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母

Kunyomi: はは
Onyomi: ボ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: なかれ,ははのかん

Radical

毋

mother

Mnemonics

Watching the

raindrops

fall down the

window

毋

with your mother.

Written by: fuzzygreen5

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Since I was bo-rn ボ, my mother has told me '

do not

毋

draw

on the window!' I just do it when she's not looking, haha はは!

Written by: Wolfenspace

Sideways breasts

母

for breastfeeding baby

Written by: ぶらんどん

When I would get "bored"「BO ボ」on long "car"「KĀ かあ」trips, my *mother* would play

tic-tac-toe

毋

with me. I'd always win by getting three

checks

in a row, but *mom* would laugh every time, "ha ha"「HAHA はは」!

Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤

It’s

raining

today

, so we’ll take the car かあ with MOTHER

Written by: リアンカ

You love to dance under the

sun

drops

with your mother

Written by: Seraseth

A mother is a

woman

女

who has

nursed

her children. The radical is a simplified version of the character used as a component in other kanji.

Written by: ポールおじちゃん

As a child, I gazed into my

mother's

eyes

, calling her "haha," a bond of unconditional love.

Written by: 死なないで

mitosis, a cell dividing into two. when mitosis takes place, a woman is transformed into a mother

Written by: c3t

Looks like the

breasts

and

nipples

of a woman who is a mother, but turned sideways.

Written by: 試験猿

My mom

is into BOTANICAL GARDENS ボ, just like all moms are.

Written by: 🍍トロピカルフルーツ🍈

You

mustn't

毋

shout at your mom.

Written by: イマンちゃん。

Differentiated form of 女, the difference being the addition of breasts in the form of dots which indicate nursing a hallmark of being a

mother

Written by: フバフバ

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母 / はは - (noun) {hum} mother

母親 / ははおや - (noun) mother

父母 / ふぼ - (noun) father and mother, parents

保母 / ほぼ - (noun) {dated} (female) childcare worker, kindergarten teacher

お母さん / おかあさん - (noun) {hon} mother, mom, mum, ma; {hon} wife; {pn} {fam} you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), she, her

父

Kunyomi: ちち
Onyomi: フ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ちち

Radical

父

father

Mnemonics

This kanji has

thick eyebrows

ハ

and a

large nose with a moustache

乂

, just like my father.

Written by: gillianfaith

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My father has a fu-ll フ

beard

and thick

eyebrows

. He's always itchy itchy ちち!

Written by: Wolfenspace

My *father* got

smile lines

父

on his face from always smiling at me as a kid when I would ask for "chi-chi"「CHICHI ちち」, my word for chicken nuggets made from "tofu"「TŌ とう、FU フ」.

Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤

With a cheesy{chichi}

mask

, my father raised his

eyebrows

to the max, entertaining us with playful antics.

Written by: 死なないで

My father was a lumberjack. Used to keep his

two axes 父 crossed

. What a noble profession.

Written by: Cospefogo

Looks like

crossed arms

with

closed fists

, like a representation of a father protecting his family.

Written by: 試験猿

The father is a

person

人

swinging

an

ax

→斧/フ, building a log cabin to raise his family in.

Written by: ポールおじちゃん

My father has the face of an unimpressed cat, one whose

eyes

are always closed, one whose lips, which meet with his nose, are always curled into a

frown!

Written by: Myaku

Related vocabulary

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父 / ちち - (noun) {hum} (one's own) father

父の日 / ちちのひ - (noun) Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)

祖父 / そふ - (noun) (one's own) grandfather

父母 / ふぼ - (noun) father and mother, parents

御父さん / おとうさん - (noun) {hon} father, dad, papa, pa, pop, daddy, dada; {hon} husband; {pn} {fam} you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), he, him

兄

Kunyomi: あに
Onyomi: キョウ, ケイ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: ひとあし,にんにょう

Radical

儿

elder brother, big brother

Mnemonics

My older brother is nothing but a giant

mouth

口

and

legs

儿

. All he does is eat my food and kick me!

Written by: マイコー

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My big brother is AN {あに} awesome person, oKAY {けい}. Yes, sometimes he eats so much you wonder if he’s just a

mouth

口

on

legs

儿

, but I love him even when he has bad days like TODAY {きょう}.

Written by: BambiIcedTea

Loud

big

brother

Written by: evanx

"Today = きょう"「 KYŌ キョウ」, my *older brother* "Anni"「ANI あに」was talking so loud while playing Fortnite that he could even be heard outside! "Ok"「KĒ ケイ」, he's like that all the time. It's almost like he's a big

mouth

口

with

legs

儿

.

Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤

my big brother is a normal person: he has a

mouth

口

and

legs

儿

Written by: weirdkeichan

My older brother only

eats

and

plays soccer

Written by: evanx

My older brother's

mouth

always bites me and his

legs

always kick me!

Written by: 素敵ルイス

The older brother did all the talking—he was the

one

儿

←人 with the

mouth

口

/コウ→キョウ→ケイ.

儿

is the radical since

口

is phonetic.

Written by: ポールおじちゃん

Even though my nagging older brother is just a

mouth

口

with

legs

儿

who just walks and eats my food, we still get along with each other.

Written by: 黒田kuroda

My elder brother was basically a

mouth

口

on

legs

儿

when he was a teenager so he was packed of to 京都 / きょうと. Yup..we sent him far away to きょうと so he can never bother us again.

Written by: Samurai_Ash

The

mouth

口

and

legs

儿

both are taking a train trip to Nagasaki, and they merged into big brother.

Written by: Christian551

If you mess up the あ from ANI for an お your brother turns into a ghost. i KId YOU not きょう. He will have a large

mouth

口

than and his

legs

儿

will look opaque.

Written by: ジェン~1984

Related vocabulary

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兄貴 / あにき - (noun) {fam} {hon} elder brother; one's senior; older man, man older than oneself

兄弟 / きょうだい - (noun) siblings, brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law; {fam} {male} mate, friend

実兄 / じっけい - (noun) biological older brother

御兄さん / おにいさん - (noun) {hon} older brother, elder brother; {fam} young man, buddy, fella, laddie (oft. vocative)

お兄ちゃん / おにいちゃん - (noun) {fam} (one's) older brother; {fam} lad, sonny (oft. vocative)

昆

Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: コン
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: ひ,にちへん

Radical

日

descendants, elder brother, insect

Mnemonics

Grandparents like to sit in the

sun

日

and

compare

比

how great their descendants {grandkids} are.

Written by: こはく

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There are more insects

compared

比

to any living thing *under* the

sun

日

.

Written by: lightmotif

The

day

日

i learned that descendants were being

compared

比

to insects via this kanji really CONfused {コン} me. I thought that this kanji's meaning was really mixed up {混}, but in a less wet way.

Written by: オハイオのデビー

Grandparents spend all

DAY

COMPARING

比

photos of their DESCENDANTS whist sunbathing under the

SUN

日

, one of them likes to eat 昆布こんぶ, and another collects 昆虫こんちゅう, which one is better hmm?

Written by: Abnormalise

Originally the

head

日

and

feet

比

of an insect. Now means older brother: the whole insect; or descendants: just the feet. Component in 琨, 鯤, 菎, 崐, 錕, 緄, 輥, 棍, 餛, 混, 焜, 倱, and 箟.
Keywords 昆布 kombu 昆虫 insect

Written by: ポールおじちゃん

Compared

比

to the

sun

日

we are just insects. Don't let my older brother or his descendants try to convince{コン} you otherwise.

Written by: Anonymous123

Insects are

comparing

比

their pineコンes under the sun

日

.

Written by: ソンヌ

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昆虫 / こんちゅう - (noun) insect, bug

昆布 / こんぶ - (noun) kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica), konbu, kelp, any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

医昆虫学 / いこんちゅうがく - (noun) medical entomology

塩昆布 / しおこんぶ - (noun) {food} thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried

後昆 / こうこん - (noun) grandchildren, posterity

夫

Kunyomi: おっと
Onyomi: フ, フウ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: だい,だいがしら,だいかんむり

Radical

大

husband, man

Mnemonics

The

big

大

one

is her husband Otto {おっと}. He swears a lot {フ , フウ}.

Written by: Anonymous123

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When

two

people

*marry*, one who is a man is a husband.

Written by: lightmotif

Etymology: A pictogram of a

man

大

with a

hat or a bun

一

showing an important position, meaning master and finally husband.

Written by: ナイナイ

“In ancient times, a

big

大

man wearing a

hairpin

一

was someone’s husband おっと. Each and every 夫夫/それぞれ married man was required to wear one as a warning to young women.”
“HOO→フ,フウ boy! You sure tell some whoppers.”

Written by: ポールおじちゃん

Otto {おっと} von Bismarck was a

big

大

man. As for how to shoehorn the "husband" definition here,

one

must just FIGURE {フ} it out.

