Today’s first #kanji is #活, which is made of #さんずいへん（氵） and #舌（ゼツ/した/tongue）although its original つくり (the right side of a kanji) used to be that of 銽, so you can’t use 舌 as a sound indicator. That つくり (the combination of 氏 and 口) is not used by itself in the Japanese language but it has the meaning of “moving vigorously,” which makes sense in this kanji.

Meaning: to be alive

活気（カッキ）: vigor, spirit, energy, liveliness
活字（カツジ）: (a piece of) printing type, a type
活動（カツドウ）: lively motion, activity
活火山（カッカザン）: an active volcano
活躍（カツヤク）する: to be energetic, to take a lively part, to be busily engaged
生活（セイカツ）: living, a life
自活（ジカツ）: self-support
復活（フッカツ）する: to revive, to resurrect, to be restored

活きる（いきる）⇒生きる（いきる）: to live, to exist
活かす（いかす）: to revive, to resuscitate, to keep ～ alive, to make the most of ～

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