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Kunyomi: つき
Onyomi: ゲツ, ガツ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: つき
Radical
month, moon
Mnemonics
The
Amogus
is in the moon
Written by: ピエロ06
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The moon shines through the
draped window
Written by: アンジです
As a Werewolf, every month the full moon really gets げつ to your guts がつ
Written by: リアンカ
Every *month*, werewolves are changed by the full
*moon*
. It really "gets"「GETSU ゲツ」their "guts"「GATSU ガツ」craving raw meat. I would use "two keys"「TSUKI つき」to lock them up, not one!
A month is longer than a
day
Written by: chagon
This month starts with a new moon: I can observe it through my
draped window
at night.
Written by: ジャヌ
From the shape of the
crescent moon
🌙, it took on the direct meaning of the moon, and the indirect meaning of month, which is the time it takes for the moon to finish its circumnavigation around the earth.
Written by: non0230
Pictograph: Simply a waxing
Crescent Moon
.

Note: when in radical form this can mean 'moon' or 'part of the body'.
Written by: ハンゾウ
I like すき the
moon
つき, I drive at night each month to see it. I guess ゲツ I need gas ガツ.
Written by: Wolfenspace
It is the kanji for 'sun' but with two rays of light bouncing off of it, to show how
moon / moonlight
is just reflected sun / sunlight.
Written by:
In the anime a silent voice, the deaf character wanted to say すく, but said つき instead and her love interest though she was complimenting the moon
Every
MONTH
when the
MOON
is full we
GETSU
ited up and
TSUKI
down the mountain.
Written by: Andymc1963
moon phase changes each month. Put the sun in a
box
, and you're left with the moon.
Written by: wofeyes
The kanji for moon looks like a
flashlight
Written by: ミコ
This kanji looks like a spaceship to the moon
Written by: ポポスくべ
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/ まいつき - (noun/adverb) every month, each month, monthly
/ こんげつ - (noun/adverb) this month
/ じゅうにがつ - (noun) December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
/ せんげつ - (noun/adverb) last month
/ げつようび - (noun/adverb) Monday
Kunyomi:
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ひ
Radical
fire
Mnemonics
That
person
is frantically waving his
arms
because he is on fire!
Written by: gillianfaith
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Two wooden
sticks
with little
flames
above
Written by:
Feel the hea-t ひ and hear the ca-rackle カ of the
fire
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
looks like a literal
fire
Written by: スキス イス
The
*fire*
gives off "heat"「HI ひ」as the
flames
cook our beef "kabobs"「KA カ」.
the
looks like a cat face, *the
mouth
and the
eyes
*, and the cat is on fire.
Written by: アツシュ :0
Self discriptive. Looks like a
fire
, means fire. Kinda wish all kanjis were this easy.
Written by: non0230
The waving
arms
of a
person
on fire.
Written by: アストレアル
With the fire
of life, a
person
irradiate
rays of light
Written by: マ×
Looks like a
pile of wood
with
sparks
and fire.
Written by:
A
campfire
🔥
with
sparks of fire
flying from it.
Written by: ミリア♡
A
bonfire
.
Written by: AidanRyota
all a
person
needs to make a fire is
two sticks
Written by: スフィクス
Pictogram: A
flame
.
Written by: フバフバ
WOW, did you see that? That
person
just waved his
hands
and summoned fire!
Written by: AsleepForever
A
person
stood in despair, watching their car{ka} consumed by fire, a wave of sadness engulfing their heart.
Written by: なないで
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/ - (noun) fire, flame, blaze
/ ひばな - (noun) spark
/ かようび - (noun/adverb) Tuesday
/ かじ - (noun) fire, conflagration
/ かよう - (noun/adverb) Tuesday
Kunyomi: みず
Onyomi: スイ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: みず
Radical
water
Mnemonics
you will create
splashes
when you dip a feathered
stick
in water
Written by: ドみにく
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If you were to squeeze a river , the river would bunch up , and the water would pour out of the river.
Written by: かわうそ
Leaky
water
pipe
.
Written by: ヒァン
The kanji for
*water*
is easy to remember if you have seen the kanji for ice at kakigōri shaved ice stands at festivals. Kakigōri is made with "mizuame"「MIZU みず」, or '*water* candy' syrup. Also, "suika"「SUI スイ」is *water*melon, as well as the name of the Japanese train pass card.
I'd love to meet you みず down by the water for a swi-m スイ later. I'll bring my
surfboard
if the
waves
are good.
Written by: Wolfenspace
SUIKA スイ🍉 is mostly just water
—hence the name.
The water character is originally from one larger
line
and four smaller
splashes
of water. Really descriptive if you asked me.
Written by: non0230
Sui
cune
is a water-type Pokémon!
Written by: クダリ
Water
splashes
on the
boat
I may as well suim
Written by: リアンカ
In the lively sushi restaurant, I ordered a refreshing glass of mizu while enjoying delicious fish dishes, as a person named Sui ventured to the aquarium, attempting to catch a vibrant
fish
with a tempting
bait
.
Written by: なないで
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/ みず - (noun) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid; flood, floodwaters; {sumo} water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; {sumo} break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
/ きよみずでら - (noun) temple in Kyoto
/ すいようび - (noun/adverb) Wednesday
/ すいえい - (noun/する verb) swimming
/ すいどう - (noun) water supply, water service, waterworks, tap water; channel, strait; water course, waterway
Kunyomi: , こ-
Onyomi: ボク, モク
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: き
Radical
tree, wood
Mnemonics
One horizontal stroke for the
ground
, one vertical stroke for the
trunk
and the
main root
, and 2 more roots
Written by: Nicolas2
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The "key"「KI き」to happiness is sitting under a *tree*, resting against the *wood* of its
trunk
under its green
branches
where it is "more cool"「MOKU モク」.
We chopped down this tree, but be careful, we didn't make to book yet, so it's one less stroke.
Written by: チュリップ
I ボク know the key き to good barbeque is getting a good s-moke モク from the right wood of a
tree
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Did you know that this
line
is supposed to represent tree branches? Which means that all
these
are the roots, and a teeny tiny part above the is the actual stem of the tree. Crazy, right? Wait until you realize where
came from. See the entry
to learn more.
Written by: non0230
In a magical forest, a key{ki} unlocked the ancient
tree
, revealing its hidden moco{moku} treasure.
Written by: なないで
tree
gives shade, which is Ki
to being MO-re KU-l
モク
Written by: YoImLive
There is a key "き" hanging from a
tree
. The tree mocks "モク" you for not being able to reach it.
Written by: Vitor Conte
A
man
carrying a big tree
log
with his
hands
Written by: AsleepForever
The
trunk
and
leaves
. How can someone mess this up?
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
tenth
tree named "Trik" has a
person
in the middle of it.
ten
people
are watching a tree.
Written by: アルバルト
Looks like a tree, and trees are made of wood. There is a
trunk
and
branches
.
Written by:
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/ - (noun) tree, shrub, bush; wood, timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
のみ / このみ - (noun) fruit of a tree, nut, berry
/ たいぼく - (noun) large tree
/ もくようび - (noun/adverb) Thursday
/ もくよう - (noun/adverb) (abbrev) Thursday
Kunyomi: かね, かな-
Onyomi: キン, コン
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: かね
Radical
gold
Mnemonics
At the
mountain
, I dig the
ground
and find 2
gold bars
.
Written by: ネコダ
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those
two gold nuggets
lying on the
ground
can be used to buy a big
house
Written by: ドみにく
The
KING
{キン} sits on his golden
throne
in the
palace
.
Written by: ヒァン
People
are KEEN キン on finding
sugar CANE
かね in the
ground
. Why? Because they could sell it for tons of gold!
Written by: ・サラ
The
king
at the foot of the
mountain
has
two gold bars
. Can they かね give some to my kin キン?
Written by: Wolfenspace
Looks like a shrine where you leave a gold donation at.
Written by: NotYour
I am keen
キン
on finding a gold can
かね
with a cone
コン
Written by: MSummer
When I die can they かね give my gold to my kin きん
Written by: リアンカ
Depicts a gold
bell
/キン on a
stand
with
ringing sounds
beneath. Alternately, are veins of gold ore—originally copper—buried in the ground . Alternately, according to Maxim Persikov, the bottom was originally , presumably to smelt the ore.
I went to the
shrine
with my old, Scottish uncle to see the *gold*
statue
inside. He was "keen"「KIN キン」to see it, but when we got there, he said ""I cannae"「KANE かね」make it up this hill!"
Don't worry the
gold bars
are safely hidden on
shelves
, under a
roof
𠆢
Written by: スキス イス
If you
dig
the
dry
ground
near the
mountain
, you CAN Extract {かね} some gold.
Written by: ヒァン
The only
person
that lives with his
かね
, two gold bars, is the キン
king
.
Written by: Omoide
Such a big
house
must be as expensive as gold
Written by: チュリップ
There are 2 gold
bars
inside the
vault
Written by: チイちゃん
You feel the {GON}g's vibrations in your heart, the {KANA}bis incense is so thick that you and your {KIN}dred spirits can't see the
roof
anymore. The monk is an old
dry
man but he's standing in front of the golden
fins
calmly, leaning on his {KANE}. If it wasn't for the {KON}fidence of what you all have to {GANE} for succeeding this mission, you're sure you'd all already be corpses laying on the
ground
at his feet.
Written by: LeBran
The
king
sits under the
roof
and guards his
gold
.
Written by: DanLearningJapanese
The
King
lives
under a big house
and in his hands he holds
2 gold nuggets
always bragging about how much gold he has
Written by: 3Emily
A
bank
stores
gold bars
deep in the basement under the
ground
.
The
person
who is
king
wears gold
earrings
.
Written by: embrio
At the
entrance
of shops, you pay the
owner/ruler
money/gold
coins
so you can きん、かね buy things
Written by: かわうそ
Your next of KIN
キン
will inherit the gold/money
Written by: アリシャ313
In Minecraft, a
villager's
king
gets
gold ingots
.
Written by: AidanRyota
Some crazy
person
on a
jackhammer
drilling for gold
Written by: wxbird
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/ おかね - (noun) {pol} money
ダライ / かなダライ - (noun) metal basin
/ きんようび - (noun/adverb) Friday
/ こんじき - (noun) gold (colour, color)
/ かね - (noun) money; metal
Kunyomi: つち
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: つち
Radical
soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Mnemonics
The
cross
planted in the
ground
has a shorter span than the earth below. Watch out for !
Written by: lightmotif
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This
grave
belongs to つち、and . They were buried together, six feet in the ground
Written by: チェイスです
Do-n't ド search つち in the soil in the
ground
under the
cross
, you might find toe-s ト!
Written by: Wolfenspace
I get "touchy"「TSUCHI つち」about
graves
on hallowed *ground*. Please "don't"「DOド」walk on the
*soil*
where people are buried, either in *Turkey* or anywhere on *Earth*.
If a tree falls on the ground
and there's no one to hear it, DOes it make a sound?
Written by: Pharmacia
You know who likes to dig in the soil? Dogs
. They dig to
find two cheeses
つち
. How will those dogs ever find those two cheeses?
Written by: チェシャ
Supposedly a lump of
clay
on a
potter’s wheel
. Its texture is like DOUGH →ド.
Very similar to ♁, the Unicode symbol for earth つち.
The association with Turkey is from , ateji for Portuguese turco “Turk”
looks like
ground
larger than a
crossed post
placed in it; the ground / soil / earth is wider to symbolize its importance over what is placed in it.
{Meanwhile, looks like ground smaller than a person standing on it; the arms of the person are wider than the ground to symbolize the command that scholars / gentlemen / samurai have over the world around them.}
Written by:
An
arrow
pointing upwars from the
ground
Written by: エリンʕ·ᴥ·ʔ
Hands in the soil, nurturing the
ground
,
Cultivating life, where the
trees
are found.
Written by: なないで
Jane Doe
is buried in a
grave
in the ground with Stanley Tucci
Written by: スメルビアス
Ten
flowers are sitting on the
ground
.
Written by: AidanRyota
I struck the
cross
into the
ground
, which made a loud 'DO'.
Written by: ゴルフィ Golfy
Plant
growing in the
ground
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
stuff
that is on the
ground
is soil.
Written by: non0230
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/ つち - (noun) earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
/ どようび - (noun/adverb) Saturday
/ とち - (noun) plot of land, lot, soil; locality, region, place
/ どよう - (noun/adverb) Saturday
/ どひょう - (noun) {sumo} (wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag, gabion
Kunyomi: ,
Onyomi: ニチ, ジツ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ひ,にちへん
Radical
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Mnemonics
I see the sun every day through that
window
.
Written by: lightmotif
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"He can be"「HI ひ、KA か、BI -び」late every *day* because the
*sun*
makes his
"knee itchy"「NICHI ニチ」
.
Just like all the other countries, I see the sun rising every day through a
window
, in Japan too.
Written by: Rusmia
Every day I see the sun through my
window
, and each チ time I ca-n か hea-r ひ the bustle of the city where I live in Japan, it's too ジツ loud!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Depicts the sun
☀️→☀︎→ⵙ→⊖→
. Each sun means one day when used as a counter for days. Japan is the land of the rising sun.
You see the sun/day through what? A
window/door
!
Written by: GioBastia
Every day I watch the sun rise through the
windows
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
This kanji looks like a calendar to see days
Written by: ポポスくべ
One
day, someone said: “Japan is the land of the rising sun”.
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
From the shape of the
sun
☀️, it bears the direct meaning of sun, the sunrise land, Japan, and the indirect meaning of day, which is the time between sunrise and sunset.
Written by: non0230
ひ かn't look at the sun, ニチ can I, but we can see the days passing from the
window
.
Written by: MayMiazaki
A
rectangular sun
is wearing cool
glasses
to go to Japan.
Written by: AidanRyota
Ouch! My に
is hurt! Now my whole にち is RUINED!!!
Written by: Chris551
On the
first
day of May, my
mouth
is burning.
This is the sun with a straight cloud passing through it
Written by: ねこちゃん😽
The sun is a
ball
that you should
not
🚫 look at.
Written by: lokoluis15
This
door
doesn't have a doorknob.
Written by:
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/ ひづけ - (noun) date, dating
/ みっか - (noun) 3rd day of the month; three days
/ にちようび - (noun/adverb) Sunday
/ きゅうじつ - (noun) holiday, day off
/ どようび - (noun/adverb) Saturday
Kunyomi: わ.ける, わ.かれる, わ.かる, わ.かつ
Onyomi: ブン, フン,
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: かたな
Radical
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Mnemonics
A blacksmith that fully understands his craft can make
eight
swords
per minute.
Written by: gillianfaith
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To part in
two
with a
knife
, to divide a line into segments, an hour into minutes, a whole into 1% fractions. A ratio, a rate, a chance, a share. To analyze or break down in order to to understand and to know.
Walk to/walk a ways to {わけ, わける, わかれる, わかる, わかつ} the blacksmith. He understands his duty well enough to make
eight
swords
every minute. One day, he made a hun-dred フン swords. It could be a boon ブン to work with him. He might share a part of his knowledge.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Something cut into
several
smaller parts with a
knife
.
Written by:
This is the face of frustration, we often make it when we can't understand something.
Written by: エルハト
I *understand* how simple it is to make "buns"「BUN ブン」. After mixing "water"「WA わ」into the flour and yeast, *seperate* the dough into
eight
*parts* with a
knife
. Shape each piece and let rest for sixty *minutes* to rise. Then bake.
In the early dawn, he woke up{wakeru}, tied his hair in a bun, grasped his
sword
, ready for
eight
minutes of time that would change everything.
Written by: なないで
Eight
samurai swinging about their eight
swords
is only a small part of their skills.
Written by: espiacent
There is a game and one part
of it lets you make
eight
swords
and
knives
per minute
.
Written by: くん
Special technique Parting: Slash in
8
directions with the
sword
Written by: whereareyou
Using a
knife
to slice something into
two
parts.

