You would have seen the solution to the puzzle after you the pieces together, but now it's TOO {とう} late ... you should have CAUGHT {こた} the answer earlier!

I have the answer for how to those pieces of together. I wrote it on my big toe {トウ}.

When you've caught a {こた} bad case of confusion, the solution is: "1 bamboo alone, stand weak... 2 , stand tall {トウ} and strong."

こたえる is the wearing a hat. He is the person who can you the answer .

Via 荅/トウ: To answer a question, you can either write your solution on slats, or engage in /コウ→トウ with your questioner.

Phono-semantic: Phonetic “トウ” Semantic “bamboo”. Originally was the grass radical later it was changed to banboo likely due to the original meaning of “fitting like peas in a pod;answer” was worse than “writing a fitting response with a bamboo stick.

Your answer must perfectly and be written with a

To write down the answer, put the and dip it into the ink.

Looks like a side view of a with on the roof. This would be a solution / answer to fossil fuels, if not for the panel production process and structural fragility.

Properly is the right solution

The solution is to the into the .

You can't answer when you try to in your .

KOT"A answer TOU the who rules the surrounded by

you'll know someone's desperate for a solution or answer to the question if the is open wide, the 's nose is like this and looks at you with piercing eyes

A very weird face, open to respond to you

Meet TO-KO, the who can you the right answer, and it's .

Two despair eyes
Aging Lines around Nose
flat nose
And a big
Here you get a really confused FACE trying to answer.

Looks like a ranting guy asking for to give him the solution: KOTAERU!
,

scaffolding {i.e. lots of bamboo canes together} was the solution to the problem of how to construct a .

Only a student with could his thoughts and give the right answer through his . His name was {こた}-san, and he lived in {トウ}kyo.

When you want someone to give you an answer that s exactly with what you want to hear, you can threaten them by putting to either side of their head.

The solution is to the

Han {ハン} Solo {そ} used his anti gravity belt to get up the .

Japanese doesn’t, but Chinese distinguishes the radical from the opposite radical. Perhaps that’s why in this case the actual radical is . The opposite of a hand is an opposing hand, the reaction to the hand’s action, the anti- to the hand’s pro-, but also see “false” . Action-reaction implies a reversal, hence a curve or bending. According to Digital Shinjigen, 反 originally depicted the action of turning the palm of the hand, and by extension, it came to mean "to return" or "to reverse."
Reading is apparently derived from 販/ハン, literally “to make return.” タン comes from 段 when used as a unit of measurement. Note that 反る is ambiguous and could be そる or かえる.

反（*panʔ, *pʰan）扳 板 版 瓪 昄 鈑 蝂 眅 阪 魬 粄 反 返 坂 畈 販 汳 飯
ハン, ホン← /pi̯wɐnᵡ/, /pʰi̯wɐn/ ← *panʔ, *pʰan

I don't want to explain it . That guy isn't my friend. 友 We're than friends— two little extending lines less! I would even say we're anti-friends. Can't you tell the difference? 反友

Sisyphus is anti- after he had to roll the stone up again and .

Underneath the the opposition is gathering .

After climbing the a hundred ハン times {or so そ many times, or a ton タン of times} it’s become ANTIclimactic.

I'm against/anti climbing up half/HAN the , it's a bad idea.

After climbing the it’s become ANTIclimactic.

I switched on my anti-gravity controller on the to climb the !

You need to perfect two things to become a true man in ancient Chinese: hold a in your to write, and give eloquent speech using your .

The ruler and gives commands from the royal . Through a process of debasement, きみ began to be used not just for the emperor, but also for “you.” Similarly, ~くん is now used as a respectful suffix for any junior person.

I'll , your with me is a friend, mister. I coul-dn't クン live without you, Kimmy きみ.

The *ruler* of the fight club holds a in his , ready to strike *you* if you open your to bad-talk his *pal*, "Kimmy-kun"「KIMI きみ、KUN クン」.

men are -kun or kimi
a man's used to show his

Hey you, Mister raccoon クン! Please ぎみ gimee きみ kimchi. It looks like a scooping into the .

