1939. You should keep your eye on these characters! Why? 米+大+T+ハ 希 四+ハ 手 丁+T+ハ


米+大+T+ハ  BEI, MAI, kome - rice / DAI, oo(kii) - big / Alphabet "T" / Katakana "Ha" or HACHI, ya(ttsu), ya(tsu), ya, yo - eight

希  KI - hope, desire, scarcity, rarity

四+ハ  SHI, yo(tsu), yo(ttsu), yo, yon - four / Katakana "Ha" or HACHI, ya(ttsu), ya(tsu), ya, yo - eight

手  SHU, te - hand

丁+T+ハ  CHOU, TEI - counter, block / Alphabet "T" / Katakana "Ha" or HACHI, ya(ttsu), ya(tsu), ya, yo - eight

Add 目 (MOKU, me - eye) to see them in a completely different way!  

類  RUI - type, kind, genus

睎  KI - to hope, to stare

買  BAI, ka(u) - buy

看  KAN - see

頂  CHOU, itadaki, itada(ku) - top, peak, summit, receive