Written by: ジョリク

Oh TO reach for the sky, but only get midway. Would inFUriate any man with a

big

大

ego.

Written by: ジェン~1984

When woman and man marry, together they become 夫妻

ふ

さい, or 夫婦

ふう

ふ. A man becomes

おっと

, and a woman 夫人

ふ

じん.
If you're going to get yourself a 大丈夫 HUSBAND, get yourself one that looks like Homer Simpson, small

Head

and

LARGE

大

belly.

Written by: Abnormalise

In olden days there was a saying, "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." The idea was that a man would want to become the husband of a woman who prepared delicious food {フ,フウ} resulting in

two

wedded

people

.

Written by: オハイオのデビー

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夫 / おっと - (noun) husband

夫人 / ふじん - (noun) {hon} wife, Mrs, madam; {arch} wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); {arch} consort of the emperor

夫婦 / ふうふ - (noun) married couple, husband and wife, man and wife

夫妻 / ふさい - (noun) husband and wife, married couple (somewhat formal; not used for one's own family)

丈夫 / じょうふ - (Adjective/-な) hero, manly person, warrior

子

Kunyomi: こ
Onyomi: シ, ス
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: こ

Radical

子

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Mnemonics

This is a child due to its large head, but small arms and legs.

Written by: Neko_claws

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The

*child*

reaches out with her

arms

一

for her parent because "she"「SHI シ」is "co"dependent「KO こ」.

Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤

She likes rats cau-se こ she シ is just a

child

Written by: Wolfenspace

the small child is in the

bundle

with his

head

and

arms

sticking out

Written by: ドみにく

Tuck the

child

into

bed

SHE will SOOn be asleep

Written by: リアンカ

That poor child - SHE has lived a

total

of

one

year.

Written by: Karlla

Child

hugging

their mother.

Written by: ジョアオ003

The child is “ko”ld so they “shi”ver

Written by: Mulligan

they have a

total

of

one

child

Written by: weirdkeichan

That child

子

likeス「likes」caツ「cats」「ねこ」and シba「shiba」inus.

Written by: 「ソフィア」

Looks like a child from the side view. You can only see her nose, mouth, and chin...along with her tongue SHE

シ

is sticking out at the rat

子

she sees in the COrner

こ

Written by: ShotoLover

It took you {TSU} long to notice the

two barbs

on the

ground

when you were chasing the {SHI}p around their pen. You {SU}wear you've {NE}ver felt pain like this in all your child years. You shouldn't have gone to play between 11pm - 1am, it was too dark, but you knew you {KO}uldn't play during the day, not with the sign of the rat watching your every move from the mural on the wall.

Written by: LeBran

Is it true that SHIITAKE シ SOUP ス with KOMATSUNA こ is the favourite food among Japanese kids

子

?

Written by: 🍍トロピカルフルーツ🍈

A

child

with a

triangular head

.

Written by: AidanRyota

Related vocabulary

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子供 / こども - (noun) child, children

帽子 / ぼうし - (noun) hat, cap

椅子 / いす - (noun) chair, seat, stool, bench; post, position, seat, office

子 / こ - (noun, suffix) child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person; (one's) child, offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot; interest; {finc} {abbr} new share; {cards} {mahj} player who is not a dealer; young geisha, young prostitute; {arch} bird egg; {n-suf} -er (often of young women) (after a noun or -masu stem)

親子 / おやこ - (noun) parent and child

親

Kunyomi: おや, した.しい, した.しむ
Onyomi: シン
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: みる

Radical

見

parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)

Mnemonics

Your parents

standing

立

on a

tree

木

watching

見

over you.

Written by: Karlla

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A parent will

see

見

their child

rise

立

like a

tree

木

Written by: Moyomoyo

Oh yeah {おや}, your parents are

standing

立

on a

tree

木

,

watching

見

you! Really? I can only see their SHINs {しん} ...

Written by: BambiIcedTea

Rising

立

like a

tree

木

, your parents over

see

見

you

Written by: tutiwakalaka

Your parents

stand

立

one step above you in the family

tree

木

. And they

watch

見

over you with love and care.

Written by: MuMe

My *parents* and other *relatives* had

"seen"

見

「SHIN シン」me climb the

tree

木

many times. My mom had *familiarity* with this activity since "she taught"「SHITA した」me how to do it. I would yell "oh yeah"「OYA おや」when I

stood

立

at the top!

Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤

It’s

bitter

亲

=辛/シン sweet for a parent to

watch

見

their children grow up. Since parenting is a kind of overseeing, 見 is the radical.
（亲, the simplified form of ≪U+2343D≫= ⿱立未, depicts a hazel switch, cf. hazelnut 榛. 亲 was male by default; a female parent was 媇/シン. See also 新）

Written by: ポールおじちゃん

Oh yeah おや, my parent has

seen シン

everything from

standing up

in that

tree

. She taugh-t した me how to climb up too.

Written by: Wolfenspace

Oh ya {おや}, my parents are ama-shin-g {シン}. She's tall {した} like a

tree

when she

stands up

and he

sees

everything.

Written by: クールガイジェーソン

After my parents had

seen {シン}

見

the

pot

立

tree

木

in my room, all they could say was "oh yeah..." {おや}

Written by: Anonymous123

There is a cup {

cover

,

cup

and

saucer

} on a tree

, which you are

watching

and wondering why your parents put it there.

Written by: Balasko

The guardian

tree

木

that is

standing

and

立

observing

見

you to be sure of your wellbeing.

Written by: eksvie

A parent

stands

立

protectively over you like

trees

木

shade us from scorching daylight. Parents also keep an

eye

目

on you, and

hope

見

for your bright future

Written by: ニモ.ケモノ

I was

standing up

立

in a

tree

木

watching

見

my parents work.

Written by: 素敵ルイス

One who sees

and carries a tool for

punishment

; one who has the authority to punish, such as an elder.

Written by: NickKnackSnack

Your parents and all your 「おや」relatives

care

目

for you and

watch

見

you

grow

木

until you can

stand up

立

on your own

two feet

. Your mother, she takes 「した」 such good care of you, and she moves 「しむ）heaven and earth to keep you safe.

Written by: Jules.33

A

tree

木

starts as a seed and

rises

立

to the sky. Those who

see

見

you grow are often parent, relative, and the people who you're familiar with.

Written by: バリエル

Your parents, relatives. and all those familiar to you will

watch

見

as you

stand

立

and grow like a

tree

木

, cheering "Oh yeah! {おや} Shine on! {シン}"

Written by: [ない?]

Those

trees

木

are all

standing up/erect

立

on the mountains,

looking over

見

the city like how a parent

親

looks over

見

their child.

Written by: 穣くん

Parenting is a bit like

watching

見

a

tree

木

sprout

rise

立

and grow.

Written by: スタスィヤ・Stasia

My parents

stood

立

on a

tree

木

. I

saw

見

them do it

Written by: Quixotic

Related vocabulary

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母親 / ははおや - (noun) mother

親しい友達 / したしいともだち - (noun) close (intimate) friend

親しき中にも礼儀あり / したしきなかにもれいぎあり - (expression) {proverb} good fences make good neighbors, a hedge between keeps friendship green

親切 / しんせつ - (Adjective/-な) kind, gentle, considerate, generous, friendly, nice

親 / おや - (noun) parent, parents, mother and father; {cards} {mahj} dealer, banker; founder, inventor; (pet) owner; {adj-no} {n} key, parent (organization), main; ancestor, forefather

姉

Kunyomi: あね
Onyomi: シ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: おんなへん

Radical

女

elder sister

Mnemonics

My big sis is a

woman

女

old enough to go by herself to the

city market

市

.

Written by: rtega

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あね is my big sister.

She

女

is out buying fish at the

market

市

Written by: チェイスです

My big sister is AN {あね} elegant

woman

女

. SHE {し} skips down to the

market

市

every single day.

Written by: BambiIcedTea

My *older sister*, "Anne"「ANE あね」, is a

woman

女

who works hard to help my mom. "She"「SHI シ」checks under the

pot lid

亠

to make sure dinner doesn't burn, and

hangs the laundry

巾

to dry.

Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤

My elder sister is a

city

市

girl

女

Written by: 只者

My older sister is a fine

woman

女

. She always wears a nice

hat

亠

and uses the

broom

巾

to sweep

Written by: Quixotic

Via 姊:

woman

女

stop

𠂔

/ジ→シ.
The elder sister is always having to stop her younger siblings from getting into trouble.

Written by: ポールおじちゃん

As a

woman

女

, my elder sister loves to put

lids

亠

on her

cloths

巾

. I've never questioned it.

Written by: Menhit

the

woman

女

wiped my big sister's

kettle lid

亠

with a

towel

巾

Written by: weirdkeichan

The

woman

女

in the kitchen lifting the hot

kettle lid

亠

with the

towel

巾

is my older sister.

