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Kunyomi: あさ
Onyomi: チョウ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: つき
Radical
morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
Mnemonics
In the morning the
sun
rides a
two-wheeled
cart to rise into the sky and chase the
moon
away.
Written by: Karlla
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There is no way you will see the
moon
so
early
in the morning. It is
ten
o'clock after all.
Written by: KafukaMode
Looks like a
car
pushing away the
moon
to bring out the morning.
Written by:
I always
die
a little when I have to get up
early
in the morning and the
moon
is still high. I CHUUk on my breakfast befor putting it ASAide and leave.
Written by: ジェン~1984
A su-n あさ rises
early
past the
moon
in the morning, but not because it choo-ses チョウ to.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Etymology:
The
sun
just starting to rise, shining through
tall grass
while the
moon
is still visible in the sky in the early morning.
The
are corrupted grass characters
.
I have "chosen"「CHŌ チョウ」to wake up
early
in the *morning*, when the
moon
is still out. At
ten
o'clock, I will take the "Asama"「ASA あさ」Shinkansen to *North Korea*.
the
mist
fades with the
moon
as the morning rises
Written by: シヴィ・エンビ
"
Ten
isn't
early
enough to be considered morning."-あさ said to me last
month
.
Written by: チェイスです
There are some places where both the
sun
and
moon
are out at
ten
in the morning.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
The morning
sun
moves
super fast
over the land, ending night's regime. The
moon
flees as a/あさepic/epoch butterfly makes a sound: chou!/ちょう!
Written by: キラキラキリン
I get up
early
, at
ten
in the morning, while the
moon
is still out.
Written by: アノネツキ
Until about
10
in the
morning
, you can still see the
moon
. After that it will be too bright.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
it is the
tenth
day
of the
month
and it's early in the morning
Written by: weirdkeichan
If the
sun
had
wheels,
it'd run across the
moon
into the morning.
Written by: Shiro[
At
ten
early
in the morning, i still see the
moon
.
Written by:
I wake up every
month
early
in the morning which is before
ten
'o clock
Written by: いすぇでん
Fast-forward time by
10
to make the
sun
rises
early
and hides the
moon
with morning light.
Written by: バリエル
Related vocabulary
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/ まいあさ - (noun/adverb) every morning
/ あさ - (noun/adverb) morning; breakfast
/ ちょうしょく - (noun) breakfast
/ きたちょうせん - (noun) North Korea
/ けさ - (noun/adverb) this morning
Kunyomi: ひる
Onyomi: チュウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: ひ,にちへん
Radical
daytime, noon
Mnemonics
Measure
time from
daybreak
to noon
Written by: ドみにく
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The
measure
of time starting from the
dawn
is known as the daytime.
Written by: non0230
During the day time and even while he chewed {チュウ} his food at noon, he rued {ひる} the day that *arson won. *arson won sounds like =
R
+
sun
+
one
Written by: Anonymous123
During the daytime the
one
sun
rules
at noon.
Written by: ソーサーペン
During the daytime, If you CHEW {ちゅう} on a stick while standing on a HILL {ひる}, you can more accurately
measure
the time from
daybreak
to noon.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Via : The
sun
draws
, where , to its zenith at noon in the center /チュウ of the sky. The sun is the radical because midday is a time of day.
In the daytime I draw back the
curtains
on my my
window
, to let the sun
in.
Written by: batbunbat
He ru-ined ひる lunch/mid-day meal by chew-ing チュウ with his mouth open.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Looks like the
sun
during daytime
arcing
across the sky over a
building
on the
ground
below. It is at the halfway point in the arc, which is noon.
Written by:
He |ひ|
r
uns |る| during daytime and noon outside on the
ground
under the
sun
s heat.
Written by: DanLearningJapanese
"He rued"「HIRU ひる」that he had chosen to be at the
station
at
daybreak
, because his train didn't depart until *noon*. He had hardly enough time to "chew"「CHŪ チュウ」his breakfast before he left!
Use this
claw like tool
to pick up the
sun
high enough to go from
day break
to noon
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
On the
eighth
day
at noon the
corpse
lies undisturbed, no
one
for miles, unable to ever heal *hiru
Written by: orcface
we
measured
the
first
time of
day
to make daytime
Written by: weirdkeichan
The top radical used to be a writing brush which was of unknown origin or significance. Theoretically it could be a Phonetic component. The bottom then is the semantic “daybreak”.

The daytime is
measured
starting with
daybreak
Written by: フバフバ
Daytime is
measured
from
daybreak
through noon until sunset.