Phono-semantic Ideogram: Phonetic “hand holding a stick to administer/クン” Semantic “mouth” presumably to give directions. This represents someone of a higher class ie a king.

When you directives with your inferiors obey.

"Wolverine kun! You are so kawaii !" yelled Deadpool. replied Logan and almost split Wade's with his .

MISTER, it looks like YOU got some food on the left corner of your when you were {fork} .

Our ruler is a mister who uses a to put whole s into his . That's because his mouth has gotten so big from all the ruling.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has email scanners that certain like 'キョク'

The kanji looks like the letter B for Bureaucracy. Work yo' cool {キョク} and keep your about this private agency, and they'll never suspect anything. But if they do catch us, no one will be able to find the .

An elaboration of /ク→キョク（see also 曲）with , apparently simplified from door 戸. An office has a door, and an affair happens behind closed doors. Occasionally a corpse is involved.

The bureau of affairs has a distinctive , and the people working there write a lot of related to law and stuff.

This is the police bureau ma'am! Look at the written on that over there!

I work for a *bureau* in a small under a pole. We share the space with a nosey guy named "Kyo Ku"「KYOKU キョク」, who has a big . Once, he told our *senior female worker* that if she keeps eating salads, she'd get "too boney"「TSUBONE つぼね」! I've come to the *conclusion* that we should move our *office*.

for bureau, for office. If you have to work in one, you will be staring at the CLOCK キョク because you will be SO BORED, NE? つぼね.

This employee is a : he brought a 可 of beer in the bureau during the board-meeting. He really should put his affairs in order.

This issue which handled by bureau contains a

It was believed that there was an AFFAIR going on between high-level BOARD members. There were red , but everyone in the OFFICE kept their shut, and it was kept tightly under . They would frequently rendezvous at HER APARTMENT. It all came to a messy CONCLUSION when the Federal BUREAU of Investigation reported the scandal.

Bureau's like to their as if they are important

A bureau is distinguishable by a and inside his walls are a lot of

My on a I want to buy/バイ.

My fell on some fresh , but CAn {か} I afford to BUY {ばい} it?

are valuable. If you have an for business, you'll buy it!

Use your to catch . The cow `かう` will buy them.

If you want to buy birds caught in a ←羅/ラ← /lɑ/ ← *raːl … *mreːʔ → /maiᵡ/ →バイ but have no money, you could try to barter some .
貝 is the radical because 罒 is phonetic and because you need money to buy things.

買（*mreːʔ）買 蕒 嘪 鷶 賣
バイ← /maiᵡ/ ← *mreːʔ

I ca-n't か buy バイany more , no matter how good it .

i BAYed so many i could hardly KAry them. Here you can just see my behind the .

From the , I picked up some

When something catches your you quickly go take it from the and doing that, you lose the for buying that!

Be careful when BUYING from the stalls, the salesmen are just for your .

*Lurking: Differentiating from regular position of 目.

I wanted to *buy* some at the market, so I handed my to the cashier. The readings for this kanji sound like "buy"「BAI バイ」and "kaufen"「KAU か.う」{German for buy}.

A is used as a bag as you exchange to buy things.

i was at which to buy

I want to buy the cowl .

I'm taking the train to the seaside to buy バイ and I spot with my a massive tunnel ahead. I travel COUch かう now but I'll buy first class tickets once I'm rich from all the shellfish I sell.

With your on the product you like, you pay with the shellfish and use your to store your goods.

When something catches my , I take out a few and buy it before anybody else does.

The was bought by かう the

A was bought by a person who had a good for .

Only buy which are catching.

Buying is exchanging for

An tilted to look straight down at a Before you buy it, you should examine it carefully!

A robot, looking to buy some oil

It’s to buy バイsome Reese’s Pieces か candy.

I buy a net to catch shellfish which catch my eye.

Just and the clouds will start

is like clouds are

"Come on"「KUMO くも」, seriously? Am "under"「UN ウン」a *cloud* or something? I just felt drops of on my head!

is /ウン to fall from clouds.

