Category Archives: Kanji
Kanji Makes Japanese Easy
Kanji and Japanese aren’t the same. At least that is how I see it in my head, for better or worse. It is very odd to see it that way so it takes some explaining.
One day I plan to learn Chinese after I learn Japanese. Since kanji is from China originally and the Japanese incorporated [...]
Kanji Set 8
Kanji: 私
Kana: (kun) わたし (on) シ
Meaning: I
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Kanji: 今
Kana: (kun) いま (on) コン
Meaning: now
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Kanji: 田
Kana: (kun) た, �
Meaning: Rice Field
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Kanji: 女
Kana: (kun) おんな (on) ジョ
Meaning: Woman
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Kanji: 男
Kana: (kun) おとこ (on) ダン
Meaning: Man
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Usage
私
私 (わたし) I
私立大学 (シリツダイガク) private university
今
今 (いま) now
今日 [...]
Kanji Set 7
Kanji: 山
Kana: (on) サン (kun) やま
Meaning: Mountain
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Kanji: 川
Kana: (kun) かわ, がわ
Meaning: River
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Kanji: 元
Kana: (on) ゲン
Meaning: Origin
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Kanji: 気
Kana: (on) キ
Meaning: Spirit
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Kanji: 天
Kana: (on) テン
Meaning: Heaven
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Usage
山
山 (やま) mountain
富士山 (フジサン) Mt. Fuji
川
川 (かわ) river
小川さん (おがわさん) Mr./Ms. Ogawa
元
元気な (ゲンキな) fine
気
元気な (ゲンキな) fine
天気 (テンキ) weather
電気 (デンキ) electricity
天
天気 (テンキ) weather
天国 (テンゴク) heaven
Kanji Set 6
Kanji: 上
Kana: (on) ジョウ (kun) うえ
Meaning: up
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Kanji: 下
Kana: (on) カ (kun) した
Meaning: down
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Kanji: 中
Kana: (on) チュウ, ジュウ (kun) なか
Meaning: middle
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Kanji: 半
Kana: (on) ハン
Meaning: half
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Usage
上
上 – (うえ) – top; above
上手な – (ジョウズナ) – good at
屋上 – (オクジョウ) – rooftop
下手な – (へたな) – poor at
下
下 – (した) – under
地下鉄 – (チカテツ) – subway
中
中 – (なか) – [...]
Kanji Set 5
Kanji: 水
Kana: (on) スイ, (kun) みず
Meaning: water
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Kanji: 木
Kana: (on) モク, (kun)き
Meaning: tree
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Kanji: 金
Kana: (on) キン, (kun)かね
Meaning: gold; money
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Kanji: 土
Kana: (on) ド, (kun) つち
Meaning: soil
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Kanji:曜
Kana: (on) ヨウ
Meaning: weekday
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Usage
水
水曜日 – (スイヨウび) – Wednesday
水 – (みず) – water
木
木曜日 – (モクヨウび) – Thursday
木 – (き) – tree
金
金曜日 – (キンヨウび) – Friday
お金 – (おかね) – [...]
Kanji Set 4
Kanji: 日
Kana: (on) ニ, ニチ (kun) ひ, び
Meaning: day; sun
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Kanji: 本
Kana: (on) ホン (kun) もと
Meaning: book; basis
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Kanji: 人
Kana: (on) ジン, ニン (kun) ひと
Meaning: person
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Kanji: 月
Kana: (on) ゲツ, ガツ (kun) つき
Meaning: moon; month
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Kanji: 火
Kana: (on) カ (kun) ひ
Meaning: fire
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Usage
日
日本 – (ニホン) – Japan
毎日 – (マイニチ) – everyday
日曜日 – (ニチヨび) – Sunday
母の日 – (ははのひ) – [...]
Kanji Set 3
Here is week 3 of our Kanji to learn. It is going to get a bit harder now, but not too hard. Again doing kanji for JLPT 4, so lets get started.
Kanji: 百
Kana: (on) ヒャク, ビャク, ピャク
Meaning: hundred
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Kanji: 千
Kana: (on) セン, ゼン
Meaning: thousand
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Kanji: 万
Kana: (on)マン
Meaning: ten thousand
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Kanji: 円
Kana: (on)エン
Meaning: yen; circle
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Kanji: [...]
Kanji Set 2
For week 2 we have another 5 Kanji to get us to the JLPT 4. These are still numbers so please refer to my first post on numbers(Numbers in Japanese, with Kanji) to get usage examples.
Kanji: 六
Kana: ろく
Meaning: 6
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Kanji: 七
Kana: なな
Meaning: 7
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Kanji: 八
Kana: はち
Meaning: 8
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Kanji: 九
Kana: きゅう
Meaning: 9
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Kanji: 十
Kana: じゅう
Meaning: 10
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Kanji Set 1
I am wanting to take the JLPT 4 in December this year so part of that is learning about 100 kanji. So to start I am going to learn 5 kanji a week and going to post them up here. I figured I could easily learn 5 a week as long as I keep up [...]
Numbers in Japanese, with kanji
Here are some of the basics. From these we can get pretty far along with building some big numbers. I recommend learning the kanji, but the hirigana is there to help on pronunciation. I recommend learning hirigana and katakana I was able to learn both the flashcard way in about 2 weeks of solid concentration.
Number
Kanji
Hirigana
1
一
いち
2
二
に
3
三
さん
4
四
よん
5
五
ご
6
六
ろく
7
七
なな
8
八
はち
9
九
きゅう
10
十
じゅう
100
百
ひゃく
1000
千
せん
10000
万
まん
Now [...]