Written by: ChikaraPanda
I CHUU/chew my food/shoku
sounds like shaku
in the middle of the
day
, at noon.
Written by: レイん|レナ
A
measure
after
daybreak
would be in the daytime near noon
Written by: ロニー88
A
digger
leaning on his shovel as he takes a break in the afternoon
sun
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Related vocabulary
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/ ひる - (noun/adverb) noon, midday; daytime; lunch
/ ひるま - (noun/adverb) daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
/ ちゅうしょく - (noun) lunch, midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
/ ちゅうはん - (noun) lunch, midday meal
み / ひるやすみ - (noun/adverb) lunch break, noon recess, noon rest period
Kunyomi: , よる
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: た,ゆうべ,ゆう
Radical
night, evening
Mnemonics
At night it's good to be under a
roof
with
someone
who's your
friend
Written by: RuaU_U
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In the
evening
people
like to have a night
cap
Written by: ねこぼうし
In the
*evening*
, it is best for
you
to stay under
"your roof"「YORU よる」
before you "yawn"「YA ヤ」and
lie down
to sleep.
*YAwn* {ヤ} YOU'RE {よ, よる} still not sleepy even when it's this
late
? I'm going to change my
clothes
and call it a
night
.
Written by: ヒァン
It's advisable for a
person
to be under a
roof
after the
evening
passes, and it becomes night.
Written by: こガエル
Evening: this character got completely deformed over time. It can now be read as
lid/cover
+
person
+
evening
written with an extra stroke that makes it look like it’s
walking
; to go home in the evening and tuck yourself in safely.
Written by: Biev
Yeah{ヤ},
I
put a
lid
on when I go night
skiing
with a
tear
in my eye.
Written by: Anonymous123
Looks like a
person
reclined in a
gaming chair
in front of their
pc monitor
playing videogames inside their
house
late into the night.
Written by:
i put the
kettle lid
on the teapot at
nine
in the
evening
so it would have
no
cold taste
Written by: weirdkeichan
In the
evening
, it is best if a
person
stays under their
roof
and
lies down
to sleep
Written by: Quixotic
At night a
man
is under his
lid
laying next to a funny
moon
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Ninjas are paid to kill people during the night. After the
evening
has passed, they throw
one
pan lid
at a
person
while saying {yaa!}「ヤ」. Wait, {your}「よる」ninjas are different?
Written by: Vitor Conte
Yo よ go to your room よる at night and yaw-n ヤ because you're tired.
Written by: Wolfenspace
My
evening
routine: I put a
lid
on the kettle, and then I
sweep the floor
. By the time I finish, it’s already night
Written by: ゼルダちゃん
A
leader
is wearing a
lid
and is standing outside in
winter
. Plus it's raining and she's covered in
drops
of water. On top of all this, it's night. A very chilly evening.
Written by: しまうま
You
and your よる
friend
have a night
cap
in the
evening
.
Ya や best friends.
Written by: Jules.33
Under a
top hat/lid
a
person
slashes
evening
to make it night.
Written by: ひでのり
Yah {ヤ}, you should put a
cover
on
people's
folding chairs
overnight, so
drops of water
don't get on it. You should cover your {よる} chair too.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Yah {や}, In the
evening
people
put the
kettle
on for hot chocolate, yo {よ}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
a
person
using their
walking legs
was wearing a
top hat
to protect themselves from
drops
of water at night
Written by: シヴィ・エンビ
Under the starry night, the
hiding person
dons his
pot lid
hat and watches people all
evening
.
Written by: Gcgsauce
The
Yeti
/ヤク→ヤ—yes, he has smelly armpits —can only be seen at night in the light of the
crescent moon
.
The
evening
is
over
, the night has begun. Y’All {ヤ}
people
should stay under YOur
ROOfs
{よる}.
This
evening
will a little chilly so every
one
, keep your
hats
on tonight!
Written by: トロン
Related vocabulary
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け / よあけ - (noun) dawn, daybreak
/ よる - (noun/adverb) evening, night; dinner
/ こんや - (noun/adverb) this evening, tonight
/ てつや - (noun/する verb) staying up all night
/ やかん - (noun/adverb) night, nighttime
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: バン
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: ひへん
Radical
nightfall, night
Mnemonics
Night occurs when the
day
is
excused
.
Written by: lightmotif
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The
sun
has an
excuse
for disappearing at night. It was BANned from sharing the sky with the moon
Written by: Seraseth
Night
dismisses
the
day
. You're bann-ed バン!
