おどろ・かす｜おどろ・く
1989) 篤A BAMBOO stick is used on a TEAM-OF-HORSES by a FERVENT animal
rights activist.
1990) 騰A football QUARTERBACK rides a TEAM-OF-HORSES, has INFLATED
ego. (Flesh + quarter = football quarterback)
1991) 虎A MAGIC WAND is waved from a CLIFF overlooking a ZOO to find out who
bit off the SEVEN HUMAN LEGS that were found laying about - fittingly, it's a
TIGER. *Primitive for TIGER excludes the HUMAN LEGS.とら
1992) 虜A TIGER who is a MALE is taken CAPTIVE because he is purportedly even
more dangerous then the female.とりこ
1993) 膚A TIGER's STOMACH has soft SKIN - touch it if you dare!はだ
1994) 虚TIGERS lined up in a ROW is the fate of those who improperly VOID a check.
1995) 戯A ROW of TIGERS during a FIESTA, FROLIC.たわむ・れる
1996) 虞A TIGER standing directly behind you will GIVE you a feeling of
UNEASINESS.おそれ
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1997) 慮A TIGER snacks on the BRAIN and HEART of a poor animal - his success due
to having chosen his quarry with great PRUDENCE. (Brain / rice field + heart = idea)
1998) 劇A TIGER is killed by a SOW with a SABRE in a Greek DRAMA.
1999) 虐By threatening to feed the people to the TIGERS he keeps in a BOX, ONE at a
time, a tyrant TYRANNIZES his countrymen.しいた・げる
2000) 鹿Paintings in a CAVE are DOUBLE LOCKED by anthropologists to protect
them from harm - so they can COMPARE them with previously discovered
PAINTINGS OF DEER. *The primitive for DEER excludes COMPARE. The full
kanji as a primitive can be thought of as a PAINTING OF A DEER.しか
2001) 薦FLOWERS are attached to DEER's antlers, while TAILFEATHERS are
attached to his tail, thus making the poor creature the RECOMMENDED quarry in a
SLINGSHOT hunting contest.すす・める
2002) 慶The HEAD from MELANCHOLY is replaced by a DEER, who feels that way
because he will be eaten in great JUBILATION if he is caught.
2003) 麗High up on the CEILING are TWO MEDIOCRE PAINTINGS OF DEER, but
the dilettantes below rave on about how LOVELY they are.うるわ・しい
2004) 熊A poor BEAR has his ELBOWS attached to a roasting stick, while his FLESH
has seasoning poured on it by TWO SPOONS, as he turns slowly over a CAMPFIRE. くま
2005) 能It takes great ABILITY to remove the BEAR from a COOKING-FIRE.
2006) 態ABILITY combines with HEART to create a positive ATTITUDE.
2007) 寅Picture this as an addition to the zodiac's HOUSE of signs. The OIL DERRICK
and ANIMAL LEGS comes from YELLOW, here representing the colour of the tiger.
Left only is the CEILING on which the SIGN OF THE TIGER assumes his new
position in the zodiac.とら
2008) 演Doused with WATER is the SIGN OF THE TIGER, after a poor initial
PERFORMANCE as the newest member of the zodiac.
2009) 辰Up to the edge of a CLIFF leads a winding road with TWO HAIRPIN turns,
where at the top you see a huge SIGN OF THE DRAGON. *Primitive = dragonたつ
2010) 辱A poor woman caught at a surprise party feels she looks like a DRAGON, and
the moment sticks with here like GLUE because she is so EMBARRASSED about it.
はずかし・める
2011) 震If it RAINS DRAGONS, the earth QUAKES.ふる・う｜ふる・える
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2012) 振The FINGERS of a DRAGON shake you up and down like a milk-SHAKE. |
FINGERS do the SHAKING in this kanji.ふ・る｜ふ・るう
2013) 娠In a wry commentary, a WOMAN sometimes feels like a DRAGON when she
is WITH CHILD.
2014) 唇A lady DRAGON sits before a vanity and draws LIPS on her MOUTH with a
lipstick.くちびる
2015) 農BENDING to harvest fruit from an orchard is a fierce DRAGON, that mythical,
mighty beast tamed for the forces of modern-day AGRICULTURE.
