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Originally Posted by jesselt
"Oh, so kanji is written in occurrence to the meaning of the word and the kanji. ^^"
Err... Not always.
人口 (Person, Mouth) = Population
来日 (Next, Day/Sun) = Arrival in Japan
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Uh, those actually do reflect the meaning.
You measure population by counting the number of mouths of people there are. In your second example, the kanji mean "to come" and "Japan."