Atamaji
旅

旅

On reading: RYO
Kun reading: tabi

The character for a journey. Often the one you are not currently on.

When “旅” fills a head

Why it is in the set

Because a head is very often somewhere the body is not, and no other character in the set says that. It also gives the generator something to do that is neither work nor rest: 旅 coming out on top produces a reading about a plan, and plans are funnier than states.

What a head full of it looks like

A saved map of a city you have no tickets for. Knowing the flight times without having looked them up on purpose. Reading about somewhere at eleven at night. A head led by 旅 is doing reconnaissance for a trip that may never happen.

Words that use it

旅 (tabi, a journey), 旅行 (ryokou, a trip), 旅行者 (ryokousha, a traveller), 旅館 (ryokan, a traditional inn), 旅立ち (tabidachi, a departure — also used of someone starting a new life).

Kanji it turns up with

金 (money) behind 旅 is the combination with the most obvious joke in it. 旅 with 忙 (busy) behind it reads as somebody planning an escape.

Where “旅” comes from

The same banner-on-a-pole element as 遊, with people underneath it. Originally a company of soldiers on the move; the military sense survives in 旅団, a brigade.

The ordinary meaning drifted from marching to travelling, and 旅 is now the plain word for a trip.

旅 (tabi) has a slightly wistful colour in Japanese that 旅行 (ryokou), the businesslike word for a trip, does not. Which one a writer picks says something.

A line you might get for “旅”

“Looking at somewhere you are not. Looking again.”

Count the “旅” in your own head

Others in “Doing”

“旅” is filed under “Doing”. These are the rest of that group.

The 36 kanji

This is entirely a joke and has nothing to do with any real person.