The short story of Kanji pictures
This kanji depicts an outline of dog lying its head upside.So this kanji means “dog”.And in case of this kanji is used as the radiclal with other parts of kanji, it comes to mean “animals”.
首を少し上に向けて元気に立っている「犬（いぬ）」の姿をかたどった漢字です。他の漢字の部首（けものへん・犭）として使われるときは、広く「獣・動物」を表します。
This kanji consists of two parts: the ‘black’ radical on the left (representing a vessel filled with soot) and the ‘dog’ radical on the right. It depicts a dog staying quiet in the dark, and therefore came to mean ‘to be silent’ or ‘to keep quiet.’
This kanji is composed of the ‘roof’ radical (representing a grand palace or hall) and a symbol representing sound or wind spreading widely. It abstractly depicts a voice or proclamation echoing throughout a large room. Originally, it meant to proclaim an official decree throughout a palace, which eventually came to mean ‘to declare’ or ‘to announce’ publicly.
この漢字は、上部は立派な宮殿を表す「宀（うかんむり）」、下部は声や風が四方へ広がる様子を表しています。王の命令や宣言が広い広間の隅々まで力強く響き渡る様子から、「広く知らせる・宣言する」という意味になりました。
This kanji depicts a blackened vessel or bag filled with soot from a fire. Therefore, this kanji came to mean the color ‘black’.
かまどや火の粉から立ち上る煙と煤（すす）が、入れ物や窓を真っ黒に染めている様子を描いた漢字です。そこから色の「黒」を意味するようになりました。
This kanji symbolically depicts a sword and the cut line it leaves behind. Therefore, this kanji means ‘to cut.’
刃物の「刀」と、物を断ち切った跡（切れ目）をかたどった漢字です。鋭い刃物で物をふたつに切り離すことから、「切る・断ち切る」という意味を表します。
This kanji consists of two parts: the ‘hand’ radical on the left, and a hand holding a weapon or tool to strike or hurl at a target on the right. Therefore, this kanji came to mean ‘to throw’—referring to the action of hurling or tossing something by hand.
This kanji consists of two parts: the ‘tree’ radical on the left, and a hand holding a branch on the right. Originally, it referred to a tree branch itself. By extension, it came to mean ‘something that branches off from the main stream.’
左側の「木」と、右側の枝を手で持っている様子からできた漢字です。木の幹から分かれて伸びる「小枝」を表し、そこから「本筋から分かれたもの」を意味するようになりました。
This kanji consists of two parts: the ‘hand’ radical on the left, and a hand holding a branch on the right. Therefore, this kanji came to mean ‘skill’ or ‘technique’—referring to the human ability to craft things meticulously by hand.
This kanji depicts a hand holding a tree branch. Originally, it had two main meanings: first, ‘a point where a path or stream branches off,’ and second, ‘to support something.’