When drops of fell on , I concluded that I must be UNder {ウン} a cloud. {Hat tip to espiacent}

If there are clouds in the sky, they it will soon.

the difference between rain 雨, snow 雪, and cloud 雲 is :

1. Rain 雨 fall on you freely
2. Snow 雪 fall like rain 雨 but you can scoop it in your hand ⺕
3. Cloud 雲 might make only a few drop of , as you can see these wet spots on

there are clouds.

Two dashes for the . The little swirly curve for the . The rain radical to make it clear that we are talking about cloud that .

see CLOUDS.

Every is
a potential CLOUD.

The clouds are flying of くも's house. It felt like of the clouds were following home.

"Um ウン, is it ?" "What are you ? Come on くも, I don't see any clouds!"

In an alternate dimension, falls upwards from

A cloud's are the .

The clouds it’s going to .

I noticed was standing under ウン CLOUDS, so I took cover.

{Note that in rain 雨 the water falls freely, but in cloud 雲 the water is still within the cloud cover so it hasn’t fallen yet}

The cloud it will soon.

Cloud's are spoken as .

is the s coming くも from the clouds

When I and my then girlfriend were doing a -tour the coulds above us started to release so much , that we were super soaked when we got back.

Cloud may have and see drops from the sky.

clouds cover the sky like a .

The is so at ease it lands *on* .

When I want to feel comfort and be at ease, I listen to music under a with the . I like to listen to rock ラク and turn u-p たの the volume.

My friend "Tanoshi"「TANOSHĪ たの.しい」has *fun* dancing to coming from the in the , while I "rock"「RAKU ラク」in my chair in *comfort* and *ease*.

Orginal character shows , two , and perhaps a . Altogether, it's an ideogram of fingers working a stringed instrument, i.e. making music. Such stringed instruments were associated with the luxurious, easy-going courts of Imperial China, and music more broadly is associated with joyful celebrations.

Happiness is when the and nourishes the .

a is a magic tree that provides PLEASURE/ COMFORT

Comfort is when the and nourish the . It’s music to my ears and puts me at ease.

Reminds me of a Palm on Hawaii, where it's pure comfort to relax on the sand beach. Someone in the background is playing some music on an ukulele.

Seeing the is comforting.

Clean and is music, confort and ease for the .

Music makes you feel at peace, like a under the

The can't reach us. We're relaxing underneath the .

It was really fun climbing on top of the – the big tree covered with snow – and throwing / snowballs on the passers-by.

In winter, it is comforting and enjoyable {楽しい} to watch snowflakes - crystals - fall into the tops .

Looks like a on a playing out to add comfort and ease to your life.

Under the , I sit under a by the , having fun with my TANned OSHI {たの.おし} who has a comforting ラク.

A that someone put a on top of, raku music, everyons having a great time = tanoshi

the was at ease comfortably listening to music .

It looks like a playing

music

on a

If you do a Pose Yoga, you will find that your mind from any thoughts and becomes . This will bring you ease and comfort. {Note: Tree Pose Yoga actually exists. Look it up}

When the hears the of music, the feels comfort and ease.

A on a is comforting music to my ears

One , I felt like going to the {trees} to listen the of the birds. That is real music to me.

on the leaves of the during the is the most comfortable music.

It's so comforting sitting on a listening to from my .

i like to listen to music under a , the above it makes me feel comfort. I am always at ease specially when i have

a sitting on a is counting a number of seeds.

Via 數: A /ロウ→ソク→セク→ス counts the number of threads by out a rhythm with her hand.

I saw a *number* of harvesting in the field. "Soon"「SŪ スウ」, the rice plants will be down by a in their "family = かぞく"「KAZO かぞ」with a mower that sounds like a "kazoo"「KAZU かず」.

Young is learning numbers by watching haul sacks of past him. "One... two...

Phonetic: 娄
Semantic: 攴
The counts the by . The tapping is to count.

Supposedly the law will down any village that doesn't pay the full number of bushels owed in taxes. However, the villagers managed to corrupt the tax collector by throwing parties for him that featured a beautiful named Sue {スウ} which caused {かずed} him to fudge the figures.