Written by: Wolfenspace
The
sun
turned sideways, got
shark fins
and
legs
, then became the night . Isn't that a sorry
excuse
of a story?
Written by: Akemicchi
"To
dismiss
the
day
is to welcome the the night".
Written by: げつ
My
older brother
wore a
mohawk
one *night* to go see a "band"「BAN バン」play. He didn't get home until after the
sun
was up!
Excuse
the
sun
for the night time. The night is when the sun is excused.

Okay, "excused" is the nice way to put it. The sun is BANned バン from being up during the night time. Sorry sun.
Written by: Strive4Life
The
sun
is
dismissed
when nightfall and is BANned {バン} for 12 hours.
Written by: バリエル
every
day
he makes
excuses
why he didn't do the crime even though it was obvious he did it even in the night
Written by: weirdkeichan
This night I'll be BANging on your door.
Excuse
me in advance for ruining your
day
.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Related vocabulary
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/ こんばん - (noun/adverb) tonight, this evening
/ ばん - (noun/adverb) evening, night; {abbr} dinner, evening meal; {ctr} counter for nights
/ まいばん - (noun/adverb) every night
/ ばんごはん - (noun) dinner, evening meal
/ みょうばん - (noun) tomorrow evening
Kunyomi: ゆう
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: た,ゆうべ,ゆう
Radical
evening
Mnemonics
The evening is young, the
moon
is not full and the youths ゆうcome out to play.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
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Depicts a
crescent
moon rising early in the evening . The cross
stroke
can be interpreted as a barrier /セキ such as a hill or building partially obscuring the rising moon, or as one of the lines of the pocked surface visible on a clear evening.
In the
evening
I try my best to remember the
da
,,, day
Written by: unfocghost
Ta
da! This is the character for evening. I bet yuu ゆう were surprised, huh? Seeing this character for the sekiセキ-nd time.
Written by:
is that ゆう? What are you doing this evening?
Written by: チェイスです
In the *evening*, I relax in a "seat = せき"「SEKI セキ」that
reclines
and has
pillows
. "You"「YŪ ゆ」should try it!
The character was made from the appearance of
Venus
, with
rays of light
shining from it. The appearance of Venus signifies evening.
Written by: non0230
When sun is setting in evening you can see only
half sun
Written by: Veerdb
Pictogram: The
moon
, which appears in the evening
Written by: フバフバ
You/ゆう/
,
Seki/セキ/
and I will take a TAxi
"ta"/"タ" from the word "taxi"
later in the evening
.
Written by: くん
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べ / ゆうべ - (noun) evening; last night, yesterday evening
/ ゆうがた - (noun/adverb) early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm), dusk
/ ゆうしょく - (noun) evening meal, dinner
/ ゆうかん - (noun) evening paper
れ / ゆうぐれ - (noun/adverb) evening, dusk, twilight
Kunyomi: かた
Onyomi: ホウ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ほう
Radical
direction, person, alternative
Mnemonics
In this kanji you can see the
head
,
arms
, and
legs
of a man lunging & pointing you in the right direction.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Which
direction
should i CUT {かた} through to go HOme {ほう}?
Written by: BambiIcedTea
This flat headed person is running to one
direction
, his HOme {ほう}
Written by: Justps2
A *person* in a "yukata"「KATA かた」has their
arms
stretched out and
head
held high as they
run
in the *direction* of their "home"「HO ホウ」.
Pictogram: Some sources say, this represented a man walking with a pole in a certain direction. I now see the
head
the walking
legs
and a
pole
on the shoulder.
Written by: ナイナイ
I always have a COMPASS
BOUND
underneath my
TOP HAT
, so I know I'm always headed in the right DIRECTION.
Written by: Abnormalise
A person who suffers ten thousand
horrible katana cuts will lose their
head
Looks like a
person in a lunge
, pointing you in a direction of an alternative route.
Written by:
If you go up to Santa Claus and ask him for
direction
, he'll simply laugh at you by going: 'Ho-Ho-Ho' {ほう}.
Written by: ニムエ
This
person
CAn't TEll {かた} which direction his HOme {ホウ} is in. Is it left or the alternative?
Ideogram: it is a plow depicted by a
blade
beneath a
handle
. Usually a person will plow in one direction, this was a much better alternative when farming.
Written by: フバフバ
Spinning a
dagger
about on its hilt on top of a
top hat
‒ waiting to see in which direction it points when it comes to rest ‒ one leaves to fate where one is going next.
