The runs long 長/チョウ and straight and true, but is beset with a trillion , ill-omened portents of potential destruction.

You can also think of 兆 as a depiction of Medusa with snakes as her hair. The SI prefix tera for 10¹² is derived from the Greek word τέρας téras, meaning “monster.”

兆（*l'ewʔ）挑 洮 桃 逃 咷 鼗 鞉 駣 𣂁 脁 晁 兆 旐 狣 鮡 垗 姚 珧 銚 恌 烑 餆 筄 艞 佻 祧 朓 庣 趒 聎 眺 覜 頫 絩 跳 窕 誂
チョウ, ヂョウ←てう, でう← /ȡʱi̯ɛuᵡ/ ← *l'ewʔ

If my start that's a bad sign

In VooDoo & black magic the witches use
to read the future, in particular
things that PORTENT - OMEN upcoming evil things.

I am being forced by criminals to break into financial accounts. However, the password KEYS Are {きざ} complex and a brute force approach would take at least a trillion tries. As a sign that my captors mean business, they've already both my . I just have to CHOke {チョウ} back my tears and soldier on.

People used to believe that the constellation which looked like with an going through them was a bad omen that spoke of future injury.

If an oni stubs its big toe {トウ} on a peach it's an they will be visited by Momotaro {もも}...

Apparently the bark of the Asian PEACH

TREES

木

is rugged and patterned like .

Peaches grow on the of

The person at the who has is picking peaches.

He chose{チョウ} to stare at the of the naga{なが} even though it was a bad .

I was choking {チョウ} because I I had food in my , but instead of doing the Heimlich maneuver, my friend just at me as I tried to pantomime that I needed help.

With my I stare at/look at the . The hair is quite long なが.

with my i scrutinize it looking for an .

When someone intensely stares at you long {: なが.い、チョウ} enough with their , you begin to feel a about their intentions.

His is so long, when I first him I had to stare at him.

Stare with

With my I stared out to the very far away {ちょう•ながい} hills, surveying the horizon for any signs or

That fluffy animal with this small for a nose is my dog.

A dog wagging its in profile. Early examples of this character resemble an unrotated 犭.

The English word KENnel →ケン comes from canine, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ, *ḱun-, from earlier *ḱwón-s, potentially related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n, hence Old Chinese *kʰʷeːnʔ, Middle Chinese /kʰiwenᵡ/, Old Japanese くゑん, and Modern Japanese ケン.

犬（*kʰʷeːnʔ）猚 畎 汱 甽 犬
ケン←くゑん← /kʰiwenᵡ/ ← *kʰʷeːnʔ

'e knew {いぬ} that the dog with a of slobber, was named Ken {ケン}

A holding their with their

When my boyfriend went to the KENnels {けん}, HE KNEW {いぬ} that he wanted a dog with a noise.

When I arrived at the kennel {ケンnel} to pick up my dog, he greeted me with wags of his .

A of dust caught the dog's eye.

I see a dog with a small !

guy throwing a for his DOG to bring it back.

**When 犭 to the left of a character - a Pack of Wild Dogs.**

The carries his on his shoulder.

the dog has a on it

"We knew"「いぬ」a dog that sure "can"「ケン」 catch a !

JLPT conditions are strict—to beat you'll have to work like a .

At the side of the /ショウ→ジョウ, a appears, perhaps to beg, or even to petition, the original meaning of this character. To be successful, a petition must pay close attention to circumstances and appearance and follow the proper form—flatter the ruler, etc.—thus reinforcing the status quo. By extension, the character is also used for other formal documents specific to certain conditions, such as letters of recommendation.
犬 is the radical since ⺦ is phonetic.
書付/かきつけ note, document
形/かたち form, figure

There's an on a . That is the dog's condition.

This situation is just terrible! Our made a mess by knocking the over.

Under these circumstances even .

ジョウ's has , but I only threw one. What a bizarre circumstance.

The is lying on the in critical condition

It's quite poetic, actually.

The is a tree getting cut in half, like how beds in the past were made. On the right is a .

The inventor of this character tried to capture the most normal everyday, the status quo, by combining the most mundane scene, a sitting under a .


Not more, not less. Just how we are.

Joe じょう must work like a if he wants to meet theconditions for passing the JLPT {ン１}.

