L2

Question 1

古

Answer 1

ANCIENT // ten + mouth, ten mouths ago, or a tombstone covered in moss

Question 2

胡

Answer 2

RECKLESSLY // ancient moon that’s accumulated brightness until its driving everyone loopy, and making them act recklessly

Question 3

叶

Answer 3

LEAF // stuffing ten leaves into a patient’s mouth is seen by some as a cure

Question 4

吾

Answer 4

I (literary) // five orifices in one head make a whole person

Question 5

朋

Answer 5

COMPANION // “flesh of my flesh” said Adam when he encountered eve. Flesh + flesh

Question 6

明

Answer 6

BRIGHT // sun is the light of the clear thinker, while moon is light for the muse

Question 7

唱

Answer 7

SING // one mouth making no noise (conductor) and two wagging tongues

Question 8

晶

Answer 8

SPARKLING // diamond makes many little suns that sparkle through it

Question 9

品

Answer 9

GOODS // mass production for many mouths that will consume it

Question 10

昌

Answer 10

PROSPEROUS // what could bring more prosperity than two suns?

Question 11

早

Answer 11

EARLY// first flower of the morning is a sunflower, because it receives the early rays of its namesake

Question 12

旭

Answer 12

RISING SUN // baseball has caught on in Japan, and here you can see a player batting the Japanese flag

Question 13

世

Answer 13

GENERATION // thirty years, visible here in three tens

Question 14

胃

Answer 14

STOMACH // the flesh that keeps your brain going is the…

Question 15

旦

Answer 15

DAYBREAK // sun peeking over the horizon

Question 16

凹

Answer 16

CONCAVE // cave at top

Question 17

凸

Answer 17

CONVEX // obvious