2016) 濃The WATER used for irrigation in modern AGRICULTURE is
CONCENTRATED. | A CONCENTRATE is something to which you add
WATER.こ・い
2017) 送In paganish scene from Las Vegas, ESCORTS stand by the ROAD, while the
huge "GOLDEN CALF" casino stands in the background, and they offer to ESCORT
you/SEND you OFF for the evening. (ANIMAL HORNS combine with heaven to
create a GOLDEN CALF).おく・る
2018) 関At the heavenly GATES, a GOLDEN CALF is your CONNECTION to get
in.せき
2019) 咲From the MOUTH of a GOLDEN CALF comes a cherry BLOSSOM.さ・く
2020) 鬼With BRAINS looking like DROPS coming out of his head, an arm cut off at
the ELBOW and long, gangly HUMAN LEGS, a horrible GHOST appears.おに
2021) 醜Looking as if they've just seen a GHOST and grabbing for a bottle of
WHISKEY is someone who has just seen how UGLY his (or her) date is.みにく・い
2022) 魂RISING CLOUD combines with GHOST to create a picture of a SOUL rising
upward.たましい
2023) 魔HEMP is smoked by a friendly GHOST together with a wicked WITCH as
they discuss the difficulties of being supernatural.
2024) 魅In a sci-fi TV show, the GHOST-like appearance of the beings as they are rematerialized within the ship, but NOT YET fully formed, are a source of constant
FASCINATION to the first mate.
2025) 塊A CLOD of SOIL is picked up and flung at a menacing GHOST by CLAUDE
Van Damne in an action thriller.かたまり
2026) 襲ATILLA THE HUN rips off his CLOTHES and cries "ATTACK".(Vase +
meat / moon + slingshot & snake & 3 = Attilla the Hun) Eating the MEAT of
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SNAKES from a VASE, as he fires off THREE shots from a SLINGSHOT is
ATILLA THE HUN.おそ・う
2027) 嚇A little boy, who from his MOUTH can spit out not one but TWO APPLES like
a gun, is considered a MENACE to the neighbourhood.おど・す｜おど・かす
2028) 朕Transformed by magic into living, breathing FLESH, a GOLDEN CALF,
referring to itself in the MAJESTIC PLURAL, declares "WE are in charge, now".
2029) 雰The RAIN magically PARTS, revealing the ATMOSPHERE far above.
2030) 箇HARDENED BAMBOO was used as an ITEM of currency in ancient
societies.つつ
2031) 錬METAL from the EAST is highly-TEMPERED.
2032) 遵Following the "REVERED ROAD" means you ABIDE BY the rules.
2033) 罷In a staring contest, the person who can use his EYES with the greatest
ABILITY can make the other person avert his gaze and thus QUIT the game.
2034) 屯Huge EARTHWORMS crawl out of
soldiers inside. *Earthworm
BARRACKS, having eaten all the
2035) 且MOREOVER, the contents of a SHELF mean there is "MORE - OVER" your
head.か・つ
2036) 藻FLOWER and WATER are both natural elements to be found in the kanji for
SEAWEED. | WATER & FLOWERS join to form a sea-based NEST made of
SEAWEED. (Tree + goods = nest)も
2037) 隷After a high-class SAMURAI wedding, using a RAKE to clean up RICEGRAINS scattered about the ALTAR is a humble SLAVE.
2038) 癒The SICKNESS at a BUTCHER's MEETING is usually a HEART attack, but
by eating less red stuff, the HEALING process begins.いや・す
2039) 丹ONE DROP in a GLASS CANOPY is RUST-COLORED/CINNABAR.あか
2040) 潟The STAPLE and REVERSE STAPLE (from ENTERTAIN) are borrowed to
attach TAIL-FEATHERS to the aquatic performers in a show at the "Blue
LAGOON". かた
2041) 丑FIVE COWS carry a sign, represented by the extension of the right side of cow
up to the top, changing FIVE to this SIGN OF THE COW of this kanji. Note: the
middle horizontal line also extends further outward than in FIVE.うし
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2042) 卯Eating the yolks out of EGGS are SIGN-CARRYING HARES.SIGN OF THE
HARE.う
2043) 巳The "self" snake - with extra line for the SIGN OF THE SNAKE.み
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