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When looking at this figure, you can spot two bows decorated with colorful ribbons, which remarkably represents ‘weak.’ While a bow on its own symbolizes stoic, powerful arms, dressing it up with colored ribbons strips away its practical strength—turning it into mere decoration. Therefore, by using this vivid contrast, the character beautifully means ‘weakness’ in reverse.

In this figure, you can clearly see a person whistling with their mouth wide open. This character perfectly captures that distinct, musical action to mean ‘whistle’.

When seeing a massive waterfall, ancient people imagined a majestic dragon charging up into the sky, viewing it as the very avatar of a god. This character consists of two parts, beautifully embedding the symbol of that dragon on the right side.

This character is beautifully simple, capturing only the dynamic outline of a water splash. Yes, true to its fluid form, this is the character that means ‘water’!

As you can see, this character vividly describes a huge, rotating vortex. True to its dynamic form, it directly captures the powerful motion to mean ‘whirlpool’.

In this figure, you can see a large bottle resting beneath a grand roof. Just as you might imagine, that bottle is filled with a treasure trove of money. In ancient times, this is exactly how people saved their wealth. Therefore, this character remains the ultimate symbol for ‘wealth’ even today.

This character describes a woman with soft, flowing, and elegant body lines.

Words expressing destinations or directions are believed to have originated in primitive times. This character means ‘west,’ as it portrays a bird resting in its nest—signifying the place where they fly back to when the sun goes down.

As you can see from this shape, this character represents the act of watching something.

This character means ‘way’ or ‘road.’ It depicts the scene of a person walking along a long path.