The short story of Kanji pictures
This kanji is made of two parts. On the left is a radical representing something soft, rising, and fluffy like clouds. On the right is the ‘demon’ or ‘ghost’ radical, depicting a deceased person. Combined, this kanji came to mean ‘soul’—the spirit that leaves a person’s body after death.
This kanji is made of two parts. On the left is the ‘human’ radical. On the right is the ‘mumbling’ radical, which represents something soft, rising, and fluffy like clouds. Combined, this kanji means to speak vaguely to someone or to mumble words quietly.
This kanji combines the radical for ‘rain’ at the top with the symbol for a moving cloud at the bottom. Therefore, this kanji carries the meaning of ‘cloud’.
