Fun with kanji disassembly

nekojita

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So I learnt something new today. Apparently 白 is in 白寿 (meaning "99" years) because if you take away 一 from 百 you get 白 .

I know 米寿 (米 can be created from 八十八), and くのいち = 女 (くノ一). Any others?

 

lanthas

　

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• 4 Dec 2014

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傘寿 = 80 years old, since if you take away the 人's from 傘, you're left with 八 and 十. There are many like these - sometimes I think the Japanese are too clever for their own good

 

undrentide

Japa'n vagyok

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櫻
This is an old kanji for sakura （桜）and years ago a friend of mine told me how to remember to write this kanji: 二階（にかい= 2 x 貝）の女が気（き＝木）にかかる。

 

Toritoribe

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• 5 Dec 2014

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Similar example to undrentide-san's, 戀 (the traditional form of 恋)

糸しい(＝愛しい）糸しいと言う心

 

nekojita

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I like that both of those include puns inside them. They remind me of なぞなぞ - I used
to read this website quite often:

虫が絵をかいたら何になる？