Words made from strokes of a kanji like 女 toくノ一


According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunoichi), one theory
for the etymology of くノ一 (female ninja) is that it's made up of the
[strokes](http://tomoegozen.free.fr/bujinkan-tomoegozen-kunoichi.html) of the
kanji 女 (woman).

Other theories include that it means nine and one, talking about the number of
[orifices](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8F%E3%83%8E%E4%B8%80) men and
women have, and yet another is that the term くノ一 is apocryphal. Finally, [this
page](http://villages.likenaruto.com/space.php?uid=69&do=blog&id=284) suggests
that くノ一 might be "real", but is just a code word used by ninjas to mean
woman, rather than meaning female ninja.

Are there any other words, historical or present, where the characters are
made up of strokes of a kanji, along the lines of the 女 etymology theory for
くノ一?




ロハ. This word is colloquial and I think mostly extinct now, but it means "free
[as in beer]" and derives from the kanji 只, which is one way to write the word
ただ, which means (among other things) "free".




ロハ. This word is colloquial and I think mostly extinct now, but it means "free
[as in beer]" and derives from the kanji 只, which is one way to write the word
ただ, which means (among other things) "free".