*From RTK6E Frame 529*
Written by: elbit
This kanji is a
weird person
going to the wrong direction.
Written by: AidanRyota
Hou! Said the alternative looking Person in charge let's Kata through here, it's in this direction
Written by: Andymc1963
Blade
I
guard
and
handle
. The way of the sword, is one persons direction
Written by: Löwenzahn
The
tip
of a
blade
points in the direction of the deadly thrust HOME→ホウ. Original form of “awn; tip”; later borrowed to mean “side” , leading to the meanings person and alternative.

Basis of the phonetic series (*paŋ) 仿
Related vocabulary
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/ しかた - (noun) way, method, means, resource, course
やり / やりかた - (noun) way (of doing), manner, method, means
/ りょうほう - (noun) both, both sides, both parties
/ ほうこう - (noun) direction, orientation, bearing, way; course (e.g. of action)
/ ゆうがた - (noun/adverb) early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm), dusk
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
Mnemonics
Noon {12pm} is just a
ten
plus
2
more lines.
Written by: KafukaMode
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Do not mistake
HORSE
and COW
. Remember that cows have horns. It is also known that horse races are always at NOON.
Written by: Abnormalise
Oooh Ma うま, that darn horse, he ru-ined ひる my plans for noon! I was supposed to go ゴ by now.
Written by: Wolfenspace
At
ten
, "Uma"「UMA うま」was already hungry. But she had to wait
two
more hours until *noon* so that she could "go"「GO ゴ」to lunch. She ate like a *horse {of the zodiac}*!
Depicts a large pestle
for husking rice, originally written as a vertical line with two dots, one for the handle and one for the business end. The dots extended horizontally, growing lines following the same evolution as
ten
, but the
handle
𠂉
is now asymmetric to avoid confusion with
.

When the sun is directly overhead at high noon, it beats down directly on your head, head-on with no shadows for shelter, like a pestle dropping from the sky.

It’s unclear how exactly high noon became the hour of the horse, although it seems it would be safest to ride unknown ground in full sun, but once the connection was established, the horse became the seventh zodiac animal, placing it directly opposite the rat, halfway through the cycle.
The
slide
丿
is
dry
at noon, so you can ゴ down it.
Written by: モニカ7
Looks like
ten
with
two
more lines, where the last line is 'falling off' to symbolize how noon is the 'tipping point' where the sun begins to 'sink' / 'fall off' in the sky.
Written by:
If you sit on a horse うま and just say say ゴ, you may be sitting there until noon ひる !
Written by: ジューリ
Pictogram: A pestle. Originally meant that but later the “
pestle
” was distinguished and the meaning became tied to the chinese zodiac relating also to the jovian orbital cycle and “the earthly branches”.

The seventh represents the sign of the horse due to its position on the zodiac it gradually gained the meaning of noon since chinese clocks used these zodiac symbols and the character used happened to land on “noon”.
Written by: フバフバ
there are
no
丿
dry
towels because we went swimming
Written by: weirdkeichan
Imagine a public laundry room, of which its door signs, "
No
dry
clothing at noon, please."
Written by: ニムエ
You can tell that this is the sign of the horse because the
horse
is wearing a
saddle
. I wonder if its rider has a duel at high noon..
Go
, fearless cowboy!
Written by: チェシャ
No
丿
ebb
at noon.
Written by: Pinchedperson
Noon is the time to
recede
from your activities and
NO
tice
丿
that it's time to *go*
have lunch.
Under the bright noon sun, two friends decided to go explore the
unfinished building
.
Written by: なないで
You need a
hat
to
T-pose
at noon.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
air
丿
is
dryest
at noon.
Written by: ハムラ
I was told to water mom's flower bed at noon. I'm prepared with
ten
water guns
and it's time to GO ゴ! 🔫 🌺
Work on the
earth/soil
begins in the morning, but at noon, that work "flips" over &
recedes/gives way
as other tasks
cut into
丿
people's schedules.
Written by: Envisioner
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/ ごぜん - (noun/adverb) morning, a.m.
/ ごご - (noun/adverb) afternoon, p.m.
/ しょうご - (noun/adverb) noon, midday
/ ごご - (noun) afternoon, p.m.
/ ていご - (noun) noon
Kunyomi: まえ
Onyomi: ゼン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: りっとう
Radical
in front, before
Mnemonics
Every the
month
, the
grass
in front of the lawn is cut with a
knife
.
