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an exclamation mark, with the dot turned into the latin letter a.

the letter a may be written as the latin single-story a or the greek alpha. the stem may be drawn upright or diagonally.

top view of a small animal. The wider body distinguishes it from pipi.

multiple people independently decided to draw the glyph with only 2 pairs of legs because this word refers to reptiles and almost every reptile out there only have 4 legs.

the x symbol is a universal symbol of negation or failure.

for X ala X constructions, the legs of the glyph may be extended under the word in the construction.

bow and arrow for hunting.

infinity symbol, representing big numbers, endlessness, concept of everything, etc.

a dot pointing out the bottom of a square.

lines diverging from each other.

fork in the road leading to branching paths.

legs standing still.

presumably derived from the glyph for li as its counterpart.

plus symbol, symbolizing addition.

unclear; even the creator doesn't know.

the circle represents any generic object or thing.

a frowning mouth.

a hammer is a tool.

the dot is pointing out the insides of the square.

an unorganized scribble, symbolizing messiness.

the scribble doesn't have to be the same each time. as long as it's a scribble, it counts.

either a simplified picture of the head and shoulders, or a stylized tadpole person drawing.

the color radical with the sun glyph on top; the color of the sun is yellow.

stylized drawing of a person grabbing or holding onto something.

simplified drawing of a fish.

eyes may be added in line with the other animal glyphs.

mouth glyph with emitters; as in something that the mouth makes.

legs walking opposite to the reading direction; walking back / coming back.

drawing of a plant sprout.

latin letter k, the initial consonant of the word. another interpretation is one point diverging into two possibilities.

the luka glyph with the ilo glyph; a hand using a tool.

simplified drawing of a generic fruit.

a brilliant-cut gemstone.

generic fluffy, blobby looking shape.

the shape doesn't always have to be the same; as long as it looks fluffy or blobby enough, it counts.

visualization of a gas rising.

a simplified picture of light hitting a prism and being refracted.

the triangle part is considered as the color radical since all the color related glyphs have that part in them.

a group of dots.

a simplified drawing of the ear.

it's shaped like a closing parenthesis, which is used to close off parentheticals or mark limits of a list.

person lying down.

the kasi glyph with the color radical; the color of most plants is green / grue.

a head wearing a cap.

a piece of cloth with fraying at the bottom.

a simplified snowflake shape.

an arrow pointing along the reading direction; suggesting the thing to the left doing something to the thing to the right.

a small letter v shape, in contrast to suli.

a curved piece of string.

a square sheet of parchment.

the mouth radical with the color radical; the inside of the mouth is red.

dot on a plane, representing presence, existence, or the concept of being located somewhere.

a simplified drawing of the hand, styled after mittens.

a simplified drawing of the eye.

either the cross section of a hole in the ground, or a depiction of a valley.

the astrological symbol for earth.

a large circle with a smaller one attached below it, as if the bigger one is the smaller one's parent.

a simplified drawing of a bull's head; historically, livestock were used for trade as a form of valuable commodity.

a head with long hair. another interpretation is that the head is wearing a hood or hijab.

a simplified hand pointing towards the writer / speaker.

a head with broad shoulders.

the uta glyph with the luka glyph; eating is done by using the hand to bring something to the mouth

head with crossed out eyes.

an alternate glyph exists where the head is removed, and a mouth is added; this is more optimal for pixelated fonts since it doesn't require as many pixels to render.

a dot to the left of a square; because the reading direction is left to right, the dot can be interpreted as being behind / before the square.

the head of a generic animal with the mouth being marked.

a crescent moon.

unclear; even the creator doesn't know.

three tally marks; 3 is the highest available number word in toki pona, so 3 can also mean more than that, by extension.

the number sign.

a spiral, commonly used to represent abnormal thought or behavior like being drunk or irrational.

an arrow going along a road.

the cross section of a hill.

an arrow

the arrow can actually be rotated to point at what the word ni is referring to. it can also be extended if necessary.

the cartouche, shrunken down to the size of a glyph.

a simplified drawing of a foot.

an exclamation mark, with the dot turned into the latin letter o.

the stem may be drawn upright or diagonally.

two hearts. it can be interpreted as a heart with a pilin glyph; a feeling related to the heart symbol.

the hearts can be connected or left separate.

a simplified hand pointing towards the previous written words.

a box with its flaps opened.

something with a crack / fissure on it.

the glyph for ijo and the glyph for luka; the hand is used to make something.

a long generic object.

a simplified drawing of a grain plant.

the luka glyph with emitters; the hand giving something away.

seemingly a priori.

the bottom part of the glyph can be extended under the words that pi applies to.

a picture of a heart.

the color radical, but crossed out; the color black is just the absence of color.

unclear. there are multiple interpretations. one of them is that it's a road blocked off on both sides.

top view of a small animal. the body is thinner to push the idea that it's an insect.

a dot to the side of a poki glyph.

the cross section of an open box.

a smiling mouth.

a simplified drawing of the Toki Pona: The Language of Good book's front cover.

the drawing of the logo doesn't have to be fully rendered; it can just be a circle or a simple dot.

the equals sign, representing equality or multiple things being the same.

a dot with emitters; interpreted as fire starting off the dot and emitting heat.

not entirely clear. can be interpreted as a sandwich-like shape, with the left and right parts being the outer shell.

the question mark.

a simplified version of the arabic Allah ligature.

not entirely clear. interpreted as the torso and arms of a stick figure.

a circle inside another circle. likely representing a wheel.

not entirely clear. one interpretation is it's representing something popping into existence. another is that it's the neoflects effect which represents something being new.

a simplified hand pointing towards the listener.

a dot to the right of a square; because the reading direction is left to right, the dot can be interpreted as being in front of / after the square.

the lipu glyph with some writing on it.

the lipu glyph with emitters; books and scripture can give knowledge.

a drawing of a generic quadrupedal animal.

a large letter v shape, in contrast to lili.

a simplified drawing of the sun with sunrays.

a table, a piece of furniture commonly used for its surface.

a happy face, probably derived from kaomoji.

an arrow pointing from right to left. points the thing to the right as being the origin of the thing on the left. also resembles the undo button's symbol.

not entirely clear. it can mean "but" or "only" and it looks like a road coming to a roadblock, as if a train of thought coming to a stop

legs walking along the reading direction; walking towards something.

curved lines representing streaming water.

an analog clock.

the toki pona logo but without the pona glyph. nowadays it's interpreted as a talking head or the concept of giving something due to the ijo glyph being present.

a simplified side view of a house.

two tally marks.

not entirely clear. often interpreted as the shape of the sexual organs.

a smiling, open mouth. the purpose of the dot is unclear.

two swords clashing.

the color radical with light emitting out of it; color is the result of refracting white light from the sun.

the hindu-arabic numeral of the number one with a serif.

the head of a bird with a beak.

a person raising their hands.

the cartoon effect of something going missing or disappearing, like a bubble popping.

a curved latin letter w.

it also happens to look like the lowercase greek letter omega, which is fitting because alphabetically, it's the final word of the pu lexicon.

A simplified, stylized drawing of a raccoon.

A simplified drawing of a generic mushroom with an anulus.

The toki pona symbol, but crossed out

A simplified drawing of a pill.