Slicing up hours = minutes
Slicing circles = degrees
Written by: non0230
Dividing a pizza into
8
equal parts with a
knife
takes less than a minute.
Written by: アルゼン
I
understand as if I'm wearing the knowledge like a
hat
Written by: AngieDee
Owning
eight
swords
is pretty cool, but you must understand it's a bit extreme to have that many.
Written by: ニムエ
With
eight
swords
, this fight will only take a minute.
Written by:
it is a 1% chance of surviving getting stabbed by
eight
sabers
at the same time
Written by: weirdkeichan
Eight
swords
can make anyone understand it's time to shut it.
Written by: スキス イス
A person's face screaming
wa
because they've been cut into parts.
Written by: カイデン
She somehow understood how to use this
sword
in under
eight
minutes.
Written by: kuroda
Eight
sword
s cutting a bun {ブン} into one {わ} minute piece
Written by: Seblin
8
knives
can divide a cake into 8 pieces.
Written by: AidanRyota
The
dog
stands in front of his owner's
house
and says "WAN! WAN! WAN!" to to every stranger that passes, and no one understands why
Written by: フリ freakyjax
A
roof
is a part/segment of the whole house, and so are the
walls
.
Written by: Impala67
Eight
swords
is only part of my arsenal!
Written by: ジョアオ003
Sometimes it's easier to understand things if you break them down into smaller parts. This is why we study the
radical
and
other parts
of the kanji.
Written by: RemiJP
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かる / わかる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow; to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out; {int} I know!, I think so too!
かる / あいわかる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to be understood, to be comprehended, to be grasped; to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out
かる / はなしがわかる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) down to earth, reasonable, able to deal with
かる / はなしのわかる - (adjective) down to earth, reasonable
それとかる / それとわかる - (adjective) detectable, noticeable, recognizable, observable
Kunyomi: とき
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: ひへん
Radical
time, hour
Mnemonics
In old times, the time was calculated
measuring
the distance between the
sun
and the
ground
when looking to the horizon.
Written by: OneiricDiver
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An hour at the
temple
each
day
Written by: ソフィア..
You put two keys -TOKI- on the
ground
to
measure
how many hours it will take for the
sun
to dry them. Jeez -JI-! It's taking a long time!
Written by: Lyrah
When the
sun
rises above the
Buddhist temple
, it is time to pray
Written by: Houhi
I have to
measure
between the
sun
and the
ground
to ke-ep とき the time every hour? Jeez ジ! That's so much work!
Written by: Wolfenspace
To tell the time without a clock, you
measure
the sun
on the
ground
with a sundial.
Written by:
The hours of the
day
where people labour at the
temple
. {
originally meant moving hands
and feet
to work.}
Written by: Karlla
In the game bunny bunny, you say TOKI TOKI TOKI TOKI which sounds like とき. In that game, the TIME between claps gets shorter and shorter! Aw GEE! ジ
Written by: ・サラ
Long ago, *time* was
measured
by how the
sun's
rays affected shadows on the
ground
. If you look the word up in the "dictionary = じしょ"「JI ジ」, you'll find that "tokidoki"「TOKI とき、DOKI どき」means some*times*.
The
earth
use the
sun
to
measure
time
Written by: ポポスくべ
ジ, that clock sure does go ticky-とき pretty loudly as it tells the time.
Written by: ヘッジ
At that time of
day
, the
ground
looked
a little
bit cold.
Written by: チェイスです
If you want {TOKI}ll time, You need to waste an hour {JI}mping on the
ground
in the
sun
. Make sure you dont
measure
the time, just let it fly by.
Written by: Randomdude567
The
sun
is rising up over the horizon, and people went to
Buddhist temples
. And someone checked the time
.
Written by: Chris551
When Link went to the
Temple
of Time, he had to use a
sun
dial to open the door. Gee, {ジ} that’s a lot of work!
Written by: ゼルダちゃん
Time is effectively and historically the
measurement
of the angle between the
sun
and
ground
Written by:
I know it was 6 O clock, in the morning,
Day
as i hear the bell ringing in the
temple
.
Written by: サウミタ
People
measure
time on the basis of
Earth
's
rotation with respect to the
Sun
.
Written by: ききな
A sundial {time}
measures
the sun
on the
soil
.
Written by: Sparkyspines
Every
day
, we stay some time at the
temple
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The time I went to the
temple
was a great
day
.
Written by: ルイス
sun
shining on a
temple
showing the time
Written by: Emmyちゅ
ジ, that clock at the temple
sure does go tik-toki -とき at the end of the day
Written by: チャーリー98
ジ {gee,z}, I have to spend an hour at the
temple
each
day
!? That's a lot of time! とき, -どき, my heart beats loudly, I'm so mad!
Written by: 【サラ☆】
a
little
time
at the
temple
Written by: weirdkeichan
There's a specific time to go to
temple
in
day
Written by: Veerdb
The person sneaked into the
Buddhist temple
and the
sun
went down to tell the time.
Written by: Christian551
The clock that shows the time goes tick TOCKIとき
Written by: DanLearningJapanese
”ジ” ”じ” Ji(gee) look at the time, I'll go stub my toe on the key. TOE KEY "とき” To-ki
Written by: ランフイ
Related vocabulary
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/ ときどき - (adverb) sometimes, occasionally, at times, from time to time, now and then, once in a while, at intervals; {adj-no} {n} seasonal, of the season, appropriate (for the season or occasion)
/ とき - (noun) time, hour, moment; occasion, case; chance, opportunity, season; the times, the age, the day; {gramm} tense
/ じかん - (noun/adverb) time; hour; period, class, lesson
/ じだい - (noun/adverb) period, epoch, era, age; the times, those days; oldness, ancientness, antiquity; {abbr} antique, period piece
/ ときおり - (noun/adverb) sometimes, at intervals, occasionally, on occasion, from time to time
Kunyomi: なか.ば
Onyomi: ハン
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Mnemonics
Chop
it into
two
bits
to halve it.
Written by: melocule
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Han「HAN ハン」Solo is *half* of the
two
person crew of the Millennium Falcon, that flies through the *middle* of space. The other is the tall
Wookiee
Chewbacca, who can "knock"「NAKA なか」you out with one swing.
It's ironic that however the kanji's meaning is half, the vertical line is
divided into 3 parts
, this is why the person who is behind it is looking with
furious eyebrows
.
Written by: Balasko
You must not
cu-t
なか those
two
boards in half by hand ば, ハン!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Split a
cow
down the middle and
divide
it in half. The horn has been removed prior to butchering, leaving ‡, a semi-character not found in the dictionary, so substitutes as the radical.
When you split this kanji along it's
verical axis
, you get
two
mirrored halfs.
Written by: ききな
A giant
tree
fell in the middle the
bridge
, so now the
workers
are cutting it in half so they can move it.
Written by: チュリップ
Looks like a
blade
slicing down through the middle / center of some
boards
. The
top board
has already been cut in half.
Written by:
With
angry eyes
, a
child
of
two
glared at the divided ham sandwich, realizing it had been unfairly halved, sparking a tantrum as they demanded a whole sandwich to appease their frustration.
Written by: なないで
Chop
ten
in half, and the
two
bits
give you five strokes
Written by: Virepri
10
divided by
2
is half of ten. Half of 10 is 5, which is also the amount of strokes this kanji has!
Written by: フリ freakyjax
First, you draw the angry eyes of the HAN ハン gry monster, then you draw his mouth and cut him in half!
Written by: Davidn
Compound ideogram: “cow” + “to divide”.

The
cow
is divided into
two
halves.
Written by: フバフバ
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/ としなか - (noun) middle of a year
/ なまなか - (Adjective/-な) halfway-done, mediocre, uncertain, half-hearted; {adv} half-heartedly, insufficiently
/ はん - (noun/adverb) half, semi-, partial; {n-suf} half-past; {n} odd number; {n} {arch} han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
/ たいはん - (noun) majority, more than half, most (of); mostly, largely, mainly, predominately, nearly
/ はんとう - (noun) peninsula; {sens} {col} Korea
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ヒャク
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: しろ
Radical
hundred
Mnemonics
Turn it on its side, and it looks like "100" with all of the digits connected.
Written by: かわうそ
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100 sideways
100
Written by: アンジです
When it’s 100 degrees, even the
sun
needs an
umbrella
to protect itself from the sunlight. {From an even bigger sun?!?!?!}
Written by: マイコー
""Hiya cook"「HYAKU ヒャク」! Did you get the
white
"peaches = もも"「MOMO もも」for the pies?" "I did, but the bushel with all
one *hundred* fell sideways
and
spilled
everywhere!"
One
hundred
/ヒャク, where “white” is a homonym for hundred. Readings: Modern ヒャク and archaic ほ/ぼ/ぽ/-お both derive from Old Chinese, by different routes. Compounds using -お include /いお and /やお. もも is a reduplicative of ぼ, with the meaning of “hundreds.”
One
light bulb emits 100% of the spectrum and looks
white
.
Written by: Pinchedperson
That
white
one
over there is worth a hundred points.
Written by:
Once upon a time,
I
stumbled upon a hidden hyaku-hack, revealing a
cabinet
overflowing with precious hundred dollar bills.
Written by: なないで
Turn the
line
sideways and you have a 1. Turn the
thing
under the one sideways then you get two zeroes and connect them to get 100. The
line that is connected to the zeroes
helps attach the 1 to the 00.
Written by: あいうえお Kirby
You thought my age was 18, which was
1
and
8
, but I am actually older than 100 years old.
Written by: Aroshima
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“paek → biyaku/haku→ hyaku”, “ヒャク”, semantic
“one”
One
hundred is the age people are 1 year older than their
white
birthday which is 99.
Written by: フバフバ
Looks like the Arabic numerals
100
for one hundred rotated 90 degrees to the right.
Written by:
one
handful of
white
consists of a hundred grains
Written by: rtega
One
tubelight
makes Day
100% brightness
Written by: Nihang
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/ ひゃく - (noun) hundred, 100
/ にひゃく - (noun) 200, two hundred
/ にひゃくとおか - (noun) 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar), the storm day
/ せんきゅうひゃくねんだい - (noun) the 1900s
/ やおや - (noun) greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop; {col} jack of all trades
Kunyomi: まる.い
Onyomi: エン
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: どうがまえ,けいがまえ,まきがまえ
Radical
circle, yen, round
Mnemonics
One round earpiece broke off my
glasses
. That's what you get for buying them for one yen.
Written by: lightmotif
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There's a famous cat on YouTube named "Maru"「MARU まる」who is as *round* as a "*yen*"「EN エン」coin, and will climb
inside
any
box
!
From Middle Chinese /ziuᴇn, ɦˠiuᴇn/, with the original sense of "circle, roundness".

The yen sense came much later in the Meiji period, from Chinese /yuán, itself from /yínyuán, “round silver object, especially a piece of eight”. Compare Chinese /yuán, and Korean 원/won.

The yen became the official currency of Japan in 1871, succeeding the
ryō
and the
mon
.
Two
little boxes
in an
upside down box
are usually worth one yen.
Written by: espiacent
I opened my
wallet
, there's only one yen inside
Written by: チュリップ
My round
eyeglasses
are
brok-en
エン. Probably because I bought them for one yen.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Looks like a
big E
sideways and a
little n
below it = en.
Written by: ソーサーペン
The circle in your hand is part of the compensation your friend has shipped to you in a {MARO}on
box
. You were really {MADO} at him for accidentally {MARU}ning you at sea when he didn't turn around to check if you were still there, but now you're livid. Did he really think you'd be happy hav{EN} to count this many yen coins?? You're gonna beat him with your
sticks
next time you see him.
Written by: LeBran
These
glasses
cost 1000000000 yen. It's too expensive to buy. Let's find new glasses.
Written by: AidanRyota
A
cute little cat
in your
blanket
Written by: duokanji
These glasses are
square!
I wanted round ones!
Written by: BaldingEagle
Related vocabulary
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/ まるみ - (noun) roundness, rotundity; mellowness, maturity
/ まるがた - (noun) round shape, circle, circular form
/ えん - (noun, suffix) yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
/ せんえん - (noun) 1000 yen
/ えんしゅう - (noun) circumference
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: マン, バン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: いち
Radical
ten thousand, 10,000
Mnemonics
It looks like a T for ten and the h in thousand
Written by: バレリー
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We have
one
at the top and if you turn the kanji 90 degrees you will see a
arabic four
4
which means it has four zeros in front of it!
Written by: スキス イス
This looks like a
man
{まん} running towards the 10000.
Written by: KafukaMode
The
headless man マン
running with $10,000 he stole from the bank バン
Written by: リアンカ
Once, a
man
had 10,000 dreams, however he realized achieving just
one
required unwavering dedication.
Written by: なないで
Via :
a
myriad of
🦂
or
💃
.

According to an urban legend which is probably untrue, the resemblance of to 🏃 is the origin of the guideline to walk 10,000 steps every day.
Your rows よろず of
ten thousand
mon-sters マン share a bon-d バン like no other.
Written by: Wolfenspace
The kanji looks like Naruto running, and Naruto can
probably
become 10 000 clones!
Written by: Porcospino
It looks like a thumbs up: Man マン, even though I got ten thousand Likes
on this
one
post, I still got the バン ban-hammer.
Written by: ねりねこ
*10,000* "Maniacs"「 MAN マン」made *countless* songs I can
dance
to. I always listen to them when I visit the "Yoro Zoo"「YOROZU よろず」!
An itchy {
いち
} ma
n
{マン} - Ichiman {} - is literally only worth ten thousand yen.
Written by: テレサの
The origin of the kanji is mysterious but some consider it to be a derivative/variant of the original “scorpion” kanji whose meaning is also lost but hypothesized to have the meanings “sorcery” “myriad/ten thousand” as a very old loan word of other sino-tibetan languages. The shape however seems to evolved later as a name in the spring and autmn and warring states period.

