高桥留美子

• 高(tall; high; tower; tall building)ASSOCIATIVE

A tall tower reaching high is drawn with a roof, gate, and stacked foundation layers piled on top of each other.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 乔(tall; curved)PHONETIC

A wooden tree reaching high across the river forms a bridge.

• 卯(hour of the Cat; crack; gap)PHONETIC
• 田(field; land)RADICAL

To keep the field of land from the Mão hour onward, hold it forever without leaving.

• 羊(goat; sheep)ASSOCIATIVE
• 大(large; big)ASSOCIATIVE

A fat big goat symbolizes beauty and prosperity.

• 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.