This is one of the more amusing Kanjis I've learnt.
As opposed to most Kanji, this one looks pretty much what it means!
Kanji: 串
Meaning: skewer
Do you see the skewer in the Kanji?
Now another interesting one is this Kanji, which has the skewer Kanji as the top part of it.
Kanji: 患
Meaning: afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill
Construction: skewer (串)＋heart (心)
"Doctor, I am suffering..."
"What's wrong?"
"Barbeque accident..."
:P
what about
ReplyDelete傘 - kasa - umbrella
I also like this one 囚, but you kind of have to already know 人 in order to appreciate the other one.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the readings?
ReplyDeleteOh, sorry just-you-waitさん, I figured the readings are not relevant since we're talking about the kanji drawing itself, but here are the readings:
ReplyDelete串 - kushi (skewer)
患う - wazurau (to fall ill)
患 itself is also "kan" when in a compound word.
Don't you use rikaichan?
It's so awesome!