10,000
scorpions
is alot.
Written by: フバフバ
I
BOUND
TEN THOUSAND dollars
together and hid it Under the
FLOOR
.
Written by: Abnormalise
Related vocabulary
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/ まんねんひつ - (noun) fountain pen
/ まん - (noun) 10,000, ten thousand; {n} {adj-no} myriad
/ ばんざい - (noun/intransitive) banzai, hurray, hurrah, hooray (celebratory cheer; trad. shouted while raising both arms in the air); {n} something to cheer about, something worthy of celebration; {n} {vs} {vi} giving up, throwing one's hands up; {n} eternal life and prosperity
/ ばんにん - (noun) all people, everybody
/ まんいち - (adverb) (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1; {adv} {adj-no} (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: の,はらいぼう,のかんむり
Radical
丿
symbol of repetition in kanji
Mnemonics
If your
Ma
says
No
, she shouldn't have to repeat herself again.
Written by: Anonymous123
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do you want me to repeat that?
no
丿
,
ma
n !
Written by: choco!! (チョコ)
Possibly simplified from “same”
, a variant of , written in cursive. The
first stroke
丿
is the same, but the
remainder
is just a squiggle.
Do you like things that are repeated
? if I don't like it. That why i said
NO
Written by: Wtaxx🇮🇩
You can tell that this is the repetition kanji because it has the same stroke
repeated
in multiple areas.
Written by: fuzzygreen5
It looks like letter R, r for repeat
Written by: Veerdb
Related vocabulary
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/ ときどき - (adverb) sometimes, occasionally, at times, from time to time, now and then, once in a while, at intervals; {adj-no} {n} seasonal, of the season, appropriate (for the season or occasion)
/ いろいろ - (Adjective/-な) various, a variety of, all sorts of, many (different); {adv} {adv-to} variously, in various ways, in many ways; {n} various things, this and that
そのほか / そのほかいろいろ - (expression) and various other things, and many other things, and more, and what not, and all that
その / そのほかいろいろ - (expression) and various other things, and many other things, and more, and what not, and all that
その / そのたいろいろ - (expression) and various other things, and many other things, and more, and what not, and all that
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: マイ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: きへん
Radical
sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets
Mnemonics
If my/マイ sheet of dough comes out flat as a plank of
wood
, it's
no bun
.
Written by: lightmotif
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Let's
hit
the
tree
until only sheets remain.
Written by: nexx
MAI oh MAI, I was sitting on my
folding chair
next to a
tree
when the wind blew all the paper out of my hands. Now I have to count the sheets to see if I have everything..
Written by: ジェン~1984
Etymology:
Depicted a
tree
being
hit
->
by someone holding an
axe
in their
hand
. Cutting a tree produces thin flat pieces of wood.
The
TASKMASTER
is whipping SHEETS OF paper off the
TREE
.
Written by: Abnormalise
If you
strike
a
tree
with my machete {マイ} you get sheets of paper.
Written by: Sparkyspines
Each time the
wood
is
struck
it yields a sheet of useful flat, thin cultural /ブン→バイ, マイ artifacts.
You
strike
a
tree
so hard that it turns into a flat object. This miracle makes everyone say oh "Mai!!"
Written by: Bentomannen
Sheets are produced by
man lying down
and
mowing
poor
trees
:(
Written by: Pharmacia
This sheet of paper is made of
wood
and written with your
wish
Written by:
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/ まい - (noun, suffix) counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; {sumo} counter for ranks; {sumo} counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
/ まいすう - (noun) the number of flat things; {sumo} win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
/ いちまいいわ - (noun) monolith, large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.), unanimity, solidarity
/ さんまい - (noun) three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
/ にまい - (noun) two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
Kunyomi: あさ
Onyomi: チョウ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: つき
Radical
morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
Mnemonics
In the morning the
sun
rides a
two-wheeled
cart to rise into the sky and chase the
moon
away.
Written by: Karlla
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There is no way you will see the
moon
so
early
in the morning. It is
ten
o'clock after all.
Written by: KafukaMode
Looks like a
car
pushing away the
moon
to bring out the morning.
Written by:
I always
die
a little when I have to get up
early
in the morning and the
moon
is still high. I CHUUk on my breakfast befor putting it ASAide and leave.
Written by: ジェン~1984
A su-n あさ rises
early
past the
moon
in the morning, but not because it choo-ses チョウ to.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Etymology:
The
sun
just starting to rise, shining through
tall grass
while the
moon
is still visible in the sky in the early morning.
The
are corrupted grass characters
.
the
mist
fades with the
moon
as the morning rises
Written by: シヴィ・エンビ
I have "chosen"「CHŌ チョウ」to wake up
early
in the *morning*, when the
moon
is still out. At
ten
o'clock, I will take the "Asama"「ASA あさ」Shinkansen to *North Korea*.
"
Ten
isn't
early
enough to be considered morning."-あさ said to me last
month
.
Written by: チェイスです
There are some places where both the
sun
and
moon
are out at
ten
in the morning.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
I get up
early
, at
ten
in the morning, while the
moon
is still out.
Written by: アノネツキ
The morning
sun
moves
super fast
over the land, ending night's regime. The
moon
flees as a/あさepic/epoch butterfly makes a sound: chou!/ちょう!
Written by: キラキラキリン
Until about
10
in the
morning
, you can still see the
moon
. After that it will be too bright.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
it is the
tenth
day
of the
month
and it's early in the morning
Written by: weirdkeichan
I wake up every
month
early
in the morning which is before
ten
'o clock
Written by: いすぇでん
Fast-forward time by
10
to make the
sun
rises
early
and hides the
moon
with morning light.
Written by: バリエル
Related vocabulary
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/ まいあさ - (noun/adverb) every morning
/ あさ - (noun/adverb) morning; breakfast
/ ちょうしょく - (noun) breakfast
/ きたちょうせん - (noun) North Korea
/ けさ - (noun/adverb) this morning
Kunyomi: ひる
Onyomi: チュウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: ひ,にちへん
Radical
daytime, noon
Mnemonics
Measure
time from
daybreak
to noon
Written by: ドみにく
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The
measure
of time starting from the
dawn
is known as the daytime.
Written by: non0230
During the day time and even while he chewed {チュウ} his food at noon, he rued {ひる} the day that *arson won. *arson won sounds like =
R
+
sun
+
one
Written by: Anonymous123
During the daytime the
one
sun
rules
at noon.
Written by: ソーサーペン
During the daytime, If you CHEW {ちゅう} on a stick while standing on a HILL {ひる}, you can more accurately
measure
the time from
daybreak
to noon.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Via : The
sun
draws
, where , to its zenith at noon in the center /チュウ of the sky. The sun is the radical because midday is a time of day.
In the daytime I draw back the
curtains
on my my
window
, to let the sun
in.
Written by: batbunbat
He ru-ined ひる lunch/mid-day meal by chew-ing チュウ with his mouth open.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Looks like the
sun
during daytime
arcing
across the sky over a
building
on the
ground
below. It is at the halfway point in the arc, which is noon.
Written by:
He |ひ|
r
uns |る| during daytime and noon outside on the
ground
under the
sun
s heat.
Written by: DanLearningJapanese
Use this
claw like tool
to pick up the
sun
high enough to go from
day break
to noon
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
On the
eighth
day
at noon the
corpse
lies undisturbed, no
one
for miles, unable to ever heal *hiru
Written by: orcface
we
measured
the
first
time of
day
to make daytime
Written by: weirdkeichan
Daytime is
measured
from
daybreak
through noon until sunset.
Written by: ChikaraPanda
"He rued"「HIRU ひる」that he had chosen to be at the
station
at
daybreak
, because his train didn't depart until *noon*. He had hardly enough time to "chew"「CHŪ チュウ」his breakfast before he left!
I CHUU/chew my food/shoku
sounds like shaku
in the middle of the
day
, at noon.
Written by: レイん|レナ
A
measure
after
daybreak
would be in the daytime near noon
Written by: ロニー88
A
digger
leaning on his shovel as he takes a break in the afternoon
sun
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Related vocabulary
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/ ひる - (noun/adverb) noon, midday; daytime; lunch
/ ひるま - (noun/adverb) daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
/ ちゅうしょく - (noun) lunch, midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
/ ちゅうはん - (noun) lunch, midday meal
み / ひるやすみ - (noun/adverb) lunch break, noon recess, noon rest period
Kunyomi: , よる
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: た,ゆうべ,ゆう
Radical
night, evening
Mnemonics
At night it's good to be under a
roof
with
someone
who's your
friend
Written by: RuaU_U
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In the
evening
people
like to have a night
cap
Written by: ねこぼうし
In the
*evening*
, it is best for
you
to stay under
"your roof"「YORU よる」
before you "yawn"「YA ヤ」and
lie down
to sleep.
*YAwn* {ヤ} YOU'RE {よ, よる} still not sleepy even when it's this
late
? I'm going to change my
clothes
and call it a
night
.
Written by: ヒァン
It's advisable for a
person
to be under a
roof
after the
evening
passes, and it becomes night.
Written by: こガエル
Evening: this character got completely deformed over time. It can now be read as
lid/cover
+
person
+
evening
written with an extra stroke that makes it look like it’s
walking
; to go home in the evening and tuck yourself in safely.
Written by: Biev
Yeah{ヤ},
I
put a
lid
on when I go night
skiing
with a
tear
in my eye.
Written by: Anonymous123
Looks like a
person
reclined in a
gaming chair
in front of their
pc monitor
playing videogames inside their
house
late into the night.
Written by:
In the
evening
, it is best if a
person
stays under their
roof
and
lies down
to sleep
Written by: Quixotic
At night a
man
is under his
lid
laying next to a funny
moon
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Ninjas are paid to kill people during the night. After the
evening
has passed, they throw
one
pan lid
at a
person
while saying {yaa!}「ヤ」. Wait, {your}「よる」ninjas are different?
Written by: Vitor Conte
i put the
kettle lid
on the teapot at
nine
in the
evening
so it would have
no
cold taste
Written by: weirdkeichan
Yo よ go to your room よる at night and yaw-n ヤ because you're tired.
Written by: Wolfenspace
My
evening
routine: I put a
lid
on the kettle, and then I
sweep the floor
. By the time I finish, it’s already night
Written by: ゼルダちゃん
A
leader
is wearing a
lid
and is standing outside in
winter
. Plus it's raining and she's covered in
drops
of water. On top of all this, it's night. A very chilly evening.
Written by: しまうま
You
and your よる
friend
have a night
cap
in the
evening
.
Ya や best friends.
Written by: Jules.33
Under a
top hat/lid
a
person
slashes
evening
to make it night.
Written by: ひでのり
Yah {ヤ}, you should put a
cover
on
people's
folding chairs
overnight, so
drops of water
don't get on it. You should cover your {よる} chair too.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Yah {や}, In the
evening
people
put the
kettle
on for hot chocolate, yo {よ}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
a
person
using their
walking legs
was wearing a
top hat
to protect themselves from
drops
of water at night
Written by: シヴィ・エンビ
Under the starry night, the
hiding person
dons his
pot lid
hat and watches people all
evening
.
Written by: Gcgsauce
The
Yeti
/ヤク→ヤ—yes, he has smelly armpits —can only be seen at night in the light of the
crescent moon
.
The
evening
is
over
, the night has begun. Y’All {ヤ}
people
should stay under YOur
ROOfs
{よる}.
This
evening
will a little chilly so every
one
, keep your
hats
on tonight!
Written by: トロン
Related vocabulary
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け / よあけ - (noun) dawn, daybreak
/ よる - (noun/adverb) evening, night; dinner
/ こんや - (noun/adverb) this evening, tonight
/ てつや - (noun/する verb) staying up all night
/ やかん - (noun/adverb) night, nighttime
Kunyomi: くれ, おそい
Onyomi: バン
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: ひ,にちへん
Radical
night, evening, late
Mnemonics
The (sun)
is (dismissed)
at night.
Written by: Mystery4869
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: マイ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: なかれ,ははのかん
Radical
every
Mnemonics
every
body
has a
mother
Written by: ドみにく
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No
one
's
mother
can do everything.
Written by: lightmotif
EVERY
window
has got to ごと have
curtains
, that’s my マイ opinion
Written by: リアンカ
Every-one loves
MAI
mom
Written by: YoImLive
No
one
mother
can do everything, but my マイ mom's got ごと my back.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Via : every
sprout
𠂉
(child)was born of a
mother
/ボ←モ←ム← /muʌi/ →měi→マイ
is the radical despite being phonetic because
𠂉
can’t be a radical.
"My"「MAI マイ」
mom
is the kind of
person
that will "go to"「GOTO ごと」the limits *every* day for the ones she loves.
Every
one
must not
have a
katana
丿
Written by: スキス イス
Every house's {at least} one side generally look like this: a
rooftop
and under it a
window
Written by: Balasko
Every
person
has a
mother
, right?
Written by: ジョアオ003
Every
man
has a
mother
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
there are
no
丿
people who have more than
one
biological
mother
Written by: weirdkeichan
Originally Phono-semantic: semantic + phonetic . Probably means the bamboo hairpin that represents adulthood in women. Essentially every one goes through adulthood eventually. The top is unrelated to “person”.

