Clever Kanji

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 7:40AM
Aonghas Crowe in Chinese Characters, Japanese Design, Japanese Language, Kanji, basic design, kanji illustrations

I came across these designs on the i+dea International Design College's website while trolling for illustrations of a drunk to use in yesterday's bit on chidor ashi. Clever, aren't they?

 

Mune (胸), chest or breast

Hashi (橋), bridge

Tsuru (鶴), crane

You (酔う), drunk

Isogu (急ぐ), hurry

 

Mukuro (躯), corpse

Article originally appeared on Aonghas Crowe (http://www.aonghascrowe.com/).