The the a number of times to make mochi.

Though Im a and I'm always sitting on a I'm garenteed my strength. I can lift 20 kilos of with my pinky.

A number of put on their .

The was thrown by the to a large number of poor pigeons.

There's a great number of distributing to the POW. Laws were strict and it took great strength to help such

aka 'mother' you cuz かず you're bad at math / with numbers; subsequently I will すう her.

The su-m /スウm/ of your numbers/people will give you the strength to and win. It's fate.

To thresh this you need a NUMBER of who can with STRENGTH

No point trying to count the number of grains, or blades of or the hair on a head.

I count and while standing on a .

The knew from XICO.

A sitting on a is counting the number of and tallying up the figures.

, who for number of times, are very strong

The number of bushels of that the have to carry made them

If you get sued {スウ}, they count the number of , and you have. After that, they count your kazoos {かず}.

It's the law that carry the or they get . Because they have the strength.

That ketsup {ケツ} on the left side of his , so he decided to remove that side and keep {き} the rest.

Moving suggests unsettled matters that need to be /ケツ before stakeholders can decide and agree upon a policy and whom to appoint to implement it.

Another interpretation is river water 川→氵that splits 夬 into two streams, requiring the captain to decide which way to go.

This kanji resembles a wiping from their forehead after deciding something difficult.

In anime and other media, it's common for characters to settle on an important matter by it while being next to .

A decided to splash on

the the bowstring decided to aim the towards the

damaged the . We need to decide on how to fix it.

A man and decides to return to the . Loosing his boat key may ruin きめる his chances though. If he doesn't leave now, his past will catch up ケツ with him.

KIM AND RUUD きまる to GET SOME けつ tanks and fix a swimming pool for the hot summers.

The made a decicion that day, they decided to aim the at the

A is lost at , and decides to sail . No real reason for it, but the kanji is "closed" on the right and "open" on the left.

We agreed that the man with the had to fix the .

to make hard decisions and also reach the best solution, it require , and also

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

You must decide how to cross the and be .

A deciding on one of by at their decision.

After heavily under his my husband now agrees that it was stupid to decide to put it on. Luckily this can be fixed with an appointment with the archery-glove-remover.

Gatsby while standing by the that he would not give up on Daisy.

That got so wet, he decided to throw it on the trash! He really hates !

You need to decide what weapon you will use to assassinate this . Will it be a , or will it be a . If you take the tsunami, then make sure it’s a ketsup {ケツ} tsunami. The key {き} is to make the decision!

A may decide to put on a when there is

We are in our decision to go to the . Everyone agrees!

It looks like breaking a writing in the Death Note to fix the world that has decided to appoint him as a villain.

The KIMERa decided not to eat me because it doesn't want to go in the .

Where the s of the brush paper, a picture is formed. 'E'h, i cant tell what it is

drew a picture of , and hanged it up on the wall with .

When of creativity with paper, a *picture* can emerge. First a *sketch*, then a *drawing*. From there, it can become an "etching"「E エ」or a *painting*.

There's never a picture of Peter Parker... I wonder why?

Don't say a word. We'll /KAI this picture/painting later....

Looks like a with a painting / drawing / picture / sketch on a

Semantic + phonetic . Painting a picture on a canvas made of thread.

Draw a picture with of someone you once !

and form a canvas to paint a picture on.

The DRAWING showed his final boss.

By different colors of you can make a drawing

A and a are super rich so they dwell in fancy manor, filled with JEWels (ジュウ} with their servant Sue {す}

A brings juice {ジュウ•す} to where the resides.

With a always lives a

Where a dwells is the one place they are /シュウ→ジュウ and master.
止まる/とどまる remain, abide, stay
住まう/すまう　 live, reside, inhabit
棲む/すむ　　　 live, inhabit, nest

Etymology:
+ , the literal meaning of . The lamp is stationary, so the person next to it isn’t moving either. Cf.
a person staying in place > dwell, reside, inhabit, live

The *resided* in the *dwell*ing with his , Sue. They have *lived* there since "June"「JŪ ジュウ」when "Sue moved"「SUMU す.む」in.

