1872. How would you size up these characters? If you give them an inch... 土 イ文 口 十+十+シ+十+、+田


Answer:

土  DO, tsuchi - earth, soil

イ  Katakana "I" or The "Ninben" radical - person

文  BUN, MON, fumi - text, literature

口  KOU, kuchi - mouth

十+十+シ+十+、+田  JUU, tou, to - ten / Katakana "Shi" or The "Sanzui" radical - water / Comma / DEN, ta - paddy field

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

寺  JI , tera - temple

付  FU , tsu(ku) - attach, belong

対  TAI, TSUI - against, pair

団  DAN, TON - group 

薄  HAKU, usu(i), usu(ragu), usu(reru), usu(maru), usu(meru) - thin, weak, fade, dilute