Every
person
has a
mother
.
Written by: フバフバ
In my{Mai} life, one
person
shines the brightest—the guiding light and eternal support, my beloved
mother
.
Written by: なないで
Every time we go to the beach, MY マイ
mom
soaks me with the
water gun
. 🔫
One person
must not
do everything. Ask for help!
Written by: GwynneBleidd
Every day robbers try to shoot
Mom
with a HUGE
gun
and take every last diamond, but Mom dodges every last bullet!
Written by: AidanRyota
Related vocabulary
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/ まいにち - (noun/adverb) every day
/ まいばん - (noun/adverb) every night
/ まいしゅう - (noun/adverb) every week
/ まいとし - (noun/adverb) every year, yearly, annually
/ まいど - (noun/adverb) each time, always, often; {abbr} thank you for your continued patronage
Kunyomi: いま
Onyomi: コン, キン
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ひとやね
Radical
now
Mnemonics
when I meditate to focus on the now, I sit under a
tent
and chant
RA
Written by: ドみにく
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Hey ma! いま when do you want to come コン to my
house
to eat
ramen
? NOW!?
Written by: リアンカ
"Eee ma"「IMA いま」! I want an
ice cream
"cone"「KON コン」
*now*!
It's raining right now, so wear a
hat
to keep your
head
dry.
Written by: ゼラオラ
Gordon Ramsey
says it's RA ラ so cook it NOW
Written by: BaldingEagle
Me and a couple of
people
are going out for
men now, do you want to come? Your roomates いま and コン are invited as well.
Written by: チェイスです
Hey ma いま, can you come コン over now? There's a
bird
in my
house
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Original form of /ゴン→コン: “What’s in your mouth now?”
From
inverted mouth
and
something spoken
.
is the radical because it is the radical of .
Now is right between the
past
and the
future
Written by: jonnekerood
Now I have
one
visitor
Written by: かわうそ
The life of a
person
is spread out across
time
but you can only ever experience the present,
this point in time
right now.
Written by:
I am CONtent コン now, sitting under a
tent
Written by: AnnonInnu
I'MA wear cosplay when I go to the CONvention now, but I'll change into regular clothes later.
Written by: Pāru Shinju
The
person
will now be
one
with the clouds.
Written by:
Right now, you're panicking and running around your {KIN}'s home, you just messed up a very important spell and your ¡totally a
person
definetly not a {KON}dor! cousin is glaring at you with super judgy, eyes. You just had to be the {IMA}ture one and play a dumb prank, huh, you
ra
scal?
Written by: LeBran
Imagine いま an old wizard with a cone コン shaped hat, telling you to capture the moment NOW! He has a
hat
,
eyes
and
long beard
.
Written by: クアジ
there is only
one
person
here
ra
-ight now
Written by: weirdkeichan
I went under a
pyramid
and then
...IS THAT THE CURSE OF
RA
Written by: julzclaire26
Right now, I'm standing on my
right foot
holding a
person
in my arms.
Written by: rtega
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/ いま - (noun/adverb) now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately; {adv} another, more
/ こんばん - (noun/adverb) tonight, this evening
/ きんじょう - (noun) {abbr} His Majesty the Emperor, the present emperor, the reigning emperor
/ こんげつ - (noun/adverb) this month
/ こんしゅう - (noun/adverb) this week
Kunyomi: ひと
Onyomi: ジン, ニン
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: ひと,ひとがしら
Radical
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 '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 ジン jangle jingle.
Written by: Wolfenspace
"He told"「HITO ひと」me he is a
*person*
from a family with good "genes"「JIN ジン」.
Its the
legs
of a person walking.
Written by: ヂアモレ
When you HIT it Of with another person, you're
legs
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
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
was you.
Written by: *Anna*
it's a
person
, 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 , the reduced form used as a radical. Like , the first stroke is the
head and arms
and the second stroke is the
torso and legs
.
Looks like a very simple visualization of a 'stick figure'
person
. 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:
It looks like a man standing with legs wide open 🚶🏻‍♂️
Written by: Ripunjaya Jakhar
Related vocabulary
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み / ひとごみ - (noun) crowd of people
/ がいこくじん - (noun) foreigner, foreign citizen, foreign national, alien, non-Japanese
/ ほんにん - (noun) the person in question, the person themselves, said person
/ ごしゅじん - (noun) {hon} your husband, her husband
/ じんこう - (noun) population; common talk
Kunyomi: もと
Onyomi: ホン
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: き
Radical
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Mnemonics
You need to chop down a
tree
to make a book.
Written by: Jessica_Ilha
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Read a book ほん that’s my motto もと
Written by: リアンカ
He sits on ホン the
base
of the
tree
with a book because he still has more to もと learn.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
cross section
of a
tree
holds a book worth of historical value.
Written by: Nanako7
The
roots
are the *origin* of the
tree
. Trees can be homes for "honey"「HON ホン」bees, and can be used to make *books*, and even "motor"「MOTO もと」boats!
To make a book you need to cut the
cross section
of a
tree
.
Written by: [Akemi]
We chopped the
tree
and made the book, so we added an extra stroke.
Written by: チュリップ
In order to make
one
thick book
, you need to cut down a
tree
.
Written by: くん
For every book, you must cut down
one
tree
. Save the planet—avoid reading! That's my HONEST ホン MOTTO もと.
Fred Flintstone bought a DIY book on how to make a car out of
timber
and sabertooth tiger skins. The
one
thing that it lacked was a motor {もと}.
The true thing is that
one
tree
Written by: ポポスくべ
If you have a
tree
, it's only
one
step to make a book
Written by: Bertlimaria
There's a forest where you can count long cylindrical
tree
s
, and if you get the real number you're granted the {HON}or of
cutting
one down to gain a book about the main origin of your present self. {MOre TO}mes can be acquired if you're true to yourself.
Written by: LeBran
The truth is that the main part of the
tree
is the
trunk
which is
cut
since it is the origin of the wood used to make the paper for books.
Written by:
A picture of a
tree
that emphasizes the roots; the roots are origin/beginning/source of a tree.
Written by: NickKnackSnack
This line
highlights the root of a
tree
. It can also represent the origin, things at its core, aka how real things are etc.

Take a look at its counterpart
which uses a line to highlight the top.
Written by: non0230
This character is the
tree
, but the focus is on the
root
. Books are the root and origin to sharpen/hone(ほん)your knowledge, just as roots are the root and origin of the tree.
Written by: かわうそ
Books are made from
trees
Written by: Astarlia
Books are the source of knowledge, just as a
root
is the source of a
tree
.
Written by: つる
trees are used for wood
and wood can make enough paper for books every
single
day
Written by: weirdkeichan
Related vocabulary
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さん / やまもとさん - (noun) Mr./Ms. Yamamoto
/ もとき - (noun) original stock
/ ほんだな - (noun) bookshelves, bookshelf, bookcase
/ きほん - (noun) basics, fundamentals, basis, foundation
/ ほんにん - (noun) the person in question, the person themselves, said person
Kunyomi: かた.る, かた.らう
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ごんべん
Radical
word, speech, language
Mnemonics
Language is
spoken
with your
mouth
or written with your
five
fingers.
Written by: rtega
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Language is made of
our
words
Written by: ソフィア..
Notice that there are 2
mouth
radicals at the bottom. A mouth represents speaking. The first one is for speaking with
words
. The second one is for speaking with the language of
five
fingers, or gestures. Any language uses these two methods to convey a message.
Written by: KafukaMode
If you're going to go ゴ to Qatar かたる, you'd better know the language. There are no shortcuts arou-nd かたらう it.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
mouth
can
speak
five
different languages.
Written by: Houou
One part of the kanji is , so you pronounce it as ご
Written by: Bertlimaria
I got caught {かた} talking in my Catalan {かたlan} language class today. The teacher
says
this is the
fifth
time I've been caught flapping my
mouth
in class. She told me to go to the principal's office.
Speech is made by using our
mouth
to
say
words. But be careful not to -go- and use strong language, you never know when a
five
year old is listening!
Written by: Lyrah
When he is
five
, he will "go"「GO ゴ」to school and learn "katakana"「KATA かた」. It is used to write
*words*
from another *language*, but in *speech*, the
mouth
makes the same sounds.
You can speak a language by saying
words
in that language with your
mouth
or write them down with your
five
fingers.
Written by: Chris551
When you speak a language, every
word
you say is spoken the same way by
five
other
mouths
.
Written by: アフマヂ
I
need all
five
senses, like the
mouth
,
to learn the words and
language
of japanese. Holistic learning amiright
Written by: unfocghost
I
am
saying
words.
Written by: P1ng23n4
A language is something which
words
are used by at least
five
mouths
Written by: Ringotoki
Language is the words
said
by the
id
/ゴ.
The
talkative person
repeats GO
five
times with their big
mouth
Written by: チュリップ
Words
unlock worlds.
Five
senses listen,
mouth
speaks. Journey begins, when we explore and learn new languages. At least that's what I heard on my graduation speech!
Written by: なないで
They
said
five
words with their
mouths
.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
かたる can
speak
five
languages. His tongue's position in his
mouth
changes depending on the language. his instructor can also speak five languages.
Written by: チェイスです
Using my
mouth
I can
say
five
words in every language. *GO* me!!
Written by: fauserbu
When we
say
our
language, we open the
mouth
Written by: ポポスくべ
I can
speak
five
languages, let's GO!
Written by: レイん|レナ
Language consists of expressing concepts as
words
through speech with your
mouth
and gestures with your
five
fingers.
Written by:
The
words
of
five
languages pass through that
mouth
.
Written by:
If you can
speak
5
language, that's a lot
Written by: WhoIsRem?
The
ego
speaking
words.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
My coffee recipe is in another language, so I'll translate the words for you. Here I {go}「ゴ」:
Add
three
drops
of sweetener and
five
spoons of coffee to hot water and mix. This coffee is enough for
two mouths
.
Written by: Vitor Conte
one's own
language consists of
words
Written by: weirdkeichan
Phono-semantic: phonetic
“ゴ” semantic
”say”.

I
speak
my language.
Written by: フバフバ
When
I
say
something words come out of my mouth
Written by: Veerdb
GO
how you say it
spoken
defined as language
words are spoken
Written by: ameonna
You
speak
words of
your own
language
Written by: Chris551
Related vocabulary
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/ かたりくち - (noun) way of reciting, way of telling a story
うにちずるにちる / とうにおちずかたるにおちる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)) to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion
/ ちゅうごくご - (noun) Chinese (language)
/ えいご - (noun) English (language)
/ たんご - (noun) word, vocabulary
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
Mnemonics
Noon {12pm} is just a
ten
plus
2
more lines.
Written by: KafukaMode
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Do not mistake
HORSE
and COW
. Remember that cows have horns. It is also known that horse races are always at NOON.
Written by: Abnormalise
Oooh Ma うま, that darn horse, he ru-ined ひる my plans for noon! I was supposed to go ゴ by now.
Written by: Wolfenspace
At
ten
, "Uma"「UMA うま」was already hungry. But she had to wait
two
more hours until *noon* so that she could "go"「GO ゴ」to lunch. She ate like a *horse {of the zodiac}*!
Depicts a large pestle
for husking rice, originally written as a vertical line with two dots, one for the handle and one for the business end. The dots extended horizontally, growing lines following the same evolution as
ten
, but the
handle
𠂉
is now asymmetric to avoid confusion with
.

When the sun is directly overhead at high noon, it beats down directly on your head, head-on with no shadows for shelter. like a pestle dropping from the sky.

It’s unclear how exactly high noon became the hour of the horse, although it seems it would be safest to ride unknown ground in full sun, but once the connection was established, the horse became the seventh zodiac animal, placing it directly opposite the rat, halfway through the cycle.
The
slide
丿
is
dry
at noon, so you can ゴ down it.
Written by: モニカ7
Looks like
ten
with
two
more lines, where the last line is 'falling off' to symbolize how noon is the 'tipping point' where the sun begins to 'sink' / 'fall off' in the sky.
Written by:
If you sit on a horse うま and just say say ゴ, you may be sitting there until noon ひる !
Written by: ジューリ
Pictogram: A pestle. Originally meant that but later the “
pestle
” was distinguished and the meaning became tied to the chinese zodiac relating also to the jovian orbital cycle and “the earthly branches”.

The seventh represents the sign of the horse due to its position on the zodiac it gradually gained the meaning of noon since chinese clocks used these zodiac symbols and the character used happened to land on “noon”.
Written by: フバフバ
there are
no
丿
dry
towels because we went swimming
Written by: weirdkeichan
Imagine a public laundry room, of which its door signs, "
No
dry
clothing at noon, please."
Written by: ニムエ
You can tell that this is the sign of the horse because the
horse
is wearing a
saddle
. I wonder if its rider has a duel at high noon..
Go
, fearless cowboy!
Written by: チェシャ
No
丿
ebb
at noon.
Written by: Pinchedperson
Noon is the time to
recede
from your activities and
NO
tice
丿
that it's time to *go*
have lunch.
Under the bright noon sun, two friends decided to go explore the
unfinished building
.
Written by: なないで
You need a
hat
to
T-pose
at noon.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
air
丿
is
dryest
at noon.
Written by: ハムラ
I was told to water mom's flower bed at noon. I'm prepared with
ten
water guns
and it's time to GO ゴ! 🔫 🌺
Work on the
earth/soil
begins in the morning, but at noon, that work "flips" over &
recedes/gives way
as other tasks
cut into
丿
people's schedules.
Written by: Envisioner
Related vocabulary
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/ ごぜん - (noun/adverb) morning, a.m.
/ ごご - (noun/adverb) afternoon, p.m.
/ しょうご - (noun/adverb) noon, midday
/ ごご - (noun) afternoon, p.m.
/ ていご - (noun) noon
Kunyomi: まえ
Onyomi: ゼン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: りっとう
Radical
in front, before
Mnemonics
Every the
month
, the
grass
in front of the lawn is cut with a
knife
.
Written by: Houou
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Oh Mae, that
beard
makes
you
look like a ZEN master
Written by: リアンカ
The angry
Amogus
is standing before you wielding a
knife
under the
eight
Written by: チイちゃん
If you cut infront in a line, the person behind you MAEt get
angry
, loose their ZEN and stab
your body
with a
blade
Written by: Randomdude567
Before I put on my
bunny ears
and become zen {ゼン} like, and
one
with the universe, I look up at the
moon
and shout
Ri
Written by: Anonymous123
We stood before our opponent on the
field
,
swords
shining in the light of the
moon
.
Written by: CatManDan
Every
month
of {MAE} your mom shows up
furious
in front of you. You tell her she needs to be a little more {ZEN}, and before you know it, there's a
knife
in her hand.
Written by: LeBran
One cuts his food,
vegetables
and
meat
with a
knife
on the plate in front of him
Written by: rtega
*In front* of me, "my"「MAE まえ」
eight
knives
shone in the
moon
light. *Before* I realized it could be dangerous, it made
me
feel "zen"「ZEN ゼン」to see. Now I'm more careful.
We can look at the
month-
-ly/"ri"
wall calendar on its
hanger
to look at all the plans we made before.
Written by: エントロピー
Via : a
foot
on a
boat
moving forward. The prow in front cuts through the water like a
knife
. You reach your destination before you know it.
/ゼン is the phonetic component, sois the radical.
The
moon
is standing in front of letter
ri
under the
roof thing
Written by: RuaU_U
Before the full
moon
I practice ZEN with my
sword
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
The customer in front of you in line is
angry
and
crying
. Think of it as a face with angry eyebrows and crying eyes! I think they MIGHt まえ need to calm down with some ZEN ゼン.
Written by: ・サラ
Ma i-s まえ not zen ゼ ン before she goes out under the
moon
with a
knife
!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Ideogram: Originally , “foot” “boat”. A foot moving fowards with a boat. Presumably because ships usually move forwards. Simplified to and . The knife
is added later from “cut”.

