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Spring is "haru" when used as a standalone word.

男 for "male" is "strength in a rice field" -- because boys are farmers.

父 (chichi / お父さん otousan) is two crossed axes, because your father cuts the lumber.

I'm trying to remember some others.

Edit: 車 (kuruma) looks like a two-wheeled cart as seen from above; it means "vehicle"
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