Written by: Houou
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Oh Mae, that
beard
makes
you
look like a ZEN master
Written by: リアンカ
The angry
Amogus
is standing before you wielding a
knife
under the
eight
Written by: チイちゃん
If you cut infront in a line, the person behind you MAEt get
angry
, loose their ZEN and stab
your body
with a
blade
Written by: Randomdude567
Before I put on my
bunny ears
and become zen {ゼン} like, and
one
with the universe, I look up at the
moon
and shout
Ri
Written by: Anonymous123
We stood before our opponent on the
field
,
swords
shining in the light of the
moon
.
Written by: CatManDan
Every
month
of {MAE} your mom shows up
furious
in front of you. You tell her she needs to be a little more {ZEN}, and before you know it, there's a
knife
in her hand.
Written by: LeBran
*In front* of me, "my"「MAE まえ」
eight
knives
shone in the
moon
light. *Before* I realized it could be dangerous, it made
me
feel "zen"「ZEN ゼン」to see. Now I'm more careful.
One cuts his food,
vegetables
and
meat
with a
knife
on the plate in front of him
Written by: rtega
We can look at the
month-
-ly/"ri"
wall calendar on its
hanger
to look at all the plans we made before.
Written by: エントロピー
Via : a
foot
on a
boat
moving forward. The prow in front cuts through the water like a
knife
. You reach your destination before you know it.
/ゼン is the phonetic component, sois the radical.
The
moon
is standing in front of letter
ri
under the
roof thing
Written by: RuaU_U
Before the full
moon
I practice ZEN with my
sword
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
The customer in front of you in line is
angry
and
crying
. Think of it as a face with angry eyebrows and crying eyes! I think they MIGHt まえ need to calm down with some ZEN ゼン.
Written by: ・サラ
Ideogram: Originally , “foot” “boat”. A foot moving fowards with a boat. Presumably because ships usually move forwards. Simplified to and . The knife
is added later from “cut”.

Move forward and
cut
the
flesh
till they
stop
Written by: フバフバ
Ma i-s まえ not zen ゼ ン before she goes out under the
moon
with a
knife
!
Written by: Wolfenspace
The
angry
moon
is in front of you and wants to
stab
you
Written by: pqek
The
moon
needs a
lid
on it before it can
RI
se!
Written by: カチューシャ
When we went to our neighbor, Mr. MAE's ZEN garden for our
monthly
visit, an assassin stabbed him with a
knife
eight
times right before our eyes.
Written by: フリ freakyjax
Looks like a large gate that you would find in front of a traditional Japanese estate, before you enter, with the
left door
closed, the
right door
open, and the
gateway frame
.
Written by:
In front of the audience, the MAESTRO まえ stood in a ZEN-LIKE ゼン calm. With
months
of experience, this was going to be as smooth as a
knife
through butter, even with
eyes closed
.
Oh "man"e that person is standing in front of me. I must remain zen.
Written by: チャーリー98
Myまえ old
TV
but
someone
is in front
Written by: アグノス
before the
eight
is the seventh crescent
moon
of the month, looking like
one
curved
knife
Written by: weirdkeichan
You sit down in front of a
tv set
with two
antennas
Written by: Umberkuku
MAE goodness, the front of
the moon
was
cut
in
two
.
Written by: Sparkyspines
Two
strips
of
meat
that have been
cut
and laid before a
line
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
The cutting of the
grass
with a
knife
is done in a
month
at the start of the year. In front/before other months
Written by: GrijsjeBoefje
You {おまえ} do want to know how the legendary 
moon
knife
 got buried under this Zen {ゼン}
garden
, don't you? It happened long before you were born...
Written by: san-77
Right before you - the grass grows, the
knifes
become duller, the
months
pass by...
Written by: Lorenzz
This particular kanji originally represented a
foot
over something that was either
a boat or a shoe
, signifying moving forward. Over time, it took on the meaning of before / in front of, and the shape got simplified.
Written by: Biev
In front of me, it's ”ぜん” zen to watch ”まえ” ma-e garden.
Written by: ランフイ
Before each
month
, we cut
eight
sticks
with a
knife
in front of us.
Written by: ジョアオ003
Related vocabulary
see all words
/ なまえ - (noun) name; given name, first name
/ えきまえ - (noun) in front of a station
/ ごぜん - (noun/adverb) morning, a.m.
/ いぜん - (noun/adverb) before, prior to, ago; {n} {adv} the past, before, previously, former times
/ ぜんしゃ - (noun) the former, the first
Kunyomi: うし.ろ, あと, おく.れる
Onyomi: , コウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: ぎょうにんべん
Radical
behind, back, later
Mnemonics
There are
ghosts
and
monsters
behind
you
.