Move forward and
cut
the
flesh
till they
stop
Written by: フバフバ
The
angry
moon
is in front of you and wants to
stab
you
Written by: pqek
The
moon
needs a
lid
on it before it can
RI
se!
Written by: カチューシャ
When we went to our neighbor, Mr. MAE's ZEN garden for our
monthly
visit, an assassin stabbed him with a
knife
eight
times right before our eyes.
Written by: フリ freakyjax
Looks like a large gate that you would find in front of a traditional Japanese estate, before you enter, with the
left door
closed, the
right door
open, and the
gateway frame
.
Written by:
Myまえ old
TV
but
someone
is in front
Written by: アグノス
before the
eight
is the seventh crescent
moon
of the month, looking like
one
curved
knife
Written by: weirdkeichan
You sit down in front of a
tv set
with two
antennas
Written by: Umberkuku
MAE goodness, the front of
the moon
was
cut
in
two
.
Written by: Sparkyspines
In front of the audience, the MAESTRO まえ stood in a ZEN-LIKE ゼン calm. With
months
of experience, this was going to be as smooth as a
knife
through butter, even with
eyes closed
.
Two
strips
of
meat
that have been
cut
and laid before a
line
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
The cutting of the
grass
with a
knife
is done in a
month
at the start of the year. In front/before other months
Written by: GrijsjeBoefje
You {おまえ} do want to know how the legendary 
moon
knife
 got buried under this Zen {ゼン}
garden
, don't you? It happened long before you were born...
Written by: san-77
Oh "man"e that person is standing in front of me. I must remain zen.
Written by: チャーリー98
Right before you - the grass grows, the
knifes
become duller, the
months
pass by...
Written by: Lorenzz
This particular kanji originally represented a
foot
over something that was either
a boat or a shoe
, signifying moving forward. Over time, it took on the meaning of before / in front of, and the shape got simplified.
Written by: Biev
Before each
month
, we cut
eight
sticks
with a
knife
in front of us.
Written by: ジョアオ003
In front of me, it's ”ぜん” zen to watch ”まえ” ma-e garden.
Written by: ランフイ
Related vocabulary
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/ なまえ - (noun) name; given name, first name
/ えきまえ - (noun) in front of a station
/ ごぜん - (noun/adverb) morning, a.m.
/ いぜん - (noun/adverb) before, prior to, ago; {n} {adv} the past, before, previously, former times
/ ぜんしゃ - (noun) the former, the first
Kunyomi: うし.ろ, あと, おく.れる
Onyomi: , コウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: ぎょうにんべん
Radical
behind, back, later
Mnemonics
There are
ghosts
and
monsters
behind
you
.
Written by: Blue Sea
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Go , or you'll be left behind ! Because there is a
short thread
between
lingering
and being
late
.
Written by: yuppie
Go ゴ back and ato-ne あと for saving your s-ushi roll うしろ for later.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
person walking
with a
slight
limp
will easily fall behind.
Written by: Karlla
A
man going
late
leaves
short threads
behind. Imagine a cartoony character running with fibres floating behind!
Written by: アフマヂ
The
trudging man
accidently left a trace of red
thread
behind in the
winter
snow. Oh wells, he'll pick it up later
Written by: Leizunwolf
It was
*later*
in the evening, after buying "natto"「ATO あと」at the store, when she
stopped
*behind* a tree to try to see "who she"「USHI うし」was being followed by. She saw a
ghost
floating along the path! She decided to "go"「GO ゴ」*back* the other way.
I
stopped
sewing
since it was
late
already. I was already behind on my sleep schedule.
A
man
shortly
delayed
is behind.
Written by: SolidShredder
Go
back to atone
あと
for what you have done - or she
うし
will row
away and leave you behind.
Written by: チャーリー98
A
person
who experiences a
short
delay
has fallen behind and will arrive back home later.
Written by:
If you fall behind in
winter
weather dressed in
short threads
, you need to
stop lingering
in the snow and go {ゴ} as fast as you can. It's later than you think.
The
short
and
late
GOes
to the back.
Written by: Malice Galaxius
In a group of children
walking
to the crossroads /コウ, the
tiny
tots who
walk slowly
will be left behind unless they get carried on someone’s back. I guess we could always go back and look for them later.
Traditionally,
is viewed as a rope tied to foot dragging behind
.
my car is out of gas so i will
walk
there
later
and still be early by a
short thread
of time
Written by: weirdkeichan
You glance behind yourself and breathe a sigh of relief "it's {GO} time!" you rush to the back of the {OaKU}wood
gate
and tie a
thread
to your pinkie. Legend says that if you re{KOU}nt your sins
late
at night to a guardian made out of {OaKU}wood, the thread you weave onto your fingers will later fall off when you {ATO}ne and grant you a wish as long as you do {NOt CHI}t, so you better p{USHI} yourself to become a better person.
Written by: LeBran
Behind closed doors, I must confess, in the
winter
, I prefer
sewing
over eating
soft ice
. Conversely, in the summer, I GO ゴ grab something cold from the COOP コウ supermarket every day.
Follow the
taskmaster
by attaching a
thread
to his behind. Now you are
going
in his direction
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
After a grub
go
es through the
cocoon
stage, it leaves its
walking legs
behind for a life of flight.
*
is thread/coccoon
Written by: ジューリ
You decided to
go
to the later
knitting
class at
night
since you were busy earlier in the day
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The
man
will get
winter
threads
later
Written by: ロニー88
If you're
late
you'll be a
step
behind.
Written by: レイん|レナ
A person who is
lingering
like a
thread
without making decision will be
late
and left behind
Written by: Gladis 2308
The flight is way behind
and they will be
delayed
because they took a
short
stop
somewhere.
Written by: くん
GO
back there, behind the
katakana 'mu'
/mooing cow/USHI, I'll meet you
later
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
going
out in
thread
clothes during
winter
is not smart, go back and change.
Written by:
Step
by
step
, the
thread of your life is getting shorter
. Leaving the cut off
thread
behind, you are approaching the
winter
of your life, when you will think back to when you were young.
Written by: ききな
The
man
kept a
thread
of his
late
wife behind him
Written by: Quixotic
You
stopped
late
behind the
threads
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The man
stops, because he is stuck behind an obstacle. He was trying to GO to work, but now he will be
late
because of the delay.
Written by: RemiJP
Due to the severe burden of cold weather, people would spend
winter
staying/lingering
indoors and working on arts/crafts like
sewing
to produce valuable goods for the purpose of selling later when the weather improves and trade/markets open up. For symbol positions, consider "1) people, 2) burying the winter underneath 3) their craftwork."
Written by: Envisioner
I feel a
thread
tickling my back. After a short
delay
I
stop
walking and look behind me. There is nothing there, but now I'm scared.
I hope it won't happen again later.
Written by: こガエル
Winter
mountains. A
man is going
home until blizzard will not cover everything. He is
late/behind
schedule because winter days are like
short threads
. Snow already has been falling down...
Written by: mih9898
The
man
put the hat on because it's
winter
but he's fallen behind so he stopped under an
awning
Written by: Eriko-chan
After
I
speak with an
accent
, I do
sum
skiing
.
Written by: Anonymous123
You hear behind you an echoing voice: "Japanese for
I
is
, the
person
behind you screams, waving their arm. PS: I didn't use the meanings of the radicals here, prompting you to rather focus on the image. The lines over the upper radicals are used to convey "an echo" while the radicals look like イ and respectively.
Written by: Bz
Related vocabulary
き / うしろむき - (noun) back-facing, backwards; backward-looking, retrogressive, reactionary, retrospective, negative
し / あとまわし - (noun) putting off, postponing
れをる / おくれをとる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) to fall behind, to lag behind, to lose (race, contest)
/ ごご - (noun/adverb) afternoon, p.m.
/ こうしゃ - (noun) the latter, the second; successor, descendant
Kunyomi: やまい, や.む
Onyomi: ビョウ, ヘイ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: やまいだれ
Radical
ill, sick
Mnemonics
An illness is when you are
sick
on the outside because of
one
germ on the
inside
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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YAMU YAMI, I eat
one
BEAUtiful mushroom. Now I have to stay
inside
because I feel
sick
.
Written by: ジェン~1984
"Yeah, my"「YAMAI やまい」mom told
me
to stay in
bed
because I was *sick*. She thinks the
sheets
will keep the
germs
away, and I'll stop feeling so "byucky"「BYŌ ビョウ」.
The body of sick people is hot like a pot. Use
sickness radical
to indicate the sickness, and use
pot
which originally created from the image of a pot to indicate the hotness due to fever.
Written by: non0230
One
person
who is sick, should remain
sick
inside their
house
.
Written by:
Etymology:
So
allegedly depicts
a person
resting in
bed
rotated 90 degrees clockwise and
is used phonetically for
“to increase” or “to spread”
according to different sources, signifying the ill one getting worse or being contagious.

Mnemonics:
• The
one
inside
the
bed with back support
is sick.
• Doctor: YA MAY {やまい} play YA MUsic {やむ} again, but BE- YO {ビョウ}! HEY {ヘイ}, listen to me! Be careful, your wrist has barely just healed.
Patient: That’s sick! Thanks, doc!
To symbolize being ill / sick, there is a wave of
sickness
washing over a
person
, and
closing in
around them.
Written by:
I had a
sick
so I have to stay
inside
the house for
one
day.
Written by: レミンカン
I got a
sickness
inside
my lungs. I stayed to the doctor for
one
week! I was very ill!
Written by: ルイス
This
person
is
sick
because he is hanging
upside down
. I wonder who is the
one
who did this to him. Hey {ヘイ}, it's such a weird view {ビョウ} though.
Written by: kuroda
Being
sick
BLOWs {びょう}, it just takes
one
bad thing on the
inside
, YA {や}?
Written by: BambiIcedTea
one
should not get
sickness
so it would'nt spread
inside
the house
Written by: Jeff_desu
The
person
is lying down on a
bed
in a
hospital
with a
fever
Written by:
When your
illness
is
third class
then you are sick
Written by: Veerdb
When
one
is sick they are filling their surroundings with
illness
, so
they
must be quarantined in a
box
Written by: melocule
A few illnesses can be cured with
3rd
rate
mushrooms from the
hill
. If you pick the bad ones you'll be sick, though. .
Written by: Pharmacia
From the
cliff
fell
two
things.
One
was a
person
who hit his
head
. No he is very sick.
Written by: サマヒラ
Related vocabulary
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/ やまい - (noun) illness, disease; bad habit, weakness, fault
がり / やみあがり - (noun) convalescence
/ びょういん - (noun) hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary
/ びょうき - (noun) illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold), disease, sickness; bad habit, bad behaviour, weakness, failing; {adj-no} {col} crazy, insane, disturbed, sick in the head
/ かんびょう - (noun/する verb) nursing (a patient)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: イン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: こざとへん
Radical
Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
Mnemonics
Under the
roof
of this
building
you will learn the
origin
of many things. It's an INstitution
Written by: Seraseth
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The educational concept of the institution in this
town
is
perfect
.
Written by: espiacent
This IN-{イン}-stitution {INSTITUTION} is a
perfect
place
for me!
Written by: Abunai
IN a
perfect
world, schools would educate ppl to wisdom and peace and institutions would be more than a
Bureau
with a penlicking dude behind it.
Written by: ジェン~1984
IN {いん} this
village
there are lots of Mansions, Institutions, Schools, and Temples a.k.a. MIST - it's
perfect
!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
This
building
has a
roof
and will teach you about the
origin
of many things. It's an institution!
Written by: しまうま
Institutions make for the
perfect
place
.
Written by: bbelfort
A school is the
perfect
place
to learn.
Written by: P1ng23n4
At the
beginning
of the
village
celebrations, the children would celebrate "Halloween"「IN イン」by visiting a haunted *mansion*, *temple*, *school*, or any old *institution* that had a spooky, crumbling
roof
as a test of courage.
イン that
town
, they recently
completed
an medical institution
Written by: チェイスです
This
mound
is
perfect
/カン←ガン← /ɣuɑn/ →ゑん→エン. Just cut some steps and it can be a temple, with a school and all, a regular institution.
There's an institute being
completed
in the
hills outside town
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
An institution / school / temple is a
place
where you go through a course or process up to
perfection / completion
Written by: rnavega
The
hill
would be
perfect
if there is a temple hidden IN {イン} it.
Written by: バリエル
This
place
is an イン institution. The
first
pie
was baked under this
roof
.
Written by: Jules.33
A
building
that is
perfect
is called institute
Written by: Veerdb
Related vocabulary
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/ びょういん - (noun) hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary
/ にゅういん - (noun/する verb) hospitalization, hospitalisation
/ びよういん - (noun) beauty parlour, beauty parlor, beauty salon, hairdressing salon
/ だいがくいん - (noun) graduate school
/ じいん - (noun) Buddhist temple; religious building, church, cathedral, mosque
Kunyomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.い
Onyomi: ダイ, タイ
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: だい,だいがしら,だいかんむり
Radical
large, big
Mnemonics
A
man
spreading his
arms
wide to hold something big.
Written by: rtega
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Oooh おお, his neck is so
big
that if he tightens his tie タイ, he could die ダイ!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Etymology:
Pictogram of a man spreading his arms to denote something big.

Mnemonic:
OOh {おお}, that
person’s
shirt is too big! The TIE {タイ} DYEd {ダイ}
sleeves
are cool though.
The big
man
is standing with
his arms spread
to see if his shirt fits.
Written by: shw00by
A big man is coming to hug you! Oo
おお
I'm jealous
Written by: Erri808
A
man
t-posing
to look big.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
*large*
person
asked me to "tie dye"「TAI タイ、DAI ダイ」their *big* shirt "orange"「Ō おお」.
A
person
is holding
a
big table
Written by: ポポスくべ
ooki! that man
named tai is
large
Written by: pojjm
Ooh おお, I thought I'd die ダイ fighting this
one
big
person
. Surprisingly, it was a tie タイ
Written by: iamakylbekov
Ooh /おお/, hey, do you see that big
person
with the big Tai Dai /タイ, ダイ/
shirt
on?
Written by: *Anna*
Arms outstretched in a big reveal - おお - in a tie dye shirt - タイ、ダイ-
Written by: Hiroshi Karasawa
Related vocabulary
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きな / おおきな - (Pre-noun adjective) big, large, great
り / おおどおり - (noun) main street, avenue, boulevard
き / だいすき - (Adjective/-な) liking very much, loving (something or someone), adoring, being very fond of
使 / たいしかん - (noun) embassy
きい / おおきい - (Adjective/-い) big, large, great; loud; extensive, spacious; important, decisive, valuable; older, grown up
Kunyomi: まな.ぶ
Onyomi: ガク
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: こ
Radical
study, learning, science
Mnemonics
Gotta work up some
sweat
to earn that school graduation
cap
,
kid
Written by: melocule
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Stay
bright
and keep your learning
cap
on,
kiddo
.
Written by: shainii
Man まな, that
kid
Ga could
ガク
study all
day
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
child
is studying while talking
shelter
from the
rain
.
Written by: Raitolulu
The "man, Abu"「MANABU まな.ぶ」, was *studying* things like *science* so the "guy could"「GAKU ガク」make money and buy a
spiky hat
for his
child
.
Via : a
child
goes to school, a
house of writing
, to study writing, science and other learning.
A
child
studying
letters and kanji
until their mind
lights up
from understanding.
Written by: 🦡
It is very hard to recognize the
syllable ツ
, so a
child
must stay in the
house
to study for hours and hours.
It's a
child
with
Einstein's hair
because he studied, science
Written by: ヴォルフイ
A
child
who studies is making their
head
powerful
i.e.
tsu
-yoi AKA
い.
Written by: Envisioner
This
kid's
mind
is
blown
by the new things they are learning
Written by: lokoluis15
Gotta learn how to build up my "mana"
Written by: CervidaeAxis
From the original character, the three marks on the top are a very simplified version of
two hands bestowing teachings
to a
child
in a
house
. In summary, the character shows a child receiving knowledge, i.e. learning
Written by: NickKnackSnack
Under the
ROOF of the SCHOOLHOUSE
the
CHILD's
only reason to be there is to STUDY.

