283. How would you size up these characters? If you give them an inch... 十+田 三+ノ 身 言+土 木


Answer:

十+田  JUU, tou, to - ten / DEN, ta - paddy field

三+ノ  SAN, mi(tsu), mi(ttsu), mi - three / Katakana "No"

身  SHIN, mi - body

言+土  GEN, GON, i(u), koto - say, speech / DO, tsuchi - earth, soil

木  MOKU, BOKU, ki - tree

Add 寸 (SUN - a unit of length close to one inch) to give different characters

専  SEN, moppa(ra) - entirely, exclusively

寿  JU, kotobuki - congratulations, longevity

射  SHA, i(ru) - shoot

詩  SHI - poetry, poem

村  SON, mura - village