Written by: Blue Sea
Show all mnemonics (36)
Go , or you'll be left behind ! Because there is a
short thread
between
lingering
and being
late
.
Written by: yuppie
Go ゴ back and ato-ne あと for saving your s-ushi roll うしろ for later.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
person walking
with a
slight
limp
will easily fall behind.
Written by: Karlla
A
man going
late
leaves
short threads
behind. Imagine a cartoony character running with fibres floating behind!
Written by: アフマヂ
The
trudging man
accidently left a trace of red
thread
behind in the
winter
snow. Oh wells, he'll pick it up later
Written by: Leizunwolf
It was
*later*
in the evening, after buying "natto"「ATO あと」at the store, when she
stopped
*behind* a tree to try to see "who she"「USHI うし」was being followed by. She saw a
ghost
floating along the path! She decided to "go"「GO ゴ」*back* the other way.
I
stopped
sewing
since it was
late
already. I was already behind on my sleep schedule.
A
man
shortly
delayed
is behind.
Written by: SolidShredder
Go
back to atone
あと
for what you have done - or she
うし
will row
away and leave you behind.
Written by: チャーリー98
A
person
who experiences a
short
delay
has fallen behind and will arrive back home later.
Written by:
If you fall behind in
winter
weather dressed in
short threads
, you need to
stop lingering
in the snow and go {ゴ} as fast as you can. It's later than you think.
The
short
and
late
GOes
to the back.
Written by: Malice Galaxius
In a group of children
walking
to the crossroads /コウ, the
tiny
tots who
walk slowly
will be left behind unless they get carried on someone’s back. I guess we could always go back and look for them later.
Traditionally,
is viewed as a rope tied to foot dragging behind
.
my car is out of gas so i will
walk
there
later
and still be early by a
short thread
of time
Written by: weirdkeichan
A person who is
lingering
like a
thread
without making decision will be
late
and left behind
Written by: Gladis 2308
You glance behind yourself and breathe a sigh of relief "it's {GO} time!" you rush to the back of the {OaKU}wood
gate
and tie a
thread
to your pinkie. Legend says that if you re{KOU}nt your sins
late
at night to a guardian made out of {OaKU}wood, the thread you weave onto your fingers will later fall off when you {ATO}ne and grant you a wish as long as you do {NOt CHI}t, so you better p{USHI} yourself to become a better person.
Written by: LeBran
Behind closed doors, I must confess, in the
winter
, I prefer
sewing
over eating
soft ice
. Conversely, in the summer, I GO ゴ grab something cold from the COOP コウ supermarket every day.
Follow the
taskmaster
by attaching a
thread
to his behind. Now you are
going
in his direction
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
After a grub
go
es through the
cocoon
stage, it leaves its
walking legs
behind for a life of flight.
*
is thread/coccoon
Written by: ジューリ
You decided to
go
to the later
knitting
class at
night
since you were busy earlier in the day
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The
man
will get
winter
threads
later
Written by: ロニー88
If you're
late
you'll be a
step
behind.
Written by: レイん|レナ
Ideogram: Originally
“thread” +
“foot” later
“step” was added to emphasize the act. The idea is that thread indicates a small distance, while the foot is the backwards facing footprint and step indicates moving back.

If you take a
step
back the distance of a
short thread
youll find find your
footprints
leading you back.
Written by: フバフバ
The flight is way behind
and they will be
delayed
because they took a
short
stop
somewhere.
Written by: くん
GO
back there, behind the
katakana 'mu'
/mooing cow/USHI, I'll meet you
later
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
going
out in
thread
clothes during
winter
is not smart, go back and change.
Written by:
Step
by
step
, the
thread of your life is getting shorter
. Leaving the cut off
thread
behind, you are approaching the
winter
of your life, when you will think back to when you were young.
Written by: ききな
The
man
kept a
thread
of his
late
wife behind him
Written by: Quixotic
You
stopped
late
behind the
threads
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The man
stops, because he is stuck behind an obstacle. He was trying to GO to work, but now he will be
late
because of the delay.
Written by: RemiJP
Due to the severe burden of cold weather, people would spend
winter
staying/lingering
indoors and working on arts/crafts like
sewing
to produce valuable goods for the purpose of selling later when the weather improves and trade/markets open up. For symbol positions, consider "1) people, 2) burying the winter underneath 3) their craftwork."