Our 's spirit dwells within you, a of true faith.

will dwell in the house of the forever. PSALMS 23:6 which is a verse in the Jewish {ジュウ} scriptures

A stands in front of where the resides. He must guard the place with his life.

live next to the mansion.

The building where the resides is owned by a land .

our who lives in heaven with his *jewels*

The land of a is inhabited by who live to serve him.

Where a are kept safe - they live there

Regular and alike need a place to reside in.

Looks like a house, with a a a a and a cross hatch while the right side is open to represent the external sliding doors of traditional Japanese homes. People dwell / reside / live in homes, which are buildings they inhabit.

The JUU/CHUUses which of his get to inhabit/live/sumu in his house with him.

When become the , I can live where I want. Mind you, that time is due ジュウ soon す.ん/す.む.

A spends time in the place they live in

the usually annoys the residing in the house

Temporary resiency was with the horse and the lord: 駐
Permanent or long-term residency is similar but with a and .

A is living 住 when he is with the .

Benjamin Franklin flew a in a thunder to prove that is without the .

All this is really putting a den-t デン in my electricity bill.

The of a emits electricity.

When I stepped out of the building, it was with flashes of lightning that , I DEN {デン} took out my and headed back home.

Two natural sources of ELECTRICITY: storms that come with and .

clouds produce electricity in the form of ←电←申/シン← /ɕi̯ĕn/ ← *hlin … *l'iːns → /denᴴ/ →デン.
稲妻/いなづま planter’s wife, lightning bolt

In a hydro electric dam is collected throughout the in a reservoir, and sent down a containing a turbine which generates power.

On y , デン-se electric clouds the sun.

In One Piece, the {den} den mushis are used as phones to replace electricity. This even sort of looks like a .

Looks like an with an . When a cable is connected to an outlet, it allows for the movement of electricity.

You need an electricity to pour on your

Phono-semantic Ideogram: Phonetic “den” and “rain”.

and make the most primitive electricity.

In My Hero Academia, there's a character named DENki who uses electrical/ lightning powers.

Electricity is what happens when you capture and channel it through a

I'm glad the electricity from the keeps the lights on in my DEN {デン}, it's been all !

on an can produce electricity

Don't stand in a in the with your unless you want to get hit by electricity

The from the was left outside. DEN the fall and we all got an electric shock.

Lightning occurs when it . of light struck the and get absorbed by it.

On a , lightning might strike, and its electricity will course through this . (And power the electric lights in my DEN 「デン」!）

Electricity flows through the

The electricity in the Powers up My "den"

during with can affect electricity

On some there is a chance there will be , which provide electricity

In the we plug the for Electricity!

roared, poured, men{den} marveled as electricity surged, lighting the .

Look, Suddenly, thunder erupts, and you hear loud "DEEEEEN" — デン as lightning strikes the lightning rod, producing a lot of electricity.

collected in paddy field for two is used to generate electricity.

What is something that happens during and the result runs through the ???

Electricity !!!

More {もり} in a forest make it more likely to trip on the roots and hurt your shin {シン}.

This *forest* has many , but under the there is a mysterious grave. It says, "memento mori"「MORI もり」, or "remember death". There is a rumor that the person who is buried there became a "shinigami"「SHIN シン」, or a sacred spirit of death.

Three is all you need to start a forest.

Both 林/リン and 森/シン, two and three respectively, are thought to derive from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ram. The prefix *s- in 森 may have been an intensifier.

Two only make a grove. Three make a true forest, *shin* no *mori*.

A stands apart from a and forms a forest, which has more {もり} trees.

The ninth named "Nik" is in a forest seeing the tenth and the eleventh .

We three make a forest.

To be a rescuer, you need to have an for people in need of help and use all your to assist.

Little Joe {ジョ} is , and he'll help you, if you agree not ta sue {たす} him.

