the hand-shape-sign:
Touch the fingertips to each other
like wrapping an egg downward:
the shape of covering and protecting a growing important
thing inside.
You might feel that the internal space is filled
by energy from the top: the center of the palm.
(卵を上から包むように、全指先をひとつに合わせる。
この手の頂上､手のひらの中心から内部空間に満ちてくるエネルギーが感じられるだろう。)
the hand-movement-sign:
Draw the basis shape in
one stroke starting from the bottom joint (下の接合部から書き始める)
name: 
[a] ( the same vowel to this phonetic function) ( ア )
ASCII: A (the similar looking shape)
phonetic:
[a]: front-open vowel (the basis symbolizes the large opened mouth) (母音で前舌のア)
definition (single):
as the upside-down shape of 'heart', it means a life/ lives. (命、生)
verb:
vi. live (生きる)
main image (in C-c):
1) Related to the body or a part of a human/animals (人や動物の体とその一部に関連)
2) General terms about conditions/quality/needs of 'a life' (命のいろんな状態や質などの一般概念)
3) Related to a process of life (生きる過程)
4) Related to Relations of lives (世代関係/男女・雌雄・親族の区別)
5) Related to various living creatures and organic things (いろんな生物・有機物)
6) To form a picture-like fundamental character for 'fruit' ( ｢果実｣を示して象形文字の構成)
examples of C-c:
Related to the body or a part of a living thing (生物の体とその一部に関連)
{67,50(tangible thing)}: body(of a living creature) (身体)
{67,５０(body)16(part)}:
body part(s) of a living thing (身体の部分)
{67(life),32}: individual of life (生命個体)
{67,69(torso shape)}: torso; sit (vi. with #gd:
support torso without depending upon legs)
{67,69,62(back)}: back (of torso) (背中)
{67,69,61(front)}: stomach (腹)
{67,69,19(in)}: internal organ/bowel/entrails/ guts (内臓)
{67,69, 62,18(under)}: bottom (尻)
{15,{67,69}(torso)}: breast (胸)
{67,69,01(dot)} (a dot in
the middle of torso): navel (臍)
{59(liquid),67}: body fluid (any kinds including
blood and lymph)(体液)
{42,59,67}( flowing 42) liquid(59) (in a living
thing)}: blood(血)
{42,59,67,20(out)}: bleed (with #gd) (出血)
{{33,23}(color) 67(a part of 'blood')}: red (赤)
: {15,59(liquid),67}({15,(67)}(as the symbol of breasts
of mother)}: milk (乳)
{{15,59,67}(milk),{(67),02,21}(fermentation)}: yogurt (ヨーグルト)
{{15,59,67}(milk),{(59),52,44}(oil)}: butter
(バター)
{{15,59,67}(milk),36( time ),25(joined)}:
cheese (チーズ)
{{15,59,67}(milk),{(59),24}(ice)}: icecream
(アイスクリーム)
{43(for stickiness),{15,59,67}(milk)}: cream
(クリーム)
{{15,59,67}(milk),50(goods)}: dairy product
(乳製品)
{46(function),67}: organ of living creature (器官)
{47(accept),46,67}: digestive organ (消化器官)
{40(balance),46,67}: the organ system for controlling hormone (ホルモン器官)
{70,{46,67}(organ)}:
respiratory organ (呼吸器官)
{01(dot/tiny elements),67}: cell of any body of lives (細胞)
{{01,67}(cell),28(sheet)}: cell membrane (細胞膜)
{16(separated), {01,67}(cell)}: segmentation of cell (細胞分裂)
{67,28(surface/sheet)}: membrane (膜)
{67,28,20(out)}: skin (皮膚)
{67,24(hard)}: shell/carapace (殻)
{67,24,10(place)}: shelter (シェルター)
{34(substantial part),67(animal life)}: meat (肉)
{34,67,07(much)}: fat/plump/fleshy (太った)
{34,67,08
less}: thin/ lean (痩せた)
{{34,67},47
accept}: carnivorous, predatory/pray/carnivore (肉食)
General terms about conditions/quality/needs of 'a life'
(命のいろんな状態や質などの一般概念)
{09(intangible thing),67}: living (暮らし)
{04,67}: {minus direction of life(68) }: bad for health
(体に悪い)
{67(life),25}: healing, cure (治癒)
{67,25,65(occupation)}: medical doctor (医者)
{{67,25}{46,63,25}(assist),65}: nurse (看護人)
{{67,25}{29,50}(chemical material)}: medicine/
drug (薬剤)
{{67,25}{29,50},65}: pharmacist (薬剤師)
{67(life),47(acceptation)}: consumption/nutrition, take foods
(v. with #gd) (摂取)
{67,47,{46(function),(67)}(organ)}: digestive organ (消化器官)
{67,47,50(tangible
thing )}: food (食べもの)
{{67,47},{16,22)elements}:
nutrient (栄養)
{{34,67}meat,{47,67}}consumption}:
carnivorous, predatory/pray/carnivore (肉食)
{66
plant,{47,67}consumption}: herbivorous/herbivore (草食)
{06(opposite),67}: killing, kill
(vt. with #ge) (殺)
