Page 36 - Japanese Character Writing for Dummies

You probably noticed that this kanji looks like the previous kanji, me
ear great observation! You just have to pull the ‘ears’ by extending the lines.
(eye), except that the vertical and horizontal lines are a little longer. A
The following phrase containing mimi may amuse you: watashi wa mimi ga
JI/mimi tōi (literally the ear is far away). No worries, though!
It doesn’t actually mean my ear is far away! We use this expression to say
that one has a little hearing problem.

Radical: 耳 Number of strokes: six

This kanji may not look like a hand, but let’s imagine fingers. 手te means

hand “hand” by itself. In winter, you wear gloves, tebukuro. Literally,

this means “hand-bag” — bags for hands! Other examples are
SHU/te tegami (letter) and kitte (stamp). A professional singer is 歌手kashu.

Radical: 手 Number of strokes: four

30 Japanese Character Writing For Dummies