I was struggling while carrying a huge , and I was SCared {すけ} that I would drop them. However Little Joe {ジョ}, who's a lot than me despite being little, came to my rescue by offering to help me with this TASK {たす.け}.

A central tenant of /ショ→ジョ is that they have the to assist the living.

"Joe"「JYO ジョ」used his to "toss"「TASU たす」a big rock at a large dog to *help* the kitten it was attacking. The "scared"「SUKE すけ」kitten had an injured , so he took it to the animal *rescue*.

Others have . They can help you.

You need to HELP RESCUE someone under a

He was saved by your

Jo {ジョ} has the to help me SKAte {すけ} per

You bash with much through the , to rescue the woman {ジョ}.

Be to help others

If you someone in trouble lend them an ; you have the to help them.

You give to people you rescue.

The fireman used his to rescue people from the burning

help means more .

Sailor-moon uses the 's to bring her enemies to the and help/rescue people in need.

Can you help me move this JO? I don't have the to do it alone.

Use your excess to help others.

じょ、please , use your super to help and rescue others.

You need a person at your to help you in times of need

Use your to help an old lady put something on the

, Joe the Policeman {ジョ) used his to help rescue others. Now THAT'S CARING {たすける} for someone...

A magician called Joe *ジョ* helps people thanks to the of his

Oooh ma うま, ma ま! Dad bough-t バ me a

horse

!

My friend "Uma"「UMA うま」has the cutest *horse*! It has a long and , but really short . You'd almost expect to hear it "bah"「BA バ」since it blends in with the sheep!

The stroke order of the Japanese character is different from either Hong Kong or mainland Chinese, essentially an , with lines extending to the right for the mane and, requiring an extra stroke, for the , all poised over four galloping .

The /ma/ sound denoting horse is common to a number of languages of central Asia, where horses were first domesticated, and likely arrived with the animal as a loanword wherever horses were introduced. Compare Mandarin “mǎ” with Proto-Indo-European “márkos” and descendants such as English “mare.”

（If “mare” comes from /ma/, then where does “horse” come from? Its PIE root is *ḱr̥sós “vehicle,” which seems suspiciously similar to くるま, or rather, くるま seems suspiciously similar to PIE for vehicle + horse, but I’m probably trying to put the cart before the horse here.）

In Japanese, the initial /m/ sound of ま was apparently emphasized, possibly similar to *mma, becoming then バ or むま or うま.

馬（*mraːʔ）馬 碼 罵 鷌 鰢 瑪 榪 傌 禡 媽
バ← /maᵡ/ ← *mraːʔ

A for the horse's

Unlike a bird 鳥 a horse 馬 has a and a beautiful as it gallops.

The need to get on their HORSEs in the before the

The sheep goes BA, not the horse.
Every MAre has a , four and a .

The Space between the doors means the CAN かん shine through.

There's a that the goes through at a regular interval.

Ida あいだ can カン, ケン see the through spaces in the .

Three CANS カン spaced out in even intervals

There is a space between the that could shine through.

The separating you from the space ahead is so {MA}ssive that you {KAN}'t believe your eyes. You try to force it open, but nothing happens, you think it's mechanism might be bro{KEN}. You spend hours trying to get through, taking breaks at reasonable intervals, but you only manage to crack it open just enough for the last rays of the to shine through. You give up, you're not getting p{AI}d enough for this, so you t{AI a DA}ndruff-white cloth to it's handle and walk away dramatically into the night.

In Star Trek II: Wrath of "Khan"「KAN カン」, the Enterprise travels through *space*, past "many"「MA ま」 , to find a technological to terraforming planets in a short *interval* of time. "I'd"「AIDA あいだ」be too afraid to do that!

The opens at spaced intervals during the

Gaps in the mean the light of CAN be seen through them.
Via 閒=閑/カン← /kăn/ ← *ɡreːn … *kreːn, *kreːns → /kăn/, /kănᴴ/ →カン,ケン

The shines through the gaps in the at even intervals.

In the space between the doors you can see the , that way ケン, あいだ, and other people inside, カン tell the interval of time that's passed.