Written by: Envisioner
I feel a
thread
tickling my back. After a short
delay
I
stop
walking and look behind me. There is nothing there, but now I'm scared.
I hope it won't happen again later.
Written by: こガエル
Winter
mountains. A
man is going
home until blizzard will not cover everything. He is
late/behind
schedule because winter days are like
short threads
. Snow already has been falling down...
Written by: mih9898
The
man
put the hat on because it's
winter
but he's fallen behind so he stopped under an
awning
Written by: Eriko-chan
After
I
speak with an
accent
, I do
sum
skiing
.
Written by: Anonymous123
You hear behind you an echoing voice: "Japanese for
I
is
, the
person
behind you screams, waving their arm. PS: I didn't use the meanings of the radicals here, prompting you to rather focus on the image. The lines over the upper radicals are used to convey "an echo" while the radicals look like イ and respectively.
Written by: Bz
Related vocabulary
き / うしろむき - (noun) back-facing, backwards; backward-looking, retrogressive, reactionary, retrospective, negative
し / あとまわし - (noun) putting off, postponing
れをる / おくれをとる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) to fall behind, to lag behind, to lose (race, contest)
/ ごご - (noun/adverb) afternoon, p.m.
/ こうしゃ - (noun) the latter, the second; successor, descendant
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: マイ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: なかれ,ははのかん
Radical
every
Mnemonics
every
body
has a
mother
Written by: ドみにく
Show all mnemonics (16)
No
one
's
mother
can do everything.
Written by: lightmotif
EVERY
window
has got to ごと have
curtains
, that’s my マイ opinion
Written by: リアンカ
Every-one loves
MAI
mom
Written by: YoImLive
No
one
mother
can do everything, but my マイ mom's got ごと my back.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Via : every
sprout
𠂉
(child)was born of a
mother
/ボ←モ←ム← /muʌi/ →měi→マイ
is the radical despite being phonetic because
𠂉
can’t be a radical.
"My"「MAI マイ」
mom
is the kind of
person
that will "go to"「GOTO ごと」the limits *every* day for the ones she loves.
Every
one
must not
have a
katana
丿
Written by: スキス イス
Every house's {at least} one side generally look like this: a
rooftop
and under it a
window
Written by: Balasko
Every
person
has a
mother
, right?
Written by: ジョアオ003
Every
man
has a
mother
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
there are
no
丿
people who have more than
one
biological
mother
Written by: weirdkeichan
Originally Phono-semantic: semantic + phonetic . Probably means the bamboo hairpin that represents adulthood in women. Essentially every one goes through adulthood eventually. The top is unrelated to “person”.

Every
person
has a
mother
.
Written by: フバフバ
In my{Mai} life, one
person
shines the brightest—the guiding light and eternal support, my beloved
mother
.
Written by: なないで
Every time we go to the beach, MY マイ
mom
soaks me with the
water gun
. 🔫
One person
must not
do everything. Ask for help!
Written by: GwynneBleidd
Every day robbers try to shoot
Mom
with a HUGE
gun
and take every last diamond, but Mom dodges every last bullet!
Written by: AidanRyota
Related vocabulary
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/ まいにち - (noun/adverb) every day
/ まいばん - (noun/adverb) every night
/ まいしゅう - (noun/adverb) every week
/ まいとし - (noun/adverb) every year, yearly, annually
/ まいど - (noun/adverb) each time, always, often; {abbr} thank you for your continued patronage
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: シュウ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: しんにょう,しんにゅう
Radical
week
Mnemonics
It takes a whole week to
walk
around the
circumference
of the city.
Written by: gillianfaith
Show all mnemonics (15)
It takes a whole week and a pair of SHOEs {しゅう} to
walk
around the
circumference
of the city.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
A person
looking at a
calendar
can see that the cycle of the week
starts again
after
Saturday
Written by: Quintuplekill
The days
pass by
in
circuits/ laps
to make weeks.
Written by: Mystery4869
I put on tennis "shoes"「SHŪ シュウ」to
walk
a
circuit
path around the
lucky
forest every *week*.
The
man
walked
with his
mouth
open in a
box
for one week.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
シュウ told me the Earth
moves
around the
circumference
of the sun. Each week !
Written by: チェイスです
The
Gentlemen
announces with his
mouth
good luck, joy and congrutalations
while runing a
lap
to start a new week.
Written by: Otaku-Kun
The
gentleman
walked
upside- down
for a week, but it was hard to eat when his
mouth
was where his shoes シュウ should be.
Written by: Jules.33
Is a later form of
. Phono-semantic: phonetic
“シユウ” semantic
“movement”.

