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口日(/曰)目白自


口
—— mouth —— Looks like a widely open mouth ——

日(/曰)(*口一)
—— 1) sun; day —— Each time the sun rises a new day begins. —— It is a picture of the sun. Normally we draw the sun with a circle(ㅇ) surrounded by many strokes. But there are no “round” shaped Kanji so we take mouth*1 instead. And adding so many strokes is also very annoying so let’s abbreviate them to only one stroke (one*2) in the middle representing all. ——
2) say —— What is coming out of the mouth*1 is what we say (symbolized by one*2) ——

目
—— eye —— Rotate this character by 90 degree, then it will look like an eye ——
目_目

丶(in白without日)
—— dot; drop —— The dot's ink is dropped, so it looks like a comma. ——

白(*丶(in白without日)日)
—— white —— If you watch into the sun*2 for too long you’ll see several small white dots*1. ——

自(*丶(in白without日)目)
—— self; nose —— In Asia, one refers to oneself by pointing to their nose —— Rotate this character by 90 degree to the right: (*1) shows the nose, it's right to the *eye* (*2) ——

? (in友without又) left hand —— 又 is the right hand (or fist). Together they are 友 (you3 friend) —— Friends give each other the hands. ——

言 say; words —— sethg: "This is simple a pictogram of a mouth SAYing something. The lines are soundwaves. No need to complicate it."

讠words; say —— It's the simplified form of 言 derived from Cursive Script ——

門 door; gate —— Just looks like a door/gate

no.20 门 door; gate —— it's the simplified form of 門