Kanji - Level 34 - Kanji

Question 1

豆

Answer 1

Beans
Radicals: 豆 beans
The beans radical and the beans kanji are exactly the same!
Reading: とう
These beans are from とうきょう. Everybody knows とうきょう has the best beans. What?! You didn’t know that? Tokyo’s beans are the best beans!

Question 2

枝

Answer 2

Branch
Radicals: 木 tree + 支 branch
A tree branch is exactly what it sounds like: the branch of a tree.
Reading: えだ
You’re smelling and feeling the branch when, suddenly, it starts screaming at you: “Eh, dad?” (えだ). The branch won’t leave you alone. It follows you around screaming “Eh, dad?”, thinking you’re its long-lost tree branch father. Poor thing.

Question 3

揮

Answer 3

Brandish
Radicals: 扌fingers + 冖 forehead + 車 car
You stand on the forehead of your car, take your fingers and brandish them in the air! You wave them around for everyone to see.
Reading: き
What are you brandishing in your fingers? Your car’s key (き)! You want every driver and every car to know that you aren’t going to be driving ever again!

Question 4

刻

Answer 4

Carve
Radicals: 亥 slice +刂 knife
A slice with a knife is called a carve.
Reading: こく
You work up a sweat trying to carve meat and wood all day, so you grab yourself a nice Coke (こく). You like Coke, and it goes well with meat and sawdust.

Question 5

爪

Answer 5

Claw
Radicals: 爪 claw
The claw radical and the claw kanji are exactly the same! Ravishing!
Readings: つめ, つま
You sink your claws into anything your two 目 (つめ) see, because you’re such a fierce predator. If your two 目 can see it, your claws will get to it. Your claws are basically an extension of your two eyes, that’s how skilled you are.

Question 6

承

Answer 6

Consent
Radicals: 子 child + 二 two + 水 water
A child will ask if they want two waters because they need a grown-up’s consent. Children aren’t allowed to have whatever they want, they need to make sure it’s okay and get consent first.
Reading: しょう
“Of course my child, you have my consent,” comes the voice of the Shougun (しょう). The Shougun is very pleased by this child, because he expects everyone to ask for consent around him.

Question 7

咳

Answer 7

Cough
Radicals: 口 mouth + 亥 slice
Your mouth was sliced open by a terrible cough.
Reading: せき
Oddly enough, some people find your cough sexy (せき).

Question 8

幕

Answer 8

Curtain
Radicals: 莫 greenhouse + 巾 towel
Hang a towel in a greenhouse and it turns into a curtain. Greenhouses are made of windows, it’s all glass, there are no walls. So when you put a towel in there it turns into a curtain. It has no choice but to cover a window, after all.
Readings: まく, ばく
You’re hanging these towel curtains because you need a quiet place to eat a Big Mac (まく). But you’re a little ashamed. Big macs aren’t really good for you, but this stupid greenhouse has too many windows and everyone can see you stuff your face. So that’s where the towel curtains come in.

Question 9

紅

Answer 9

Deep red
Radicals: 工 construction + 糸 thread
In this construction project, they will be using thread to hold everything together. The color of the thread is a deep red, and it gives everything a crimson look.
Readings: こう, く
You’re done, and the whole building is a deep red crimson color (it takes a lot of thread to hold a whole building in place). It’s time to show the client, Emperor こういち, the finished product.

Question 10

歓

Answer 10

Delight
Radicals: 矢 arrow + 隹 turkey + 欠 lack
An arrow is what this turkey lacks. For a turkey, that is a delight.
Reading: かん
Delight is what Genghis Khan (かん) felt when he saw his turkey friend, sans an arrow.

Question 11

奴

Answer 11

Dude
Radicals: 女 woman + 又 stool
The woman sitting on that stool is actually a dude. Oh oops! You thought he was a woman because of his long hair and the way he was sitting. Maybe you shouldn’t be judging people based on their looks!
Reading: ど
You only found out this dude wasn’t a woman when a dog (ど) ran up and the dude stood up. He started rubbing the dog’s face saying, “Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? Not you! Me! I’m the best boy of them all. Because I am a dude, the best of all boys! HAHAHAHA!”

Question 12

聖

Answer 12

Holy
Radicals: 耳 ear + 口 mouth + 王 king
The ear and the mouth of a king are holy. The king has holy hearing and holy eating abilities. This king is divine.
Reading: せい
This holy king has heard of you and your special saber (せい) that glows with pure, blue light. Specifically, the holy king wants to use it on his food!

Question 13

推

Answer 13

Infer
Radicals: 扌fingers + 隹 turkey
If a turkey is pointing its fingers at you, you can infer that it wants revenge. This turkey knows you killed his brother for dinner last night, and now he’s going to make you pay. You infer that this turkey is going to take their fingers and wrap them around your neck.
Reading: すい
You were able to infer the turkey’s plan, so now it’s your turn. You look around and see the only way out… is to swing (すい) to safety! How did I infer that, dear Watson? Why, isn’t it obvious! There are vines here. Turkeys can’t fly. So I shall swing my way to freedom!

Question 14

臓

Answer 14

Internal organs
Radicals: 月 moon + 蔵 storehouse
Your moon storehouse is another storehouse you own. Remember how your regular storehouse holds zombies (from the kanji 蔵?). Your moon storehouse is on the moon, and it is filled with internal organs.
Reading: ぞう
Where did you get all these internal organs from? You actually harvested them from the zombies (ぞう) from your other storehouse.

