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On the left side of this kanji is the “word” radical, which originally depicted a mouth and a sword, symbolizing a sacred promise made to God. On the right side is a component depicting a person removing or shedding their clothes. Together, this kanji means “to explain”—originating from the idea of untangling, melting away, or solving a problem through words.

This kanji consists of two parts. On the left is the “thread” radical, and on the right is a component representing a sign or nameplate hung on a door. Together, this kanji originally depicted binding scattered wooden tablets or papers together with thread. By extension, it came to mean “to edit” or “to compile” books and documents.

This kanji depicts fish eggs floating in water. Therefore, this kanji came to mean ‘eggs’ in general—including not only fish eggs, but also chicken eggs.

This kanji depicts the sun radiating bright light. Depending on your perspective, the light appears in various colors. Because of this, the kanji came to mean “easy to change” or “easy.”

This kanji represents food served in a covered bowl. Consequently, it carries the meanings of both ‘eat’ as a verb and ‘food’ as a noun.

Perhaps it needs absolutely no description. In these lines, you can instantly see a majestic elephant heading up. Quite literally, this character means ‘elephant’.

As you can see, this shape symbolizes a part of the human body—the ear.

This shape symbolizes a specific part of the human face—the eye itself.

This kanji is a brilliant, direct map of frustration! Inside this figure, you can clearly find a living TREE trapped inside a tight, square fence. This powerful imagery symbolizes a situation where there is total prevention for its growing. Just as you see, being boxed in and unable to expand is exactly why this character means ‘EMBARRASSED,’ ‘TROUBLED,’ or ‘STUCK’ in Japanese.