{06,67,65(person)}: killer (殺し屋・屠畜者)
{12(friction),67}:
stress (ストレス)
{67,30(indication)}: symptom, phenomena of a living body (症状)
{67,64(shocking),36(time)}:
emergency (緊急)
{37(natural
condition),67(life)}: safe (安全)
{67life,
}: journey (旅)
{67,40(balance)}:
health (健康)
{67,40,25(plus)}: healthy (健康的)
{67,40,04(minus)}: ill, sick (病気)
{67,17(upward)}:
growing (生育)
{67,18(downward)}:
drooped, dejected, weakened (衰え、弱った)
{67,44energy expansion}: fine (of the life) (元気あふれる状態)
{{70,42}wind,67}:
breathing (息)
{{70,42}wind,67,19(in)}:
inhaling (吸気)
{{70,42}wind,67,20(out)}:exhaling
(呼気)
{67,68(heart)}(thought
from the bottom of one's heart and life): love (愛)
{06(reverse),{67,68}}: hatred, hate (v. with #gd) (憎しみ)
{21(facing to a direction){06,67,68}}: grudge, ill blood (恨み）
{07(much),67}
: long life expectancy (寿命が長い)
{08(less),67} : short life expectancy (短い寿命)
{11(limit),67}: life span (寿命)
{08 (less),11,67}:
shorten one's own life (vi. with #gd) (D動詞：自分の寿命を縮める)
{07(more),11,67}: extend one's
life (v. with #ge) (Ｅ動詞：長寿化する)
{35(continuation),67}: inheritance, heredity (遺伝)
{35,67,22(original thing)}: gene (遺伝子)
{35,67,22,15(recognition)}: genetic code (遺伝情報)
{14 way,
life continuation}: culture (文化)
{10(place),67}: home, nest; when it means the building,
add 48 on the top. (家庭、巣)
{10,67,{34,65}member}:
family (家族)
{{10,67},{19,(67)}woman}:
wife (妻)
{{10,67},{20,(67)}man}:
husband (夫)
{{10,67},20,19}: husband and wife/ a married couple
(夫婦)
{24(firming),{10,67,20,19}}: marriage (結婚)
In case of gay/lesbian: add the dot in the
center of each of above c-c,
meaning oneself{01,19} and the other{01,20} (同性間の場合には、自他を意味して、中央に点を追加)
{55(asking),{24,10,67,20,19}}:
propose marriage (結婚の申し込み)
{{10,54}(whereabouts),67(life) }: home address (住所)
{{10,48}(building),67}: dwelling house (住宅)
{10,48,67,26(group)}: apartment house (集合住宅)
{38(human made),67}: raised lives,
bred products (飼育されている動物)
{{38,67},09(intangible matter)}:
breeding (飼育)
{10(place),37(nature),{38,67}}:
breeding farm, ranch (牧場)
Related to a process of life (生きる過程にかかわって)
{33,67(life)}: egg (卵)
{67,22(origin)}: birth, be born (v. with #gd),
bear (vt. with #ge) (誕生)
{05(denied),67}: death, die (vi. with #gd)
(死)
{23(change),31(form),67}: metamorphosis (変態)
{57(wonder),67}: child (early life time
surrounded many 'wonders' to live) (早期の命・こども)
{57,67,{13,15}(similar)}:
childish (こどもじみた)
{{
, 
}the main part of insect
, child}: larva/larval (幼虫)
{57,67,{38,66}(sprout: very early
life)}: baby (also this total shape looks like a baby wrapped by clothes)
(赤ん坊)
{58(possible to do for oneself),67}:
adult/become an adult (with #gd)/make someone grow up (with ge)
(大人；D動詞で成人する)
{57,58,67}: life
time between child and adult (大人と子どもの境目の時期)
{66,67,58( possible,
a part of adult)}: ripen (熟した)
{{, }the
main parts of insect,
adult/mature}: imago (成虫)
{
life, 
transformation}: metamorphosis
(変態)
: {36(time),67}:
age (of living thing) (年齢)
{07(much),{36,67}(age)} : old, aged (高齢)
{08(less),{36,67}}: little aged: young (歳が若い)
Related to Relations of lives
(世代関係/男女・雌雄・親族の区別)
{67,14(go through)}: relative(s) (親族)
{{10,36(time)}(era),67(life)}: generation(世代)
{62(before
as time),10,36,67}: the former generation (前の世代);
*(one's) parent(s)
generation: 
(両親の世代)
{13(same),10,36,67}: the same generation (同世代);
*(one's) brother's
generation: 
(兄（弟）の世代)
{20,67}: male(s)/man/men ( for
the general or single term : fundamental character) (男性・雄)
{20,67,27(plural)}: men/males
(only for plural)(男たち)
{{57wonder,67}child,20(out/male)}: boy (少年)
{19,67}: female(s)/woman ( fundamental
character )(女・雌)
{19,67,27(plural)}: women/females
(only for plural) (女たち)
{{57,67}(child),19}: girl (少女)
To represent a vertical relations in a family, EL uses 
62 (back) and 
61 (front)
in the family history, according to where the members
belong seeing to from a standard point.
