乐
JLPT HSK 2

lè, yuè
At top: a kind of protection 厂, below: tree 木
A protected tree is happy.

	久
JLPT HSK 3

jiǔ
Pictograph: bent person ⺈, person 人
The bent person has been here for a long time.

	乎
JLPT HSK 3

hū

This distorted variant of flat/even 平 (= image of a scales, here with a rounded 亅 bottom) shows the doubt of a question.

	乒
JLPT HSK 4

pīng

Like a soldier 兵 (At the hill 丘 there are eight 八 soldiers) who stands on one leg or the other when playing table tennis. Or phonetically 乒 (pīng) 乓 (pāng) as a double sound, like in table tennis.

	乓
JLPT HSK 4

pāng

Like a soldier 兵 who stands on one leg or the other when playing table tennis. Or phonetically 乒 (pīng) 乓 (pāng) as a double sound, like in table tennis.

	乏
JLPT HSK 5

fá
Of obscure origin. Top can be read as one 一 or person 人, below as zigzag 之
A person going zigzag is lacking sth.

	乌
JLPT HSK 6

wū
Variation of bird 鸟/鳥 (without eye)
At the bird 鸟 you can't see the eye 丶 because it is a dark. (or is it a crow?)

	尹
JLPT no HSK

yǐn
Hand 彐 or with stick ノ
With a stick in your hand, you: administer.

	乃
JLPT no HSK

nǎi
This character is part of "pregnancy 孕", where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃
Image of a pregnancy belly.

	乍
JLPT no HSK

zhà
Image of a saw
The saw fells [the tree] suddenly and unexpectedly.