**But as we know that study is one thing,
and learning quite another yet**
Written by: Abnormalise
Why is that
kid
wearing the
graduation hat
? Because they study.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
child
wears the
crown
of learning
Written by: きつねよかい
The
Triceratops
hat
wearing
child
wants to study but she can only がく{gawk} at the kanji.
Written by: TestAcc1
The kanji looks kind of like this guy ->
🙇
, who looks like he's studying or learning
Written by: Kit-N・キテーン
hana, the youngest and
brightest
child
there, got
crowned
the winner of the mathlympics
Written by: weirdkeichan
Learning is a the
crown
enlightened
children
wear.
Written by: フバフバ
A
child
with a
small
cap
studying away
Written by: Ciboxd
the final
crown
of knowledge that
shows
all the effort a
child
has but in becoming a man / woman. Essentially coming of age in terms of knowledge
Written by: Mikatsuki_August
When you were a
kid
you loved to study science and learn all about it. You even {MANA}ged to earn the first place
crown
three
times in a row during the school's fair and {GAin KU}pons to spend in the event's shops.
Written by: LeBran
In a video game, when you
learn
something you earn MANA
BUbbles
.
Written by: ArgoNomi
In school, the
child
is wearing a
three-spike hat
.
Written by: AidanRyota
The studying
kid
with the
cap
is
learning
science.
Written by: Ralex
You need to work hard
kid
you do want that
graduation cap
after all!
Written by: Theyapon
The head {
crown
}
of a
child
grows
stronger
with study!
Written by: CatManDan
To become a
crown
Prince, the
small
child
needs to study.
Written by: Houou
A
child
needs to
grow
their
knowledge
by learning.
Written by: Okiru
In the school, there are
some kids
studying, the
teacher's table
and the
teacher
.
Written by: Japaneses cool
Related vocabulary
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びの / まなびのその - (noun) educational institution, school
びの / まなびのにわ - (noun) educational institution, school
/ だいがく - (noun) university, college; {hist} {abbr} former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
/ りゅうがくせい - (noun) overseas student, exchange student
/ ちゅうがくせい - (noun) junior high school student, middle school pupil
Kunyomi: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける, う.まれる, う.む, は.える, は.やす, なま
Onyomi: セイ, ショウ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: うまれる
Radical
life, genuine, birth
Mnemonics
the
plant
shows signs of life when its first
bud
appears
Written by: ドみにく
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Let me SHOW ショウ you what they SAY セイabout life
Written by: ・サラ
They say セイ y-ou う know a
plant
is full of life when it show-s ショウ a
bud
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
I can "say"「SĒ セイ」that I have a *genuine* interest in the *birth* of
plants
when they "show"「SHŌ ショウ」new *life* through
flowers
that make seeds. But the gardener "Uma Rae is rude"「UMARERU う.まれる」and won't let me see them!
A
cow
on the
ground
is the sign of a good life, so they SEI
Written by: Seraseth
The
cherry blossom
-- sprouts from the
tree
- - every march
Written by: あおい senpai
YOU MARRY{う.まれ} me for life if I{い} SAY {セイ} SO {ショウ}!!

Picture the kanji as a
woman in a wedding dress
with a
veil
.
From birth to death, life on this
earth
, as they SEI, is SHOUrt, so be greatful you have a
roof
on your head.
Written by: Randomdude567
The
tree
's been bare all winter, but it finally sprouted its first
flower
this spring
Written by: shw00by
Blend of
sprout
and
dirt
, depicting new life. Related to /セイ,ショウ “blue-green” and /ソウ→ショウ “dark blue; deep green”. Derivatives include /セイ,ショウ “nature; character; personality; quality” and /ショウ,セイ“family name”.
The mother
cow
's belly expands from the
one life
growing inside of it.
Written by: こガエル
The life of a fish ends when you have
three
fishing
rod
and a
katana
Written by: ポポスくべ
Looks like the massive world tree
Yggdrasil
, shedding a
seed
to give birth to new life.
Written by:
They "say" birth is a genuine "show" of life.
Written by: CervidaeAxis
A
baby plant
equals life.
Written by: AidanRyota
It was a genuine attempt to {SEI}ve the {KI}d's life, but yo{U} {SHOU}ld {HA}ve known that a
gun
can {O}nly birth death, so you carve a
cross
with their {NA}me and bury A{NA MA}ria in the {I}cy
ground
. "Now, yo{U MAy RE}st in peace".
Written by: LeBran
Related vocabulary
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まれる / うまれる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/intransitive) to be born
まれる / こどもがうまれる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)) have a child
まれる / びんぼうにうまれる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)) to be born poor, to be born into poverty
/ せいと - (noun) pupil, student, schoolchild
/ りゅうがくせい - (noun) overseas student, exchange student
Kunyomi: あ.う
Onyomi: カイ,
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: ひとやね
Radical
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Mnemonics
A meeting is where
people
can
say
things to each other.
Written by: gillianfaith
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A
person
and
myself
are
two
people meeting.
Written by: アフマヂ
I
meet
two
new
people
by KAYaking {かい} to AUstralia {あう}
Written by: Justps2
We meet under a
roof
to
say
things to each other.
You
attend the meeting with
two
or more
people
.
Written by: メイサ meisa
A meeting is where
people
can
say
things to each other, but don't treat this like a party or you're OUt {あう}, 'KAY {かい}?
Written by: BambiIcedTea
a meeting is where
2
people
moo
at each other.
I あ
ki-nd カイof don't want to
speak
to
people
at the meeting.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A group of us will *meet* to have a "kaidan"「KAI カイ」*party*, to
tell
ghost stories. We "all"「AU あ.う」,
two
friends and
myself
, will *join* with one other
person
to form an unofficial ghost *association*.
Simplified form of a Chinese character that depicted a
pot
and
lid
holding contents
; connotations of "assembly" and "joining together"
Written by: NickKnackSnack
I
will MEET
two
people
.
Written by:
A CONFERENCE takes place under the
ROOF
of the MEETING room; and people have a CHANCE to share their
COMMENTS
on the agenda.
Written by: Abnormalise
Ah {あ}, meet the
person
who always calls
two
times to say
mu
. That's kinda {カイ} weird.
Written by: LilyJ
people
say
words
at meetings
Written by: weirdkeichan
In a meeting,
people
say
:
something.
Written by: Veerdb
Nice to meet you. KAn I, introduce
myself
, i am A
person
. my fav number is
two
Written by: ジェン~1984
A
person
I
met
said
that we
two
were best friends.
Written by: Yayo123
The Pokemon trainer
person
got to meet
mu
two
Written by: dan_syd
Myself
and
two
other
persons
meet and form a small party. In this meeting we interview people who join our association.
Written by: Azadeh
Under the
hat
there are
two
people meeting in
private.
Written by: しまうま
clouds
gathering under a
roof
Written by: Emmyちゅ
2 secret agents
,
Katakana mu
and detective NINja {NIN =
person
} are having a secret meeting!
Written by: AidanRyota
A camping table
in front of a
mountain
is a nice place to meet
Written by: Sealingpizza
That
person
will be meeting
two
others and
myself
in 30 minutes.
Written by: チェイスです
It is when
two
people
meet. But
I
say
no thing as a third-wheel.
Written by: Winter-san
Related vocabulary
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うはれのめ / あうはわかれのはじめ - (expression) {proverb} we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
/ かいしゃ - (noun) company, corporation, firm; one's workplace
/ えしゃく - (noun/する verb) slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation; consideration, thoughtfulness
う / あう - (Godan verb - う/intransitive) to meet, to encounter, to see; to have an accident, to have a bad experience
う / であう - (Godan verb - う/intransitive) to meet (by chance), to come across, to run across, to encounter, to happen upon
Kunyomi: く.る, きた.る, きた.す
Onyomi: ライ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: き
Radical
come, due, next, cause, become
Mnemonics
One
bowl of
rice
coming up
Written by: スキス イス
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Someone who hides all the
ri-ce
ライ under the
ground
could rule くる the world and become king when they cause a food shortage.
Written by: Wolfenspace
This
rice
on the
ground
must have come from the sky.
Written by: めがん
When someone *comes* to culinary school, the
one
most important skill to *become* a sushi chef is to make perfect sushi
"rice"「RAI ライ」
. First, the rice has to be "cooled"「KURU く.る」properly. *Next*, it must be seasoned. That is the "key"「KI き」to graduating.
The
one
who can make the
rice
come will become the next king.
Written by: Squidomanis
KU-ld
the RAI-ce
ライ
be coming?
Written by: YoImLive
The
rice
in the ground
is about to come
Written by: Marie-Louison
Plant the
tree
today and tomorrow it becomes rice
Written by: ニモ.ケモノ
Via :
One
cannot make the
rice
come any faster by peeking under the lid. Wait for it to finish, unless you want to become a tunuki! It will be ready in due time.
Use tanu-KI to remember that the radical, chosen arbitrarily when the character was simplified, is and not .
When
RIce
/ RYE {ライ}
comes heavy
on the
plant's
stalks
, harvest is due.
Written by: ヒァン
It's a combination of
rice
and
tree
, symbolizing growth, coming forth like a growing plant.
Written by:
Rice
has become a part of my body. Because I eat rice everyday
Written by: Yua
I'll have くる make ライ
one
giant burger the Next time he comes to
America
.
Written by: チェイスです
What is to come is
not yet
Written by: Mopolo95
No
丿
tree
can never cause even
one
rice
grain to grow.
Written by: Winter-san
The one
who has the rice
will COME DUE as the NEXT one to BECOME king and lead our CAUSE.
Written by: Vazev
Your
rice
is due on this
plate
!
Written by: ジョアオ003
Next month we will become very busy. The cause? The
rice
will come fully out of the
ground
and be due for harvest.
Written by:
On
one
street You can go in all
directions
Written by:
One
rice
bowl will be coming!
Written by: AidanRyota
Ten
drops of
sweat
come from the running
tree
. Hey look, it's coming home!
Written by: DDubixDube
she used to have a friend from the
usa
but now she has
no
丿
friend
Written by: weirdkeichan
If you spread
rice
and RAI grains on the
ground
you can get the birds to come down
Written by: Seraseth
Two guests
added to
not yet
means they're still coming.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
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/ くるとし - (noun) the coming year
まず / きたるものはこばまず - (expression) {proverb} turn away no one, do not cast out those that come to you
/ さらいねん - (noun/adverb) year after next
/ らいねん - (noun/adverb) next year
/ らいげつ - (noun/adverb) next month
Kunyomi: き.く, き.こえる
Onyomi: ブン, モン
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: みみ
Radical
hear, ask, listen
Mnemonics
Putting your
ear
to the
gate
and listen.
Written by: Karlla
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The key coul-dn't きく open the
gate
, so instead you must put your head up to it and listen with your
ears
. You hear a boom ブン followed by a moan モン, what happened?
Written by: Wolfenspace
Your
ear
is a
gate
to hear and listen sounds
Written by: abekie
I put my
ear
up to the
gate
to *listen* to the pirates talk. I thought if I could *hear* where their treasure was, it would be a "boon"「BUN ブン」to me. But they saw me and *asked*, "Will you leave now, or must we "kick"「KIKU き.く」you out?"
You can use
headphones
to listen with your
ear
Written by: ゼラオラ
Listen to the BUN-ny
ブン
through the KI-hole
Written by: YoImLive
When you put your
ear
up to a
gate
, you can hear 'Hot crossed BUNs'. You wonder if he'll listen to your request.
Written by: Seraseth
You put your
ear
to the
gate
and listen. You can hear a loud きー sound on the other side. It's もんster ぶんny hunting grounds. Stay here.
Written by: DarthFly
With her
ears
attuned, she kicked{kiku} the
gate
and was greeted by the aroma of buns{bun}.
Written by: なないで
There is a listener eavesdropping at the
gate
! Do you see his
ear
?
Written by: かわうそ
Beyond the
gate
s
you ask for a wish at the shrine, with your
ear
s
open to hear a response
Written by: WhoIsRem?
You arrive late at home, and realize your
gate
is locked. You hear a noise and stick your
ear
to the gate to listen inside. Suddenly, a bun-ny mon-ster「ブン」「モン」jumps over the gate with your ke-ys!「き」Chase him down!
Written by: Vitor Conte
your
ear
is like a
gate
letting sounds come in like people to hear
Written by: weirdkeichan
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“ブン” Semantic
“ear”.

When you hear you open the
gates
of your
ear
Written by: フバフバ
A chubby chin/ちん kid puts his
ear
to the
gate
and listens for key/きくinformation on buns/ぶん to ask for.
Written by: キラキラキリン
Put your
ear
on the
gate
and hear the conversations.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The ability to hear opens the
gate
to your
ears
.
Written by: ハンユ38
You opened the
gates
of your
ears
and listened, and asked a question based on what you heard.
Written by:
When you ask at the
gate
, put your
ear
*between the doors* and listen.
Written by: lightmotif
Listen with your own
ears
; I stand at the
gate
and knock.
Written by: Squidomanis
Related vocabulary
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る / ききとる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to catch (someone's words), to make out, to follow, to understand; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.), to inquire
り / ききとり - (noun) listening comprehension, aural comprehension; hearing what others say, gathering information, opinions, etc., public hearing
/ しんぶん - (noun) newspaper
/ ぜんだいみもん - (noun) {yoji} unheard-of, unprecedented, unparalleled in history (unparallelled), record-breaking
/ しんぶんしゃ - (noun) newspaper company
Kunyomi: そだ.つ, そだ.てる
Onyomi: イク
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: にく
Radical
bring up, grow up, raise, rear
Mnemonics
Over the
months
,
I
keep a
lid
on my feelings so that I can bring up and raise my children. Readings: Whenever I get some time alone, I scream "Eek" / イク and drink an entire bottle of soda / そだ to calm down.
Written by: vvv
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For having been raised with a
roof
*over* my head
I
am *over* the
moon
. I got soda, too そだつ, but it's bad for you, ick イク.
Written by: lightmotif
You can raise a
plant
yourself
within a
month
.
Written by: kirre
Via : Bring up a suckling
infant
𠫓
until they grow up to eat
meat
/ニク← /ȵʑi̯uk̚/ ← *njuɡ … *luɡ → /i̯uk̚/ →イク.
I put a
lid
on my
private
moon
so I can raise my kids there on Iku {イク} soda {そだ}.
Written by: Anonymous123
You are on a
private
tour to the
moon
when you notice a trash can that keeps moving. When you open the
lid
you found a baby boy inside. You make a decision to raise him. You teach him everything that you know. When he grows up, he tells you he needs to get back to the moon. He thanks you for everything that you've given him, especially the cheesy haIKU {いく} and the SODA {そだ}.
Written by: Justps2
Pictogram: Growing person touching a
lid
with the head. The head is symbolized by a
nose, I
, the body by the
meat
radical variant.
Written by: ナイナイ
If you raise a child on soda {そだ},
I
swear he'll become sick {sイク} within a
month
, so put a
lid
on it.
RAISING an
INFANT
involves taking care of their
BODY
, but also EDUCATING and preparing for life.
Written by: Abnormalise
In a
month
,
I
grew so much that my head is touching the
ceiling
.
Written by: ソーサーペン
It was
my
job to *raise* my little brother. Every
month
, we would do physical *training* and then rest in the shade of the
ramada
. He would ask for a "soda"「SODA そだ」but I said "he could"「IKU イク」have one when we got home.
To safely raise my children,
I
have to put a
lid
on their freedom to prevent them from doing things that would threaten their lives. Many
moons
will pass until I can finally remove that lid and let my children out into the world.
Written by: こガエル
Give
trash
to the
moon
and it will nurture and raise that trash like it's its own little moon baby.
The moon nurtures the trash ball until one day, it speaks! "く {いく}, く!" it says. It wants to go live with mom moon!
Written by: しまうま
I
am
standing
/TATSU and running/IKU on the
moon
SODA/so that I'll grow up fast. I was raised on the moon/TSUki but I'll bring up my children on earth/TERra.
Written by: レイん|レナ
It takes
muscle
to raise a
newborn baby
Written by: Biev
I
have grown up so quickly in the last few
months
that I hit my head on the
ceiling
.
Written by: Jules.33
Related vocabulary
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/ こそだてしえん - (noun) child-rearing assistance, support for young parents, child-care allowance
ちがい / そだちがわるい - (expression) ill-bred, poorly brought up
/ きょういく - (noun/する verb) education, schooling, training, instruction, teaching, upbringing; culture, cultivation, education
/ いくじ - (noun/する verb) childcare, child-rearing, nursing, upbringing
/ ほいく - (noun/する verb) nurturing, rearing, childcare, day care
Kunyomi: はな.す, はなし
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: ごんべん
Radical
tale, talk
Mnemonics
One
mouth
can speak a
thousand
words
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Speaking
words
with one's
tongue
.
Written by: Karlla
HANA? When SHE
talks
all I hear is WAwawa. I see her
mouth
running, but it bores me to
death
.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Hana Sue はなす
lays in bed
. Hana, she はなし
talks
to the wa-ll ワ
Written by: Wolfenspace
Talks and tales are
words
of
tongues
.
Written by: アフマヂ
The literature
teacher
gave a *talk* on a *tale* about fields of flowers "flowers=はな"「HANA はな」. Her
words
were very "wise"「WA ワ」.
The sitting
librarian
has a stack of books to
tell
to the visitors.
Written by: マリくま
If you
say
a
word
with the help of your
tongue
and
mouth
, it means you're talking
.
Written by: くん
Man sitting
at a
campfire
telling his old tales
Written by: アンジです
Tongue
forms
words
. Therefore we need it to talk.
Written by: ききな
To
tell
a tale, you need your
tongue
.
Written by: Japaneses cool
"HANNA はな & the WALRUS ワ" is a classic tale about a little girl who is
saying
she can talk in the
tongue
of the animals.
The
mouth
that speaks a
thousand
or more
words
likely has quite the tale to tell.
Written by:
When talking, I always have a
word
on the tip of my
tongue
. Something like Hanna sued -はなす- me for stealing her work.
Written by: Menhit
In the realm of stories,
tongues
dance with delight,
Mouths
weave magic, painting dreams in the night.
With each spoken
word
, tales take flight,
In perfect wa, hearts are ignited, shining bright.
Written by: なないで
You can
say
a tale or talk around with your
tongue
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
if you want to
say words
you use your
tongue
from your
mouth
Written by: weirdkeichan
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
Semantic
.
Is not “tounge” instead “blocking the mouth” which has the reading “ワ”