JOE found the perfect conditions to play fetch a with his

Do you know the story about a falling madly in love with a ? They couldn't get married because of the STATUS QUO on intermarrying.

Good ol' Status Quo Joe（ジョウ）gave his some , as he always does

The status quo on Joe’s {ジョウ} is still the same, laying on the in critical condtion.

Under these circumstances it is best to on the bed and sleep like a .

The status quo of my is that he always carries with a special form.

Alright we can have a with one condition: it must stay outside the house! *imagine it's a *

“Everything was status quo until the knocked over the ,” Joe ジョウ said.

That is very silent. It isn't barking at all.

is the phonetic component →「モク」。And only of the emperor would stay silent about his abuses of power!

The is silent even when it *sits on* .

stop speaking! or the will bite you.

The won't stop beeping, which is making the bark, and it's driving this guy insane. The only solution he can come up with is to throw them both on the and finally enjoy the SILENCE.

The spooky 's name is Darkness, like in the song about silence.
*From RTK6E Frame 255

The is silent next to the . Alternatively this is the thing said to dogs when they’re barking at the chill village fire hangout

When the and the , there is nothing to say and it becomes silent.

In your stay silent even if you boil them In .

The of → 肰/ゼン→ネン, , is like, well, the sort of thing that if so, we’d just rather not think about, because it really upsets our ZEN.

肰（*njen）嘫 然 肰 繎 燃 蹨 橪 撚
ゼン← /ȵʑi̯ɛn/ ← *njen

If you see the on ,or that sort of thing, it means it's going to be a Zen {ゼン} year {ネン} .

If you look at the at an angle, and see a on , that sort of thing, you need to shake-a {しか} it off. However, it's a sign you will have a Zen {ゼン} year/年 {ネン}.

the ancient form simply meant " ", and over time evolved to mean "the state of something" and then finally "that kind of thing". is only a sound component, for ざい carrying "yes" or "certainly".

Under the , s howl by the camp . In that case, it's the sort of thing they usually do.

Did I just see your shake しか off ? If so, then ぜん to get rid of that sort of thing, well he needs a of flea and tick medication.

a being attracted to cooking, or entranced by the , are both "natural 自然" sort of things, "no need at all 全然" to panic

in case you see it happen, it could be a "coincident 偶然", or perhaps, it could be "fate 必然"... or your cooking might be good, if so, well, feed the dog!

A large cauldron boiling over an with the of a being thrown into the whole concotion to make it into a "hot-diggity, dog-diggity" sort of thing.

Apparently in old days people used to eat all SORT OF THINGS, especially at night grill Over the a of a , that SORT OF THING!

Mad that barks at the

On a cold the rests near the cozy , that's the sort of thing that is natural, expected.

The /テキ of Di, infamous for fighting with dogs and fire , used as tinder and reeds or rushes as slow matches or torches.

Cattail, a type of reed, is a with seed clusters that resemble corn .

The was hunted by the /シュ.

The is our group while we hunt.

The the hunter as he carried his game.

SHU, KA, I KAther berries by and hunt animals by SHUoting them. To myself from starvation.

When HUNTING it may be a good idea to use a as your personal .

The is on the hunt.

When hunting you need to carry{ かり} a gun to shoot{シュ} them, and for .

The cat is but as delicate as a .

Doesn't this look like a cat? The cat's is , the cat's are , and the cat's is

This cat is like a it likes playing in the in the

I have a BIYOUtiful cat. He likes to get his dirty in the and he NEver KOmes home befor dinner. ow dare he.

Via 貓: The cat is a whose meow sounds like /ミョウ→ビョウ.

Cats are better at catching rodents in the of your than , and they have less body odor ビョウ too.

out, the cat hid in the ready to pounce its prey in the

A on a knocking over a

The cat's is curved, like the shoot of a .

A is chasing a CAT through the .

The creature in the of the is a cat.

cats have and a and love to

My

cat

likes to near my

Cats have and big to watch the mice go by.

Cats are the that are as small as a

A cow flattened by a steam roller. Found on cartons of milk *ぎゅうにゅう* 牛乳

Cow is basically noon 午 plus a little *head* sticking up on top: Here's how to remember the difference:

The cow has a head that sticks up in the middle. Noon does not have a head because it is an abstract concept, not a physical animal with 8 nipples.

