261. What's the common thread linking these characters? 冬 吉 ヨ+水 イ+一 及


Answer:

冬  TOU, fuyu - winter

吉  KICHI, KITSU, yoshi - good luck

⼹+水  The "Keigashira" radical - pig's head / SUI, mizu - water

イ+一  Katakana "I" / ICHI, ITSU, hito(tsu) - one

及  KYUU, oyo(bu), oyo(bosu) - reach, amount to, match, equal

Add 糸 (SHI, ito - thread) to make different characters:

終  SHUU, o(waru), o(eru) - end, finish

結  KETSU, musu(bu), yu(u) - tie up, bind

緑  RYOKU, ROKU, midori - green

係  KEI, kaka(ru) - relate to, concern, charge, duty

級  KYUU - rank, class