Question 15

損

Answer 15

Loss
Radicals: 扌fingers + 員 member
Raise your fingers to another member and you’ll receive a loss in return. You should never hurt a member of your team, group, or society. It’s just wrong. And you’ll incur a loss as punishment for your bad deeds.
Reading: そん
Unfortunately for you, payment is in the form of the loss of your son (そん). The loss of any family member is horrible, but this was your son. He was your favorite child. You loved him. But that’s the loss you must bear for raising your fingers to a team member.

Question 16

磁

Answer 16

Magnet
Radicals: 石 stone + 丷 horns + 一 ground + 幺 poop
Seeing a stone and some horns on the ground next to a piece of poop and another piece of poop, you try and pick each of them up with a magnet. The magnet fails to pick up either piece of poop. The magnet doesn’t pick up the horns either. But wait! The magnet picks up the stone!
Reading: じ
You’re pretty excited that you lifted something up with your magnet. Science is cool! But then you hear someone laughing behind you. It’s Jesus (じ)! Jesus was using his magic to levitate the stone all along, it wasn’t your magnet. Darn it Jesus! You’ve fooled me for the last time!

Question 17

誤

Answer 17

Mistake
Radicals: 言 say + 呉 catapult
They say accidentally firing a catapult is an unforgivable mistake. They say you shot the catapult at your own castle. Even though it was an accident, it’s still a mistake you will never be forgiven for.
Reading: ご
This mistake alerts Godzilla (ご), who thinks it’s town destroying time. He barrels over the hills, sees where you mistakenly catapulted your own people, and proceeds to stomp on the rest of it for you.

Question 18

源

Answer 18

Origin
Radicals: 氵 tsunami + 原 original
The original tsunami was the origin of Japan. A big tsunami came and uncovered the islands of Japan. It’s the origin of all life, as far as Japanese people are concerned.
Reading: げん
This tsunami was also the origin of Genji (げん), from “The Tale of Genji.” Just think, without this origin, Japan wouldn’t exist and neither would the first Japanese heartthrob, Genji!

Question 19

純

Answer 19

Pure
Radicals: 糸 thread + 屯 barracks
Make your barracks out of thread so it will be pure. If you build it out of clay or bricks or wood, it will inevitably have some dirt in it. Build it out of thread to keep it pure of… well, impurities.
Reading: じゅん
This pure thread barracks can only be used in June (じゅん), unfortunately. Any other time of year there will be snow and rain and mud and that will get tracked into the pure barracks and ruin them. But June is the cleanest, most pure month, so you can use it then.

Question 20

薦

Answer 20

Recommend
Radicals: 艹 flowers + 广 canopy + 覀 helicopter + 鳥 bird
You want some flowers to put on the canopy above your helicopter to keep the birds away, so you ask people what they would recommend.
Reading: せん
You ask for a recommendation from the centaur (せん) that owns the local flower shop. Now he’s walking around your helicopter canopy and staring at the birds, nodding.

Question 21

丼

Answer 21

Rice bowl
Radicals: 井 well +丶drop
Into a well, a drop of rice falls from your rice bowl. You were eating out of your rice bowl on the side of a well, and some rice fell out of your rice bowl and this drop of rice proceeded to fall all the way down.
Readings: どん, どんぶり
Just then, the don (どん) of your local mafia shows up, steals your rice bowl, and shoves you into the well. You’d gotten on the don’s bad side, so he came to teach you a lesson. The don steals your rice bowl and shoves you into the well.

Question 22

腐

Answer 22

Rot
Radicals: 广 canopy + 付 attach + 肉 meat
Attach meat to your canopy and it will rot.
Reading: ふ
You let meat rot. You’re a fool (ふ). That’s really all I can say at this point.

Question 23

沿

Answer 23

Run alongside
Radicals: 氵tsunami + ハ fins + 口 mouth
There’s a tsunami coming, so you put your fins on, open your mouth wide, and try to run alongside it.
Reading: えん
You’re able to run alongside the tsunami for about ten seconds before everything ends (えん).

Question 24

射

Answer 24

Shoot
Radicals: 身 body + 寸 measurement
You need to take a body measurement before you can shoot. Whether it’s for a photo shoot, you’re gonna shoot them with a gun, or if you’re about to shoot them full of radiation for X-rays, you need the right measurements of that body first.
Reading: しゃ
This shoot is being done by a shaman (しゃ). Not only is he doing the body measurements for the shoot, but he’s also going to be shooting you with a shot so you don’t get the flu.

Question 25

縮

Answer 25

Shrink
Radicals: 糸 thread + 宀 roof + ｲ leader + 百 hundred
A magic thread fell from the roof onto the leader of a hundred people, causing him to shrink!
Reading: しゅく
As the leader shrinks, the hundred people start screaming and running around the entire place. As a result, everything is shook (しゅく) up. Especially the poor, shrunken leader, who gets knocked around the most.

Question 26

隷

Answer 26

Slaves
Radicals: 士 samurai + 示 jackhammer + 聿 brush + 水 water
A samurai handling a jackhammer, cleaning brushes (in their 肀 form), and carrying water for someone?! All that should tell you that he’s not just working, he’s been made into a slave.
Reading: れい
You don’t like seeing slaves. As you walk by, you hand this slave a ray (れい) gun so he can free himself.