生
JLPT 5Joyo 1

ikiru, umu/maru, haeru, nama, ki, SEI, SHŌ
Emphasis ノ (here: a twig) at a growing plant /丰
The twig at the growing plant stands for life.

	年
JLPT 5Joyo 1

toshi, NEN
Comprises the trunk | of a tree with three 三 branches, which is understood as a growing plant . Additionally with two accents ノ,| which are understood as fruits.
When the growing plants bear fruit, it has passed: another year.

	白
JLPT 5Joyo 1

shiroi, HAKU
The sun 日 with a sun ray ノ
(You are dazzled) The shining sun makes it: white.

	牛
JLPT 4Joyo 2

ushi, GYŪ

It shows the head of a cow with only one horn ノ.

	自
JLPT 4Joyo 2

mizukara, SHI, JI
An emphasis ノ with an eye 目
I emphasize the eye shows the: own self.

	知
JLPT 4Joyo 2

shiru, CHI
Left: an arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天), right: a mouth 口 (here: a target)
The arrow hits the target, if it knows it.

	係
JLPT 3Joyo 3

kakari, KEI
Left: person 亻(=人), right: system or family line 系 (a stroke ノ as the thread 糸 of the lineage)
(Inheritance of profession from father to son) A person in this family line comes into charge and duty.

	血
JLPT 3Joyo 3

chi, KETSU
An accent (or drop) ノ and a plate 皿
The drop on the plate is blood.

	乗
JLPT 4Joyo 3

noru, JŌ
Kind of combination of a vehicle 車 and a tree 木 - Or better: a vehicle 車 with open doors
A vehicle with open doors: ... get on for a ride.

	失
JLPT 3Joyo 4

ushinau, SHITSU
Upper left: accent ノ for emphasis, rest: husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)
I emphasize: The husband is losing.

	孫
JLPT 3Joyo 4

mago, SON
Left: child 子, right: lineage, system 系 (A stroke ノ as the thread 糸 for the lineage.)
The child that is connected by the special [= accent ノ as emphasis] thread of lineage is my grandchild.

	久
JLPT 2Joyo 5

hisashii, KYŪ, KU
Pictograph: bent person ⺈, person 人
The bent person has been there for a long time.

	矢
JLPT 3Joyo 2

ya, SHI
Upper left: an accent/emphasis ノ which here is seen as an arrow. Rest: heaven/sky: 天
The stroke ノ in the sky is an arrow.

	及
JLPT 1Joyo 7

oyobu/bosu/bi, KYŪ
Left: person 人, right: image of a hand stretched out
The person stretches a hand out to reach s.o.

	矯
JLPT 1Joyo 7

tameru, KYŌ
Left: arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天), right: emphasis ノ, big 大, var. of high/tall 高 (Image of a watch tower)
The arrow is too tall and high, we have to correct/reform this.

	卑
JLPT 1Joyo 7

iyashii/shimu, HI
From top: accent ノ, field 田, accent ノ, ten 十
I have already emphasized twice that this field is ten times ignoble.

	乏
JLPT 1Joyo 7

toboshii, BŌ
Top: can be seen a person 人 and bottom as: zigzag
(In search of food) If a person zigzags, he is poor.