Written by: Jules.33

Related vocabulary

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姉 / あね - (noun) older sister, elder sister

姉さん / あねさん - (noun) {hon} older sister, elder sister; young lady (vocative); miss; ma'am

姉妹 / しまい - (noun) sisters

従姉妹 / じゅうしまい - (noun) cousin (female)

御姉さん / おねえさん - (noun) {hon} older sister, elder sister; young lady (vocative); miss; ma'am; older girl

妹

Kunyomi: いもうと
Onyomi: マイ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: おんなへん

Radical

女

younger sister

Mnemonics

Your little sister isn't a

woman

女

yet

未

.

Written by: Jessica_Ilha

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No wonder MY {まい} little sister is

not yet

未

a

woman

女

, she uses too many EMOTEs {いもうと} in her messages!

Written by: BambiIcedTea

Because I am the youngest

girl

女

I'M OTOmatically last and I hate that! MAI siblings left me behind the

tree

木

for hours once, during hide and seek.😓

Written by: ジェン~1984

"My"「MAI マイ」*younger sister* can't wait to become a

woman

女

, but her "emotions"「IMŌTO いもうと」are still as immature as a sapling

tree

未

.

Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤

"My {マイ} younger sister has

not yet

become a

woman

".

Written by: げつ

"Dad, where did my younger sister come from?"
"Well, you see son, the

woman

女

of my life and I had a picnic under

one tree

木

->

未

and..."

Written by: Envisioner

When you are young, your younger sister is

not yet

未

a

woman

女

Written by: 試験猿

Younger sister: a

woman

who is

not yet grown

.

Written by: Biev

Related vocabulary

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妹 / いもうと - (noun) younger sister

妹さん / いもうとさん - (noun) (someone else's) younger sister

姉妹 / しまい - (noun) sisters

従姉妹 / じゅうしまい - (noun) cousin (female)

亡妹 / ぼうまい - (noun) one's deceased younger sister

人

Kunyomi: ひと
Onyomi: ジン, ニン
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: ひと,ひとがしら

Radical

人

person

Mnemonics

You write kanji from the left moving to the right {so you right-handed people don't smudge your ink}, so see this as a person's

legs and torso

taking a step forward, in contrast with 入's handwritten form.

Written by: lightmotif

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Well, you've got the

two legs

and the

body

, but where's the person's head and arms?

Written by: マイコー

He to-ld ひと me about a

person

with spurs that jing-le ｼﾞン jangle jingle.

Written by: Wolfenspace

"He told"「HITO ひと」me he is a

*person*

人

from a family with good "genes"「JIN ジン」.

Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤

Its the

legs

人

of a person walking.

Written by: ヂアモレ

When you HIT it Of with another person, you're

legs

人

start JINkling, you want to RIng them every day TO hear their voice and live toghether till you're NINety.

Written by: ジェン~1984

If you think about it, then

人

kinda looks like a

person

walking, or taking a pose to assert their dominance. If I were a lesser man, I'd run in fear.

Written by: shw00by

HE TOld ひと me that a

person

working at NINtendoにん refuses the JEANじん dress code.

Written by: Frogsssss

A person is walking

Written by: ポポスくべ

A

person

started to walk.

One foot

HITO JIN's photo and the other, a NINja mask.

Written by: MayMiazaki

Only one person at Nin-tendo /ニン/ complained about the new jean-s /ジン/ policy, and that

person

人

was you.

Written by: *Anna*

it's a

person

人

, but where did their arms go? oh no! oh deary me! they don't have any!

Written by: choco!! (チョコ)

Profile of a person standing with their arms extended to the left. This is more evident in 亻, the reduced form used as a radical. Like 亻, the first stroke is the

head and arms

and the second stroke is the

torso and legs

.

Written by: ポールおじちゃん

Looks like a very simple visualization of a 'stick figure'

person

人

. The angle of the torso is drawn either vertical or leaning to the right, since people either walk upright or angled forward when running.

Written by: 試験猿

It looks like a man standing with legs wide open 🚶🏻‍♂️

Written by: Ripunjaya Jakhar

Related vocabulary

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人込み / ひとごみ - (noun) crowd of people

外国人 / がいこくじん - (noun) foreigner, foreign citizen, foreign national, alien, non-Japanese

本人 / ほんにん - (noun) the person in question, the person themselves, said person

ご主人 / ごしゅじん - (noun) {hon} your husband, her husband

人口 / じんこう - (noun) population; common talk

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