Answer:
串 KEN, KAN, kushi - skewer
中 CHUU, naka - middle,medium
刃 JIN, ha - blade
徴 CHOU - collect, demand, sign, symptom
秋 SHUU, aki - autumn
Add 心 (SHIN, kokoro - Heart) to each for a new character!
患 KAN, wazura(u) - be ill, suffer from
忠 CHUU - loyalty, faithfulness
忍 NIN, shino(bu), shino - hide, stealth, bear, endure, conceal
懲 CHOU, ko(rasu), ko(riru) - chasatise, punish, learn a lesson
愁 SHUU, ure(i), ure(eru) - grief, sorrow, grieve, anxiety