derivative: 丂 *broken bow

as a component: “弓字旁”

You find wild celery flowering near your shelter. You harvest it with your axe.

This character represents your transformation into the wild. You gave up your computer and embraced a fishing spear.

show discount on your hand for a 斤jīn of fruit OR This small hand axe you got on discount.

You have probably moved beyond hunter-gatherer into a more complex community when one of the caves becomes a court of law.

Some people would consider a rice sack cheating for a hunter-gatherer, but you are a modern hunter-gatherer, and if you come across an abandoned rice sack, sever it with your axe for a lucky meal o’ carbs.

In fact, you’ll find a spear so precise a tool that you will want them in all sizes. This is a small one you throw at a tangerine high up in a tree. The juice then drips into your mouth. alternatively: 木+矛+冏 tree + spear + dementor

The axe you use for more detailed carpentry work, you keep in a box with other tools of the trade.

A big cave celebration calls for a big pot of booyah, a stew with any twenty ingredients you have on hand.

This is a picture of an axe with its handle buried in the ground, marking the top of an important hill.

It’s time to celebrate your new home. But you have no one to invite, only your large dog attends.

Although you may find great satisfaction in your hunter-gatherer lifestyle, many people in history are actually elated when they are able to lack the need for an axe and can use electric or gas indoor heating.

This cave is a mine where precious stone has been found.

When a spear warps or otherwise becomes useless as a tool, it can be repurposed as a support for a thatch hut. See how it is propping up a canopy of flowers?

You need to have strong concentration when using a bow, even though an insect could land on your mouth.

Just like animals that return to the same spot over and over to sit, so do you, finding a nice seat in your cave.

This cave is being expanded to let the sun in.

Something else you have drying on the wall of your cave is hemp you have gathered from the woods.

You haven’t been able to tame a deer as a pet, but you keep their antlers on the wall and compare the sizes.

The cave was twenty degrees, I swear!

Also on the walls of your cave are twenty hand prints. When you place your hand on any of these hands, you realize that the cave is twenty degrees (Celsius) all year round.

In your collection of axes, this biggest one is “the Father.”

You actually have another pet, as well—a hawk. You are the birdman in your cave with your bird.

The solution to your well-being is to go outside your cave and rake the snow. This will keep your mind and body active and give you an escape path should you need it. (Hunter Gatherer)

alternatively: 广 + 隶, cave + bondservant Your well-being improves when you have a bondservant in the cave to rake the snow for you.

This time one of your spears get stuck in the tree. You must be very gentle when you remove it so you don’t get pierced or damage the tree.

Remember, a frozen bow is a weak bow.

You draw a bow with a stick (or a stick you’ve made into an arrow).

Make some porridge with all that rice. Add in some meat that you shot with your bows.

You create a bullet-shaped list of things you need to shoot to provided yourself with food, clothing and shelter.

This cave is being enlarged by hand. Picture an ultra-strong hunter-gatherer with his hands spread to either side of a cave, pushing out until the cave enlarges.

You have an experiment of sorts going on in your cave. You got so much juice from your tangerine spearing that you have dried it into a primitive Tang powder. You made yourself a mini rake to mix it and sample it regularly with your mouth. (Now, of course, this character does not refer to the fake orange drink, but the Tang dynasty of China.)

Another cave in your primitive community will be dedicated to the god of sprouts, what you will need in the spring.

While a regular spear 矛 can be used while running, a fishing spear is used standing and requires that you have a plan in your head beforehand.

derivative: 龴 *spear head

A vehicle you might be able to construct on your own in the wilderness will be very rough-hewn with your axe.

Also piling up in your cave is a bunch of your friend’s hair. Gross. Discard it.

an axe weighs about a catty (.5 kg)

as a component: “斤字旁“

What would be more pleasing than an elephant sighting during your fishing expedition?

An ideal mat in your cave would be made of twenty towels.

If you are a hunter-gatherer in a place with no naturally occurring caves, you may wish to use a dugout, which you could then attract friends and blossom into a hamlet like Hobbitville.

Another activity in your cave is cleaning your fishing spear, a preface to the activity of spear fishing.

Your cave village is separated into clans, each with their own wax seal at the bottom of their crest.

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Analysis involves cutting something into parts and looking at it closely. In your axe work, you will be analyzing the wood, the trees, the blade, the technique, etc.

Unfortunately, sometimes bows must also be used to defend territory. Think of this dividing line between hunting grounds and growing grounds.

A drop of water over thousands of years can turn a cliff into a cave.

as a component: “广字头”

"You have a seat 座 and a mat 席 in your cave, but you decide to upgrade to a bed and bring in a tree trunk." (Hunter Gatherer)

When you do finally reach your destination, you’ll know the place because there will be an axe by the door.

spear is used when running and a fishing spear is used standing, bestowed on the next generation

Someone has used an axe to make marks along the road to show how near you are to your destination.

"Relying on an axe and relying on your companions for food develops a bond and eventually tribal mentality. When someone new comes along who isn’t your relative, you raise an axe in warning." (Hunter Gatherer)

"Why this character has a mouth and not an ear can be explained by picturing yourself on a hunt. Your hunting companion moves toward you, and you hold a finger to your mouth, with your axe ready in the other hand, listening for movement." (Hunter Gatherer)

a primitive cave store where you pay someone to get your fortune read

"Now the pet you ought to have in a cave is an owl. It wouldn’t bother you during the day and could hunt for you at night." (Hunter Gatherer)

"You are running out of space in your cave. You expand into a side cave to store your primitive vehicle." (Hunter Gatherer)

"You have built up your collection of bows and named them. This one is “the barbarian” because it is one big bow!" (Hunter Gatherer)

Once again you must instruct your hunting companion. Leaving an axe bloody deserves a reprimand.

"After a long day, you’ll want to return to your abode, put away your fishing spear and relax." (Hunter Gatherer)

"Trapped in an ice cave, you'll likely run out of food and thus become emaciated and sick. Come spring, they’ll just find your skeleton." (Hunter Gatherer)

Once you are comfortable drawing a bow, stretch its string longer.