We
move
through the week in
laps
since the days are repeated every 7 days.
Written by: フバフバ
After so many weeks , the
man
with an open
mouth
walked
the whole
circumference
]
Written by: Akemicchi
On the
ROAD
of life the WEEK
LAPSES
every 7 days.
Written by: Abnormalise
the
shoe
is being stomped on by a
brick
Written by: アツシュ :0
A week is one full
walk
around the
circumference
from one day to that day again. SHU-t! It's already been a week???
After crossing the
finish line
, the
gentleman
proudly stood on the
pedastal
because he completed his run on the
road
after a whole week.
Written by: あいりー
I
walked
around the
upside down box
for a whole week, until I finally found the
good luck
charm.
Written by: サマヒラ
Related vocabulary
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/ こんしゅう - (noun/adverb) this week
/ せんしゅう - (noun/adverb) last week, the week before (the current week)
/ らいしゅう - (noun/adverb) next week
/ まいしゅう - (noun/adverb) every week
/ さらいしゅう - (noun/adverb) week after next
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ヨウ
Stroke count: 18
Radical name: ひへん
Radical
weekday
Mnemonics
sun
wings
its way like a
bird
, and so the week passes
Written by: kaname19
Show all mnemonics (24)
On week
days
, I go to my job teaching
birds
how to
yo-yo
.
Written by: gillianfaith
The
days
of the week
stick together like
birds
of a
feather
.
Written by: Asiba
Week
days
fly by fast because they're so routinized, as if they were
birds
with
feathers
.
Written by: melocule
Yo ヨウ, these
birds
flap their
feathers
and fly past the
sun
every day of the week!
Written by: Wolfenspace
The
days
of the week
are glorious, just like their namesakes in the heavens, just like the plumage of a
pheasant
/テキ← /dʱiek̚/ ← *l'eːwɢ … *lewɢs → /i̯ɛuᴴ/ →えう→ヨウ.
Every
day
of the week
,
birds
take flight with their
feathery
wings
Written by: Leizunwolf
The
sun
wings
its way through the sky like a
bird
, YO-YOing {よう} by with every passing week.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Every
*weekday*
, the
birds
use their wing
feathers
to glide back and forth past my window, like "yo-yos"「YŌ ヨウ」.
It took seven
days
{a week} for an
old bird
to lose all of its
feathers
Written by: Ringotoki
Every weekday under the
sun
, I look outside and observe the
birds
and sometimes pick up a
feather
or two.
Written by: トロン
The
sun
needs
rabbits
and
birds
for the whole week.
Written by: Christian551
When YOU
fly
, like a
bird
would the sky, through the
day
so fast that you end up with more to do than done you know it's a weekday.
Written by: ジェン~1984
The
old bird
carries the
sun
from one
weekday to the next. It's quite a workout for its
wings
, carrying that heavy sun.
Written by: こガエル
Looks like a calender, where individual
days
come together into weekdays like individual
feathers
that come together into a
bird's
wings.
Written by:
As the
sun
rises, the
wolverine
stalks a
turkey
on a weekday morning. It's their favorite snack, aside from YOUgurt
Written by: Seraseth
On week
days
, I’ve caught
yo-yos
ヨウ trying to jump the
barbed wire fence
to take a shortcut to school.
Written by: Jules.33
I love kanji, I went and researched it, meaning: the
day
it takes
rabbit / nestling
to
grow
noticeable wings or fur, is in fact 1 week. I hope I am right
Written by: Mikatsuki_August
The weekdays each have a
sun
and
ヨウ
in it and are close to each other like
birds
huddled together.
Written by: あいりー
A
little bird
taking flight with
wings
from one
day
to the next.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Every
day
of the week YOU {ヨウ} cover yourself with
feathers
to try and fly like a
bird
. Weekdays pass, still no luck. Try another hobby!
Written by: Yauriki
The
day
s
of the Weekday can drag like the
feathers
of
birds
Written by: Rhiiii
Every
day
of the
wEEk
is marked in
calendar
Written by: Nastki
Weekdays are the
days
we hang out with
birds
Written by: Astarlia
In
japan
,
birds
count their
feathers
every weekday, and take a break on weekends
Written by: きつねよかい
Related vocabulary
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/ どようび - (noun/adverb) Saturday
/ にちようび - (noun/adverb) Sunday
/ げつようび - (noun/adverb) Monday
/ もくようび - (noun/adverb) Thursday
/ すいようび - (noun/adverb) Wednesday
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