予 YO - previous, in advance
レ Katakana "Re"
士+井 SHI - samurai, man, scholar / SEI, SHOU, i - well
士+毛 SHI - samurai, man, scholar / MOU, ke - hair, fur
竹+士+昔 CHIKU, take - bamboo / SHI - samurai, man, scholar / SEKI, SHAKU, mukashi - antiquity, long ago
Adding a tree (木 MOKU, BOKU, ki - tree) to these characters lets them branch out in a new direction!
柔 JUU, NYUU, yawa(rakai) - soft
札 SATSU, fuda - paper money, slip, card, label
耕 KOU, tagaya(su) - till, plow, cultivate
耗 MOU, KOU - decrease
籍 SEKI - family register