Talking is
wording
in a
toungue
Written by: フバフバ
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う / はなしあう - (Godan verb - う/transitive) to discuss, to talk together
/ はなし - (noun) talk, speech, chat, conversation; topic, subject; discussions, negotiation, argument; rumor, talk, hearsay; tale, story, fable; circumstances, particulars
/ かいわ - (noun/する verb) conversation, talk, chat
す / はなす - (す verb/transitive) to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat; to tell, to explain, to narrate, to mention, to describe, to discuss; to speak (a language)
しかける / はなしかける - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to address (someone), to accost a person, to talk (to someone); to begin to talk, to start a conversation
Kunyomi: よ.む
Onyomi: ドク, トク
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ごんべん
Radical
read
Mnemonics
Reading is like
selling
words
to an audience.
Written by: Karlla
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The
words
the
gentleman
reads are from the
book
sitting on his
lap
.
Written by: gillianfaith
"Yo! Move"「YOMU よ.む」over and
sit beside me
so I can *read* you this
book
full of
words
. You've aready spent enough time with numbers, playing "sudoku"「DOKU ドク」!
Most of
WORDS
that we READ have been written to
SELL
us something,
a point of view or some product.
Written by: Abnormalise
The
gentleman
reads his
book
next to his pile of books that contain
words
. He stretches out his
legs
to be comfortable while he reads.
Written by: poly | ポリ
We only read
words
that
sell
.
Written by: アフマヂ
Via /ドク:
Words
for
sale
to those who read, cheap! Sometimes they are even free.
よむ
said
the book
sold
well. Perhaps I'll read it.
Written by: チェイスです
You stop to play chess with a
travelling
scholar
who
sells
books
. He is naturally well-read, and it's your mo-ve よむ.
Written by: Wolfenspace
word
sold
by a
gentleman
which you can read in your own time
Written by: ネコちゃん
The
scholar
, standing on his
legs
,reads the
words
with his
mouth
Written by: Mery_Ketty
I
sold
my
words
to a writer. Now you can read them in the book they wrote.
Written by: こガエル
When reading, the
gentleman
says
the words to himself and puts the
book
on his
legs
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
gentleman
, his tired
legs
hidden beneath regal attire, read his captivating
words
, battling a yawn{yomu},
crowned
with grace.
Written by: なないで
Street vendors put out signs that
say
what they
sell
, so people can read it.
Written by: ききな
{Yo} {Doc}, what book you're reading?
Written by:
Say
/Tell me where/DOKo they
sell
books to read.
Written by: レイん|レナ
Today I am going to
sell
my shoes so I can read my book. When I got to the store, I opened my
mouth
to
say words
to the nice
gentlemen
who was weirdly wearing a
crown
. I then walked home with my
legs
to go read my book.
A
samurai
reads by
walking
his
head
over
words
.
Written by: クリスピー
A
seller
of
words
purveying things to read
Written by: Emmyちゅ
He likes to read books about
math
; picture a pi symbol; and
biology/plants
when they have
text
and
pictures
.
Written by: TheJaviED
The
scholar
has read 3.14159 million
words
about
pies
making him the leading pie expert.
Written by: Jules.33
To read is to give
words
legs
so that their ideas can be read and understood by
gentlemen
and even
kings
Written by: Jepotastic
books are
sold
and have
words
Written by: weirdkeichan
Doku sits and reads, while toku tries to make a yo mu
Written by: ランフイ
Related vocabulary
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げる / よみあげる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to read out, to read aloud, to call out; to finish reading, to read through
/ どくしょ - (noun/する verb) reading (a book)
/ ふくとくほん - (noun) supplementary reader
む / よむ - (Godan verb - む/transitive) to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant; to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine; to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji); to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time); to count, to estimate (now mostly used in idioms); to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
み / よみ - (noun) reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation), insight, judgment, interpretation, prediction, calculation
Kunyomi: か.う
Onyomi: バイ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: かい,こがい
Radical
buy
Mnemonics
In the past, people used
shellfishes
instead of coins to buy
things
.
Written by: OneiricDiver
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My
eye fell
on a cowrie
shell
I want to buy/バイ.
Written by: lightmotif
My
eyes
fell on some fresh
shellfish
, but CAn {か} I afford to BUY {ばい} it?
Written by: BambiIcedTea
shelfishes
are valuable. If you have an
eye
for business, you'll buy it!
Written by: Pharmacia
I ca-n't か buy バイany more
shellfish
, no matter how good it
looks
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
i BAYed so many
packages
i could hardly KAry them. Here you can just see my
legs
behind the
boxes
.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Use your
net
to catch
shellfish
. The cow `かう` will buy them.
Written by: ムアッディブ
If you want to buy birds caught in a
net
/ラ← *rˤaj … *mˤrajʔ →マイ→バイ but have no money, you could try to barter some
shellfish
.
is the radical because is phonetic and because you need money to buy things.
From the
shelf
, I picked up some
shellfish
Written by: Quixotic
i was
looking
at which
shellfish
to buy
Written by: weirdkeichan
I want to buy
バイ
the cowl
かう
.
With your
eye
on the product you like, you pay with the shellfish
and use your
net
to store your goods.
Written by: Kawaii_Penguin
When something catches my
eye
, I take out a few
clams
and buy it before anybody else does.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Be careful when BUYING from the stalls, the salesmen are just
LURKING
for your
MONEY
.

*Lurking: Differentiating from regular position of .
Written by: Abnormalise
The
Net
was bought by かう the
Shellfish
Written by: チェイスです
A
shellfish
was bought by a person who had a good
eye
for
things
.
Written by: Winter-san
Only buy
shellfish
which are
eye
catching.
Written by: Houou
I wanted to *buy* some
shellfish
at the market, so I handed my
money
to the cashier. The readings for this kanji sound like "buy"「BAI バイ」and "kaufen"「KAU か.う」{German for buy}.
Buying is exchanging
your
money
for
other's
goods
Written by: ヒァン
An
eye
tilted to look straight down at a
shellfish.
Before you buy it, you should examine it carefully!
Written by: RemiJP
A
net
is used as a bag as you exchange
money
to buy things.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
A robot,
weird eyes
legs
metal body
looking to buy some oil
Written by: Sealingpizza
It’s
E.T.
looking
to buy バイsome Reese’s Pieces か candy.
Written by: Jules.33
I buy a net
to catch shellfish
which catch my eye
.
Written by: Otaku-Kun
Related vocabulary
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/ かいもの - (noun/intransitive) shopping, purchased goods
/ おかいどく - (adjective) bargain, good buy, budget
/ ばいばい - (noun/する verb) trade, buying and selling, trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs), dealing
/ こうばい - (noun/する verb) procurement, purchase, buying; {abbr} school store, co-op, school canteen, tuck shop
う / かう - (Godan verb - う/transitive) to buy, to purchase; to value (highly), to think highly of, to have a high opinion of, to appreciate, to recognize; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.), to elicit (e.g. sneers), to invite (e.g. scorn), to evoke, to arouse, to win (someone's favour); to accept, to take on, to take up; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
Kunyomi: だれ
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: ごんべん
Radical
who, someone, somebody
Mnemonics
I
say
, who's that
old bird
?
Written by: lightmotif
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Who actually believes
birds
can
talk
?
Written by: トロン
What does the
owl
say
? Who
!
Written by: TioAfonso
a little
bird
told
me of someone, who...
Written by: vandebilt
Who DaRe「だれ romaji」 challenge the Duolingo Owl:
wise/old bird「owl」
that can
talk
Written by: この
I dare だれ not guess who that
bird
is
talking
to.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A: “Do you know someone or somebody called the
Word
Bird
?”
B: “Who??”
A: “Exactly.” ;p
Written by: WhiteOni ()
A: "Who is there?"
B: "Wordbird!"
word
bird
Written by: mliekosmedom
Q: Who said “The
bird
is the
word
.”?
A: Peter Griffin from the cartoon show Family Guy had a whole song about it.
Written by: WhiteOni ()
I "dare"「DARE だれ」*someone* to
say
"sooey"「SUI スイ」to that pig *who* thinks it's a
bird
.
A
talking
bird
says Who-Hoo !!
Written by: JulieJulie
Who dared だれ call Marty McFly a
turkey
? He will sue スイ you if
say
he is a chicken, turkey is ok though
Written by: Kabocha7
Related vocabulary
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/ だれ - (noun) who
か / だれか - (noun) someone, somebody
にも / だれにも - (adverb) to anyone, to everyone; by anyone, by everyone; in everyone, in anyone
も / だれも - (adverb) everyone, anyone; no one, nobody (with neg. verb)
でも / だれでも - (noun) anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, whoever
Kunyomi: とも
Onyomi: ユウ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: また
Radical
friend
Mnemonics
You have
ten
friends
again
. Hooray!
Written by:
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No
one
cares about me like a true friend does.
Then again
my parents do.
Written by: Pharmacia
Man's best FRIEND: always
BY YOUR SIDE
and sniffing your
CROTCH
.

Primitive: RTK
Written by: Abnormalise
You ユウ want to hang out
again
tomo-rrow とも, friend?
Written by: Wolfenspace
"Tomorrow"「TOMO とも」, "you"「YŪ ユウ」should visit my *friend*
again
at
ten
o'clock.
All my friends love my grandma. That’s why they call her
na
nu
.
Written by: コンオハ
Hand
𠂇
in
hand
, friends work together. Pronunciation from /ウ→ユウ, because we shake with the right hand.
The
narwhal
on the
stool
is your friend
Written by: KitAni
A friend is a person, who gave you a
stool
when you about to fall
Written by: Tachig
A friend is
one
person
that you meet over and over
again
.
Written by: Envisioner
Na
Naruto's friends are in team Number 7 team Ne
Written by: サウミタ
The original character shows a
hand
and a
hand
held together, which is what friends do!
Written by: NickKnackSnack
My friend tied a
ribbon
on my wrist. Thank you
ユウ
,
とも
!
Written by: チュリップ
Amidst the somber cemetery, I visited my friend's
tomb
{tomo}, heart heavy with grief.
On the other hand
, the tombstone reminded me of our enduring bond and cherished memories.
Written by: なないで
A
hand
and another
hand
joined together in friendship.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Friend is depicted using two holding
right hand
right hand
𠂇
. It is much more obvious in older scripts. This is also where ユウoriginates.
Written by: フバフバ
The
fluorescent worm
'' and
no
'丿' are hanging out
again
they are developing into friends
Written by: Gcgsauce
YOU {ユウ} can play with your
ten

friends
again
TOMOrrow {とも}
Written by: ろおん
My FRIEND
and I have met ten
times. I'd ask, 'Do you ユウ
want to do it again
tomo
とも
rrow?
Written by: オカネ🇻🇳
Related vocabulary
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/ ともだち - (noun) friend, companion
/ とも - (noun) friend, companion, comrade, pal; accompaniment, companion (e.g. book), complement, accessory
/ ゆうじん - (noun) friend
/ ゆうじょう - (noun) friendship, fellowship, camaraderie
だち / ともだち - (noun) friend, companion
Kunyomi: おとこ
Onyomi: ダン, ナン
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: た
Radical
male
Mnemonics
A
rice field
is *supported by* the
strength
of men.
Written by: lightmotif
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Men have the
strength
to work in the
field
Written by: Nicolas2
Dan {ダン} the man, loves his Nan {ナン}, and he use his
strength
in the
fields
Written by: Anonymous123
Don ダン was a very
strong
man who worked the
fields
non ナン stop. Even his other coat おとこ is worn down from all his hard work.
Written by: Wolfenspace
if you think about it, it look like a stickman with a window for it head.
Written by: し し し
DAN the man is
strong
as can be. He works in a
ricefield
and only loves me. O i have TO KO, he's home and wel you know...
Written by: ジェン~1984
A
strong
man toils in the
fields
.
Written by: Winter-san
The produce from the
rice fields
gives you
power
to DANCE ダン like a man. 🕺🏻
Men are the
power
house
of the
farm
Written by: CatManDan
Men must have a lot of
strength
to work in the
rice fields
Written by: Satoriluv_anime
In the
rice field
, a determined otoko embarked on a journey of
strength
, his diligent work under the scorching sun transforming him into a resilient force, cultivating not only the land but his own unwavering spirit.
Written by: なないで
A man brags, "No
rice field
can withstand my
power
!"
Written by: whereareyou
The
rice field
team is made up of 9
strong
males
Written by: ニュちゃん
Looks like a sperm cell {the male gamete}, with the cell
body
and
tail
. Also, males / men have the
strength
to work
rice fields
.
Written by:
Men use all their
strength
to the
rice fields
every day!
Written by: ルイス
Compound Ideogram: “field”
“power”
.

