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Question 1

一

1

Answer 1

ONE // roman numeral on its side

Question 2

二

2

Answer 2

TWO // roman numeral on its side, top shorter

Question 3

三

Answer 3

THREE // add the two together and what do you get…?

Question 4

四

Answer 4

FOUR // mouth with human legs inside it

Question 5

五

Answer 5

FIVE //

Question 6

六

Answer 6

SIX // top hat on animal legs

Question 7

七

Answer 7

SEVEN // first stroke cuts up through the other, like dicing a curvy carrot

Question 8

八

Answer 8

EIGHT // wide opening toward infinity represents ‘all encompassing’

Question 9

九

Answer 9

NINE // downward stroke first, to differentiate from power

Question 10

十

Answer 10

TEN // flips 45deg to get the roman numeral for ten

Question 11

口

Answer 11

MOUTH // pictograph, no circles allowed

Question 12

日

Answer 12

DAY // pictograph of the sun, with a big smiley face like on one of those badges

Question 13

月

Answer 13

MONTH // moon pictograph, with smile and eyes looking down on its night children

Question 14

田

Answer 14

RICE FIELD // divided into four little plots

Question 15

目

Answer 15

EYE // round the corners and you can soon see the iris