Today’s second #kanji is #物, which is made of #うしへん（牜） and 勿.
うしへん（牜） suggests its association with a cow/cattle.
勿 is apparently a pictogram for flags to gather people.
If cows represent worldly wealth, we can understand 物 to be a collection of worldly goods, can’t we?
Meaning: an object
物（ブツ）: <colloquial> the stuff, the goods, the merchandise
物心（ブッシン）: matter and mind
人物（ジンブツ）: a person, a figure
動物（ドウブツ）: an animal, a living creature
名物（メイブツ）: a noted product, a (local) specialty
物（もの）: a thing, an object, a matter
物心（ものごころ）: awareness of things around one
物心がつく: to become old enough to understand what’s going on (around one)
物事（ものごと）: things, a matter
物語（ものがたり）: a tale, a story, a narrative
乗り物（のりもの）: a vehicle, a means of transport, rides (at a carnival)
入れ物（いれもの）: a receptacle, a container, a case, a vessel
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