Lesson 3 Flashcards
Olden times
旧
(Walking stick, day)
You need a waking stick for days of olden times
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Oneself
自
The drop between your eyes is your nose that you point to when asking about oneself
(Primitive - oneself, nose, nostril)
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White
白
Single drop of sun is white
(Primitive - White or white bird, dove)
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Hundred
百
99th birthday is the white year because you take one off this kanji (100) and you get white
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In
中
(Walking stick, mouth) your mother may have used Grandad’s walking stick to pry open your mouth to get your medicine in.
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Thousand
チ
Squeeze two more drops next to a ten to make a thousand
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Tongue
舌
(Mouth, thousand)
Thousand mouths able to speak the same language thanks to their mother tongue
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Measuring box
升
A measuring box surrounded but a thousand needles becomes a drinkers nightmare
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Rise up
昇
Sun rising up out of a Japanese measuring box
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Round
丸
Round a nine to get a round number
(Primitive- fat man )
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Measurement
寸
One tenth of a shaky is an old measurement. One drop of ten is a tenth
(Primitive- glue or glued to)
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Elbow
肘
Instead of elbow grease its elbow glue
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Speciality
専
Ten fields glued together gives you a specialty
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Dr.
博
Dr who specialises in needles
(primitive- remove the needle and you get acupuncturist)
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Fortune telling
占
Divining rod with a mouth gives you fortune telling
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