At , the *cow* stretches its out to eat grass. When people eat *cow*, they call it beef. The best beef in the world is "wagyu"「GYŪ ギュウ」, and a recent trend is to use it for "sushi"「USHI うし」!

Cows love being outside at to eat grass. But in addition to that, they also have little horns sticking out at the top.
Cute!

Do not mistake HORSE and COW .
Remember that COWS have ^horns^.

**Primitive - when over another element, its tail is cut off ; when on the left .

The ox or cow is a UNGULATE→ギュウ with . See also 半.
Not related phonetically to any other character, except possibly 午/ゴ← /ŋuoᵡ/ ← *ŋaːʔ … *ŋʷɯ → /ŋi̯ə̯u/ →ギュウ.

The Ox 牛宿 is the second of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise. Its primary asterism is six stars centered on the tail of Capricornus. Its determinative star is Dabih, the lucky star of the slaughterer.

A: WHO’S SHE {うし}?!
B: She’s the person who turns into GLUE {ぎゅう} …

The in Japan don't say moo, they say -gyuu-!
They even have a !

Pictogram: A bulls head. Which is the same as cow by species and by designation as “cattle” which also usually is the meaning as well.

The and the emphasized

When I took the by the it tried to pUSHI me out of the KIUUb.

The cow is learning how to spell but can't even write ギ . I think we're better off just turning her into ぎゅうにく

With the of its hair, the cow came in place at the race to the banquet, only because the rat rode on its head to take the spot.

Something special to talk {トク} about are the .

To onto something .

In Hindu, the are so SPECIAL that they have their very own SPECIAL place in the .

The is special - everyone TALKs {たく} about it!

For this special I’ll have to the to make sure she has enough space. Talk {トク} about a problem!

Some "talk"「TOKU トク」about being reincarnations of humans, so they are considered to be *special*.

Something that is special to you is you close to your chest.

Buddhisms don't eat , nor in beacause cows are sacred for them.

A special is led to the /ジ← /ziᴴ/ ← *ljɯs … *dɯːɡ → /dʱək̚/→どく→トク. Compare 牢 and 牽, as well as 解.

雄牛/おうし　bull
取り分け/とりわけ separate, serve
一つ/ひとつ one
一人/ひとり single

A buried a beneath the means something special

トク is a special . You won't fine any cow like トク on . トク is extremely .

The in front of the is a breeding bull; he is special.

This is a special place. It's TOO COOL {トク}.

A in a is pretty special!

A kneels in front of a , praying for her TwO CUbs {トク} to receive a special blessing.

Why are they the ? They are planning on building a for a special of course!

The is special. The cow must have been very important to have an entire temple dedicated to it

Out of all your cattle, the most special is the one you got from a . Cows are often use as special sacrifices for temples, aren’t they?

Gather everyone together {つげる}! I have a revelation to announce about the Coke {コク} Cola company, straight from the !

There were s for the revelations that came out of his .

A will use its to announce any intruders at night.

⺧ can also be viewed as a reduced form of 先, with the idea of an advance ⺧ mouth 口 giving out revelations of what is to come.

告白/こくはく confession, proclamation

告（*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ）造 慥 艁 糙 告 誥 郜 祰 靠 浩 晧 皓 窖 簉 梏 硞 牿 鵠 酷 焅 嚳 頶
コウ, コク← /kɑuᴴ/, /kuok̚/ ← *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
（コウ is only used in 告文）

The REVELATION makes the drop down,
"Hamburgers are made of what?!" ^^

What do you call a with a big that likes to tell people about Revelations? Answer: A holy cow.

Revelations is of the books in the Testament.

I’m sorry to inform you that your package hasn’t arrived. I’m telling you that there is of コク-Cola on the .

your hopes and sins to the sacrificial

The prophet TOLD the people times about his REVELATION but believed the words that came out of his .

The talking is COCK {こく} full of BS. But that's no revelation.

The cocked コク its head, opened its and told us: "To everyone gathered here together つ.げる, I have a terrible announcement to make, it'su getting つ.げる clear that a personal informant is hiding here...Reveal yourself!"

cocked head --> focus on the head without the bottom part of the full form kanji

inform everyone not to put any food in the , it's the rule of the santury.