Often the man is providing the agricultural
power
on the
field
Written by: フバフバ
Related vocabulary
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/ おとこ - (noun) man, male; fellow, guy, chap, bloke; male lover, boyfriend, man; manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
/ だんせい - (noun) man, male; {gramm} masculine gender
/ ちょうなん - (noun) eldest son (may be the only son), first-born son
/ だんし - (noun) boy; man, male
/ だんゆう - (noun) (male) actor
Kunyomi: おんな
Onyomi: ジョ
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: おんな
Radical
woman, female
Mnemonics
Do you know the word for "female ninja"?
Ku
no
ichi
.
Written by: lightmotif
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A
woman
sitting with a
baby
on her おんな lap
Written by: リアンカ
My friend "Jona"「JO ジョ、ONNA おんな」was a very strange *woman*. Any time she met someone new, she would stretch out her
arms
and
curtsey
, as if she was meeting royalty!
The
woman
is going to a show ジョ with a hat on her おんあ head.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
walking
woman with a baby in her
belly
.
Written by: エモ Kamyk
A woman who has flexible
legs
and straight
arms
to do the work.
Written by: Winter-san
This
woman
Jo Anne /ジョ/, the owne-r /おんな/ of this shop is a really tough looking person. But she really is a sweatheart. She makes female clothing with another woman, her sister.
Written by: *Anna*
It looks like a
head
with
bangs
and
side tails
Written by: チュリップ
“Ona”
「おんな」means “she” in Polish. “She” refers to a woman or female.
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
Related vocabulary
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/ おんな - (noun) woman, female; female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
/ おんなのこ - (noun) girl, daughter, baby girl; young woman
/ かのじょ - (noun) she, her; {n} girlfriend
/ じょゆう - (noun) actress, female actor
/ ちょうじょ - (noun) eldest daughter, first-born daughter (may be the only daughter)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: セイ, ショウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: りっしんべん
Radical
sex, gender, nature
Mnemonics
In science, sex is determined at
birth
. Gender is determined by your
heart
. Neither determine your nature.

Cultural note: For reference, ジェンダー is a completely different word. This kanji refers to traditional concept of sex and it's connotations, both new and old, like someone's role, or the act of sex. This is because kanji are usually older and have much more tradition than loan words. Definitions: jisho
Written by: unfocghost
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The nature of your
heart
when you are
born
determines what type of person you will grow up to be.
Written by: gillianfaith
It's a never ending "saga"「SAGA"」. Scientists "say"「SĒ セイ」that your *sex* is determined by
birth
, but this doesn't mean your
heart
will not "show"「SHŌ ショウ」your *gender*. However, neither determines your *nature*.
Your sex is determined since your
heart
starts beating, but it's found out at
birth
Written by: Lumizilla
Related vocabulary
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/ だんせい - (noun) man, male; {gramm} masculine gender
/ せいかく - (noun) character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature; characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
/ あいしょう - (noun) affinity, compatibility, chemistry (between people)
/ きしょう - (noun) disposition, temperament, temper, nature
/ ちゅうせい - (noun) neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.), indifference; sexlessness, androgyny, androgyne, neuter; {gramm} neuter gender
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: デン
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: た
Radical
rice field, rice paddy
Mnemonics
DEN we walked past the
ricefields
and TAlked about stupid things.
Written by: ジェン~1984
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Ta た beautiful
rice fields
and gar-den デン
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
*rice field*
, or *rice paddy*, is like a "garden"「DEN デン」for rice. One time, I "talked"「TA た」to an old Japanese woman about how she planted rice seedlings in
rows
in the muddy water.
the rice field has got four little
rice paddies
Written by: ニュちゃん
Rice field
crossed by
paths
Written by: かしき_01
Yet another beautifully constructed kanji. Simple and meaningful. I think we can all agree that this is a
rice field
, right?
Written by: non0230
Looks like a
rice field
with
paths
going between each rice paddy.
Written by:
Looks like a window
where then {デン} you can look at the {た} rice fields.
Written by: kuroda
There are four areas of the rice field, separated by a cross, which looks like the character for
10
, which is
. The outside part of the character is a
mouth
.
Written by: Chris551
Foxes make their dens デン in Tanaka's rice field.
Written by: mitao
I walked through the
rice paddy
, thinking about how I needed a DENTAl {でん・た} plan ...
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Hard work on the
rice field
means I need waTA {た}, and I crawl into my DEN {デン} to rest. waTA - water
Depicts an
enclosed
field stretching
far
and
wide
, full of golDEN→デン grain. The topography and climate of Japan are far more suitable to growing rice than wheat, so in Japanese (た)came to mean a rice paddy, a wet field with raised walkways .
(*l'iːŋ)
たt rice from my neighbour's rice paddy, it's so delicious! Every time i stuff my
mouth
with
{T}DEN
/デン
spoonfuls before i swallow it.
Written by: abekie
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さん / やまださん - (noun) Mr./Mrs./Ms. Yamada
/ - (noun) rice field
/ すいでん - (noun) (water-filled) paddy field
/ でんえん - (noun) the country, countryside, rural districts; cultivated land, fields
/ たなか - (noun) Tanaka {surname}
Kunyomi: かわ
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: かわ
Radical
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Mnemonics
Three wave
crests
off a river flowing
Written by:
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A
river
ca-rries wa-ter かわ and sen-ds セン it downstream.
Written by: Wolfenspace
You accidentally drive your car into the river, and your |sen|sei
セン
jokes that the river is now a |car wash|
かわ
.
Written by: チェシャ
In Spirited Away, "Sen"「SEN セン」sees a *river* spirit that looks like a "cute = かわいい"「KAWA かわ」boy! In his true form, he is a
long, thin
creature that can swim straight between the
banks of any *stream*
.
かわ went to the river
with セン.
Written by: チェイスです
What's stronger than
one
vertical stream? Three!
Written by:
As I drove my car along the winding
road
, accompanied by my kawaii virtual girlfriend, we discovered a magical river where colorful creatures danced and played, filling our journey with happiness and wonder.
Written by: なないで
Three dashes
for water running through the stream.
Written by: non0230
You know that feeling when you need to find a ca-r wa-sh /かわ/ but there's just nothing near you for miles only this river so you use the
river
insted? No? Me neither...
Written by: *Anna*
People are having an argument by the river and one says "fine! walKAWAy!" かわ
Written by: Frogsssss
Looks like a river or stream, with a curved
left bank
, the
flowing water
, and a straight
right bank
.
Written by:
There is a
bridge
on
water
it’s a river
Written by: duokanji
The "kawa-sen"
river
Written by: Catogato
Probably originally showed two river
banks
with water flowing
between
them. Man’yogana for つ and ツ based on the MC pronunciation /t͡ɕʰi̯wɛn/ →つゑん→セン
Related vocabulary
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/ かわ - (noun) river, stream; {suf} River, the ... river (suffix used with the names of rivers)
/ ほりかわ - (noun) canal
/ かせん - (noun) rivers
/ せんりゅう - (noun) senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
/ さんせん - (noun) mountains and rivers
Kunyomi: やま
Onyomi: サン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: やま
Radical
mountain
Mnemonics
a mountain with three
サン
peaks
Written by: soren
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Ya ma やま, your son サン sen-ds セン his love from the
mountain
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Link the peaks and a
mountain
will appear
Written by: スキス イス
The kanji for *mountain* looks like
three peaks
rising from the ground. In Japanese, three is "san"「SAN サン」. Mount Fuji is known both as Fujisan and "Fujiyama"「YAMA やま」.
Three
mountains
. Pretty simple, right?
Written by: non0230
Have you ever imagined
mountain
s
talking, like how wuld two mountains greet eachother?
"Hello, Everest-san /サン/."
"Oh hi, Fuji-san /サン/."
Written by: *Anna*
Pictograph of a
mountain
Written by: フバフバ
Looks like a mountain
with
three
peaks
for the sloping shape.
Written by:
Related vocabulary
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/ やま - (noun) mountain, hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap, pile; crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part; climax, peak, critical point; guess, speculation, gamble; {sl} criminal case, crime; mountain climbing, mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack; {mahj} wall, wall tile; {arch} temple, temple grounds; {n-pref} wild
さん / やまださん - (noun) Mr./Mrs./Ms. Yamada
/ たくさん - (Pre-noun adjective) a lot, lots, plenty, many, a large number, much, a great deal, a good deal; enough, sufficient; {n-suf} enough, too many, too much
/ ふじさん - (noun) Mount Fuji, Mt. Fuji, Fujiyama, Fuji-san
/ とざん - (noun/する verb) mountain climbing, ascending a mountain, ascent
Kunyomi: てら
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: すん
Radical
Buddhist temple
Mnemonics
Buddhist Temples
measure
how down to
earth
you are.
Written by: nihonnub
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A temple is built on the
ground
where people hold
small things
in honour
Written by: rtega
I
measured
along the
"ground = terra"「TERA てら」
between the "jizo"「JI ジ」statue and the *Buddhist temple*.
To build the temple on this piece of
land
, we'll take
small measurements
. Go TELA {てら} JIologist {ジ} to help us make sure the soil is good enough.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Measure
the
ground
for where to build the temple.
Written by: 🦡
The temple is a
place
that is carefully taking care of by people all the time. Taking care of is represented by
a hand
. See
for more context.
Written by: non0230
Phonetic
/シ← cattle led by
hand
that holds it, going to the temple for a sacrifice.
It was a terrible てら
time じ
in history when Buddhist temples were destroyed. We would like to forget those days.
{kanji for “time” without the “day”}.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ おてら - (noun) {hon} {pol} temple; {abbr} monk
/ てら - (noun) temple (Buddhist)
/ じいん - (noun) Buddhist temple; religious building, church, cathedral, mosque
/ こくぶんじ - (noun) state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
/ りょうとくじだいがく - (noun) {organization} Ryotokuji University
Kunyomi: もの
Onyomi: ブツ, モツ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: うしへん
Radical
thing, object, matter
Mnemonics
A
cow
is a thing with
four legs
Written by: kaname19
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The thing is: a
cow
is
not
an object. But does it really matter?
Written by: Pharmacia
The thing is, you shouldn’t MOAN {もの} about
cows
in BOOTS {ぶつ} … they are
not
objects! This. Matters.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
A
cow
isn't
an object
Written by: Hexador
The
cows
are guarding my
things
in their
enclosure
.
Written by: gillianfaith
A
cow
with
wing
s
is a strange thing to see, and then there's the matter of his BUTSU
Written by: Seraseth
A thing here means a concrete, tangible object, like a
cow
,
not
/ブツ an abstract intangible like /ジ. It might be easier to remember this as cow-pig.
Boots ブツ are among most モツ things I might see on a mono-rail もの,
not a
cow
!
Written by: Wolfenspace
The
cow
is a living being
not
a thing or an object.
Written by: 🦡
Do
not
allow a
cow
to use an *object* like a cell phone. They will use the *thing* to text "emotes too"「MOTSU モツ」much, attempting to make an endless "monologue"「MONO もの」in picture form. If you don't end the *matter* quickly, you will begin to hear "Boots"「BUTSU ぶつ」and Cats Beatbox playing on endless loop!
A
cow
is
not
an object - it is a living being.
Written by: ソーサーペン
We MUTSU
not
buy all things MONOy can buy. The products and the
wrappings
used, hurt animals like
cows
from all the polution.
Written by: ジェン~1984
"What's the matter?" "Those moan- {もの} -ing
cows
say they
must not
cross the moats {モツ} without all four legs
in rain boots {ブツ}"
Written by: [ない?]
It's
not
a
cow
, it's some thing
Written by: ロニー88
A
ray of light
illuminating one particular
cow
among the rest, as if to say "this thing right here!"
Written by: Biev
For Hindus,
cow
is
not
a thing to eat
Written by: Veerdb
The
cow
must not
eat the thing.
Written by: nexx
The thing is a matter of importance.
Not
just a
small
thing that fits in your
hand
.
Written by: Löwenzahn
A
cow
has
no
丿
matter in an
enclosure
.
Written by: Winter-san
Any physical thing, like a
bunch of bananas
or even a
cow
.
Written by: ヒァン
Put
two
丿
cows
in a thing called an
enclosure
Written by: Menhit
A
cow
and a
wooly mammoth
are substantial things!
Written by: Emmyちゅ
I keep my
cow
in
enclosure
place
no
丿
one know so that it
doesn't
go out to guard it as i leave my things there too
Written by: Zienp123
Related vocabulary
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/ たてもの - (noun) building
/ どうぶつ - (noun) animal
/ にもつ - (noun) luggage, baggage, package; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
/ どうぶつえん - (noun) zoo, zoological gardens
/ じんぶつ - (noun) person, character, figure, personage, man, woman; one's character, one's personality; able person, talented person
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ザツ, ゾウ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ふるとり
Radical
miscellaneous
Mnemonics
there are
nine
miscellaneous
birds
in the
tree
Written by: ちゃん
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{
Nine
,
tree
,
bird
)} is a miscellaneous list.
Written by: Nicolas2
A mage {まじ} summoned
nine
miscellaneous
birds
onto that
tree
because they saw {ゾウ} them in a nature magazine {ざっ(し)}.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Via : a miscellaneous collection of colored
clothing
/ソツ→ザツ hanging in a
tree
like
birds
/シュ→ゾウ.
There are ROUGHLY
NINE
MISCELANOUS items hanging on this
TREE
, the biggest one is a huge
TURKEY
, then there is a MAGAZINE, a DUST CLOTH, some WEED), and other, it's a very [CROWDED and MESSY
TREE
.

*Primitive: Turkey from RTK*
Written by: Abnormalise
Picture a tropical forest with
many
different
birds
and
trees
. This could give you a pretty good idea of how miscellaneous things come together.
Written by: non0230
There are
nine
tree's
in the background of the painting. They are miscellaneous details, same as the
birds
.
Written by: チェイスです
Ma, she まし saw a
strange
man watching
nine
miscellaneous
birds
in a
tree
. That's who ザツ she saw, so ゾウ she says.
Written by: Wolfenspace
There were
nine
miscellaneous
birds
sitting in a
tree
, all singing a very pleasant tune!
Written by: くん
Hermione’s magic bag contained lots of miscellaneous stuff, including
nine
trees
and an
old bird
. THAT’S {ザツ} impressive!
nine
birds
in a
tree
is a pretty misc group
Written by: Astarlia
Nine
miscellaneous
birds
sitting in a
tree
.
Written by: ルイス
This character shows a simplified
robe
and a
bird
in a
tree
. The bird in the tree was its own character and serves as the phonetic component of this kanji, but it also means a "collection", so I like to imagine this character as "the collection of things in my robe", that is, "the miscellaneous things I carry"
Written by: NickKnackSnack
You count
nine
of them in the
tree
, each
turkey
holding something random or miscellaneous. There are nine turkeys in the tree and they’re all holding random, miscellaneous things. How odd.
Written by: しまうま
I made the
fence
out of the miscellaneous wood from a variety of
nine
trees
ざつぼく. Is that so? ザツ ゾウ Yes, that’s why it looks so sloppy ざつ.
Written by: Jules.33
baseball bats
, and
turkeys
are two of the items in this miscellaneous group
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Who
is to say that those
nine
trees
aren’t of a miscellaneous variety?
Written by:
In my back yard I have a
BASEBALL
field, next to some
TREES
and a
TURKEY
barn. A MISCELLANEOUS set of things.

*Baseball and Turkey Primitives from RTK
Written by: elbit
Related vocabulary
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/ ふくざつ - (Adjective/-な) complex, complicated, intricate, mixed (feelings)
/ こんざつ - (noun/する verb) congestion, crush, crowding, jam; confusion, disorder
/ ぞうきん - (noun) house-cloth, dust cloth
/ むぞうさ - (Adjective/-な) easy, simple, ready; casual, off-hand, easy-going, careless, artless
/ ざっし - (noun) journal, magazine, periodical
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