* (Before 
(upper/above) and 
(lower) were used instead of
and .
Still you might see some older versions of c-c related to 'family' such
as mother and children
in other pages as old poem pages. The following is the renewal. ...October, 2006)
{62back in the family
history,67life} as a fundamental c-c: parent (親)
{62,67, 35( long
continuous )}: ancestor (祖先)
{62,67,27(plural)}:
parents (親たち)
{62,67,19( female )}: mother (母)
{62,67,19,n2}: grandmother (祖母)
{62,67, 19,n3}: great grandmother (曾祖母)
{62,67,20(male)}: father
(父)
{62,67, 20,n2}:
grandfather (祖父)
{62,67, 20,n3}:
great grandfather (曽祖父)
{62,{13,67}sibling}:
uncle and/or aunt (おじ・おば)
{62,19(female),{13,67}}:
aunt (おば)
{62earlier, 20(
male ),{13,67}}: uncle (おじ)
{61front in the family
history,67}: child (the relation from the parents; the age is not the
matter)
(年齢は無関係に親に対しての「子」)
{61,67,35(
long continuous )}: descendant(s) (子孫)
{61,67,27(plural)}:
children (子どもたち)
{61,67,19(female)}:
daughter (娘)
{61,67,19,n2}:
2-generation-lower daughter: granddaughter( 孫娘)
{61,67,19,n3}:
great grand daughter (ひ孫娘)
{61,67,20(male)}:
son (息子)
{61,67,20,n2}:
grandson (孫息子)
{61later,19(female),{13,67}}:
niece (姪)
{61later,20(male),{13,67}}:
nephew (甥)
* For a relative in low, express it as joined characters with 
(low) in front;
for an adapted relative, put 
{25 added, 45 relation} on the relative's head.
{13(the
same level),67( life )}: lives of the same level: siblings (as the fundamental
c-c) (兄弟姉妹)
{19(female),{13,67}}: sister (姉妹)
{20(male),{13,67}}: brother (兄弟)
{n2(secondly ),13,67}: cousin (いとこ)
{n3,13,67}: cousin's cousin (またいとこ)
{67,13,19,n2}: secondly far female
in the same generation: female cousin (従姉妹)
{67,13,19,n3}: second female cousin (また従姉妹)
{67,13,20,n2}: secondly far female
in the same generation: male cousin (従兄弟)
{67,13,20,n3}: second male cousin (また従兄)
Related to various living creatures and organic
things (sometimes animals have
other forms according to their characteristic shapes,
so animals do not always have #67) (いろんな生物・有機物)
:
{67,29( element/material),26(compounded)}: organic
compound (有機化合物)
{67( life ),29}(a life needs this element to grow)
: nitrogen (窒素)
{02(one),{01,67}(cell; 01 is invisible in this case)}
(one cell
living thing): bacteria including some kind of fungi;
be infected (bacteria
work in the subject's body) (with #gd) (細菌)
{02,67,21(heading)}: fermentation, ferment
(vt. with #ge) (発酵)
{41(move),67}: animal (動物)
{41,67,02(single cell)}: protozoan (原生動物・単細胞動物)
{41,67,{63,66}(branch)}(wood branch looking
animal): coral (サンゴ)
{{67,24}( shell ),41(move)}:
clams (bivalves shell-fish) (二枚貝)
{67,24,41,43(rolled): snails
(巻貝・かたつむり)
{{67,24}(shell),66,45}(also a picture-like-C-c):
crustacean (甲殻類)
{{67,24,66,45},{17,18}(up-down: symbolizing
'vertically longer')}: shrimp/prawn/lobster (エビ)
{{67,24,66,45},{19,20}(pointing
the left-right symbolizing 'horizontally longer')}: crab
(蟹)
{15,{41,67}}:
mammal (哺乳動物)
(#15 symbolizes
nipples of a mammal )(#15で乳首を象形して、哺乳類・哺乳に関わる)
{38(human raised),{15,41,67}mammals}: domestic mammals (家畜)
See here for various
kinds of mammals.(哺乳動物の各種類に関しては左のリンクをご覧ください。)
Composing a picture-like
character (fundamental c-c) with another symbol
(象形文字)
:
{66(plant),67} (shaping a fruit using 'life'
and 'plant'): fruit; bring the result(s) (v. with #gd) (実)
{66,67,48(cover)}: peeling (果皮)
{66,67,59(liquid)}: nectar (果汁)
{{34,67}(meat),{(67),66(plant)} (fruit)}: flesh
of fruit (果肉)
{66,67,47( accept )}: harvest (of fruits) (収獲)