A revelation ‒ straight from the 's .
*From RTK6E Frame 260

Listen to the announcement coming from my : the first this season fell on the !

I will reveal to you my secret through the : I can cook コク whatever coming from

An announcement was made by the coke コク company。　 are to be froce fed coke コク by . yes yes, コク cora the great industrious monster will now ruin the teeth in the of countless of misearable cows. at list those cows last moments will be with a sweet taste in there mouth. This annoucement by the コク company shook the entire world ,especially yours. They shall pay for announcing this!

Befor going on a date, I drink SAKI. I can hardly stand on my and often get SENd out of the

I've never seen a with before

Depicts two people. The comes before and takes precedence over the . Readings: セン comes straight from Old Chinese; さき from Old Japanese via 崎/さき.

先（*sɯːn）洗 先 銑 跣 毨 姺 筅 冼 箲 駪 兟 詵 侁
セン← /sien/ ← *sɯːn

Before さき got on the , セン told her "before you hit the , use your to slow down "

BEFORE *beefore* I lost weight, I looked like a on skinny .

this kanji has no se because it means "future" and "before, previous" in the same time. It makes no sense! kind of like most of kanjis...

The of the plant are SENt out before the so they can SAKIn the water and nutrients

Originally a pictogram of a and moving ahead. The foot part has been corrupted over time.

matter whether you're or , will always remain.

I think I have a good sense •セン• of what's ahead in future. Za key •さき• to ma •ま• strategy is to look at the of what came before and understand the previous precedence of it.

Compound Ideogram: “stop” and “legs”. Depicts the idea of a dangerous path → the idea of having to “go first”.

Are your ready? This is the last . The path is dangerous and you’re going first since you went before.

we used to {past/before/previously} get drunk on mispronounced SAKI & imagine what 'pie guns' would look like in the future / time ahead -> on = made no SENse

cannot get up on their own, so before moving their you must carefully think ahead

one denies that on , touch the ground BEFORE other parts of your body.

A walking ahead of a .

Can you SEN d me over a bottle of SAKI BEFORE you go

have to grow strong before being healthy in the future

I've decided to move ahead before they fire me. I'll be SACKED さき for SENDING セン that stupid email anyway. —I'll vote with my .

A walkabout is a rite of passage when young Aboriginal men journey on to connect with the , the spirits, and their ancestors that came before them. They must survive alone with help. When they return from their journey they share the knowledge they’ve gained with the rest of the community so that it can be passed on to future generations. They can walk as much as 1000 セン miles.

The has ? This makes sense. It was probably made before common -SEN-se existed. Or maybe this soil is ahead of its time, where nonsense takes precedence over sense. Go ahead, -SAKI-, destroy this story.

Before can grow in the you have to a starter from this mycelium and add it.

It would be pretty さき if the didn't grow before farming sea-せん begins.

Before my came , I thought I was ahead of .

has 儿

Always wash your hands with eating

Ara ara {あら}, sensei {セン} said to wash your hands with eating.

you can wash, you need .

I washed the curtains by soaking them in . Nowadays, I'm lazy and just SEND セン them to the laundry service AROUND あら the block.

Phono-semantic: Phonetic “せん” Semantic “water”.

Wash with entering the spring.

The kanji shows at a holding a they're about to wash with .

the wash cycle.

Something dirty gets washed with ← 水 so it's clean again like it was in the . Its past state is revealed or restored.

You must turn on the washing something.

Always make sure you have and soap you wash the plates.

Many things, like dishes and clothes, have to be repeatedly washed with to be clean like . Thus, you know there is always some washing .

Wash the off your hands with and you eat . Even when nobody is around あらう good hygiene is essential セン.

Sending/セン WASHING is allowed/あら.う, just don't PROBE how it got dirty...

Before dinner, your mother inquires you: did you wash your hands with and soap eating?

you head out wash your face with !

セン always washes his with after sitting on preschoolers' sticky chairs.

Please wash the using it

you leave the restroom, make sure to wash your hands with soap and

The gave everything in this town a good wash. There are many Laundromats in this town so when the previous tsunami hit, all of the detergent mixed with the water and gave everything a good wash.