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
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 self-PITY.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
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 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 astro-TURF.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
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" pre-installed 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
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
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
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.
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
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