Having a square and a square is not that special. It's just MMEEHH... {め}. But my MA {ま} always says, "Don't you worry about those who MOCK {もく} your square eye. I'll kick them with this square foot! We are the Square family!"

Look ME {め} in the

eyes

and MOCK {もく} me again, I dare you!

I'm looking at a .

If you turn your head 90 degrees, you could see a

eye

with a .

Looks like an with a . Eyes are used to look at things, make insights, and acrue experiences.

Look ME in the eyes baby!

Depicts the , with squared corners 罒, rotated ninety degrees 目.

目（*muɡ）瞐 苜 目
モク,ボク← /mi̯uk̚/ ← *muɡ

A goat has a . They also go MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH {め}

I use ME eyes to look out the for MOKUingbirds!

Gee/ジ, ears are hard to draw. Just draw the , , , , and .

This kanji MIMICS みみ an ear . Without it, you wouldn't be able to enjoy the art of supermarket JINGLES ジ. 🎶

Pictogram: An on the side of a

As a Phonetic Bushu: ジ.

Think of a stick person's hand that includes and a .

Can you

hand

me a て シュ -tissue-

It looks like the palm lines of your

As a TEst {て}, I put my SHOEs {しゅ・ず} on using just one of my .

Depicts a hand and fingers, with the longest finger, the middle finger, in the center. The first stroke is the bent over , the second is the fingers, and the third is the . The last stroke completes the middle finger and bends at the .

SHOw me your hand

The {て} is the most useful part of the body.

Pictogram: A hand the stroke is a bent middle finger. While the are 2 fingers each. Finally the .

Apparently hands were always very hard to draw.

You can imagine 5 fingers from a .

Think of a big plastic chearing hand clap during soccer games or else.
There are a set of 3 fingers are on each side, and when you rotate the , it makes them clap together.

Should {シュ} you decide to count them, you will find and lines across the palm of your hand. Likewise, across two hands, you have ten {て} fingers.

Watch as he {あし} kicks that board with his foot. That's so cool {ソク}. Pictogram: .

My socks/ そくare now ash-y/あしand tarry/ たりる、たる、たす but my leg and foot are still sufficiently clean.

Depicts a block-shaped leg, drawn as a , attached to a →止. A foot in the door is sufficient to get your pair of footwear counted. The reading ソク←ショク← /t͡si̯wok̚/ ← *ʔsoɡ is probably from Sino-Tibetan chog, “to be sufficient”.

A |あ|! She |し| stepped on my foot! My is yelling because it hurts! Now my sock |ソク| is dirty, she needs to !

Pictogram of a leg. The and

Watch AS HE {あし} goes down the slide. He goes feet-first, with SOCKs {そく} right up his

legs

!

Looks like the from one of the Narnia films, who had one big with one big ; it was really weird, but apparently would be sufficient for them.

Your the moment I put my foot in it.

“Socks {そく} are fo’ yo’ feet, silly.” - Satan, from an old internet cartoon, which I think was called Billy & Satan.

A pictogram of a with a

I may あめ sit and watch the

rain

in the for a bit u-ntil ウ it stops.

When I sit at the to watch the , I think, ""Eew"「U ウ」, my "candy = あめ"「AME あめ」is all sticky from humidity!"

Pitch accent note: With 雨 pitch falls like rain, vs. 飴 pitch rises like energy from eating candy.

Looking through the I noticed the

Uh it's ! AMEn, i'll stay at home

Depicts a with of falling rain.

Why are there under this ? It must be defective.

behind the

Pictogram: rain falls from a in the see the

Two dashes for the . 4 dots for the . One vertical line for the occasional . Some area rains and some doesn't - use two more lines to indicate the .

Under the relentless , the army{ame} sought beneath the tattered , finding solace in camaraderie and determination.

coming down from the .

Looks like a with a over it, while

rain

falls outside.

Standing at the while it is

A panda takes {たけ} a in one paw and in the other paw, and then stuffs both of them in his cheeks {チク}.

Bamboo and its . Two of the same character are to signify how bamboo would not be seen growing alone.

Just ta-ke たけ the bamboo, it’s okay, it’s ‘kay! It’s KK! .
Just don’t give it to that chi-ku チク. She’ll just eat it. Weird right?! That chi-ku eats !

This has just shooting out of it!

"My"「MAI マイ」family has a square "deco*meter*"「KOME こめ」of land near a "bay"「BĒ ベイ」in the *USA* where they their own .

Etymology:
Originally looked like a with three on either side, which then .

Rice plants have of .

貝 often has money related meanings when used as a kanji radical. So I guess Japan a lot of value in shellfish.

Depicts the shell of Monetaria moneta, the money cowrie, a semi-symmetric snail shell. The hole in the shell has striations that resemble an . The two are the curved edges of the shell.
A snail is a gastropod, but 貝 is used informally for other かい shellfish as well, especially the clam, which was also historically used as money.
Money is used to BUY→バイ things.
貝（*paːds）貝 狽 鋇 浿 垻 敗 唄
バイ←はい← /pɑiᴴ/ ← *paːds

After kayaking {かい}, I wondered whether I should buy {バイ} something to eat. That's when I shellfish.

When visiting "Cairo"「KAI かい」, I wanted to "buy"「BAI バイ」some *shellfish* for my party. I got oysters in their and some crab .

Looks like a sea with and tiny peeking out from under it.

, a shellfish! How cute, with little ! What is it doing in the bay {バイ}, while we're kay{かい}aking? It's dangerous!

That shellfish has

The is hitting the

"Seki"「SEKI セキ」took his and started hitting the in sculpure class. It wasn't "easy"「ISHI いし」to carve.

A pictogram of a under the .

Everyone was SHAKUed when Michaelangelo La Pieta out of . ISHI really made out of stone?!

Depicts a stone at the base of a ←厂. May also be interpreted as a hand 𠂇 holding a stone to throw it, but do not confuse with 右!

石（*djaɡ）柘 妬 蠹 沰 拓 橐 袥 驝 斫 磭 磔 跖 石 碩 祏 鉐 鼫
ジャク←じやく← /ʑi̯ɛk̚/ ← *djaɡ
セキ apparently via Korean 석 seok.
コク apparently via 擔. See also 䄷.

Pictogram: under a

Via 絲: Depicts a silk doubled over itself, with the loose ends at the bottom. English “silk” is cognate with Mandarin sī, from Old Chinese /*slɯ/→シ.

"She"「SHI シ」tied a *thread* to hold the closed until she could eat it.

The thread work is all that SHE シ cares about. Just like I TOLD いと you.🧵

Stitching a line with a thread, its a lot of .

many threads make up a sheet/SHIITO

*I TO*ught *I TO*ld you to the *SHI*lk thread!

She {し} a tread because she likes to eat {いと} weird things.

This is a of thread.