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山
Kunyomi: やま
Onyomi: サン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: やま
Radical
山
mountain
Mnemonics
a mountain with three
サン
peaks
Written by: soren
Show all mnemonics (9)
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
山
will appear
Written by: スキス イス
The kanji for *mountain* looks like
three peaks
山
rising from the ground. In Japanese, three is "san"「SAN サン」. Mount Fuji is known both as Fujisan and "Fujiyama"「YAMA やま」.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
Three
mountains
山
. Pretty simple, right?
Written by: non0230
Have you ever imagined
mountain
s
山
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
山
.

As a phonetic bushu: セン、サン。
Written by: フバフバ
Works better for Spanish speakers, but: llamas 【やま】live in the three 【サン】
mountains
Written by: ebosques
A tiny explorer climbs the first small peak
left stroke
, then struggles up the tallest peak in the middle
middle stroke
, and finally slides down the last little peak on the right
right stroke
. Together, the three peaks form a mini mountain range — 山.
Written by: Jjhhhhhh
Looks like a mountain
with
three
peaks
for the sloping shape.
Written by: 試験猿
Related vocabulary
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山 / 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
山田さん / やまださん - (noun) Mr./Mrs./Ms. Yamada
沢山 / 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
富士山 / ふじさん - (noun) Mount Fuji, Mt. Fuji, Fujiyama, Fuji-san
登山 / とざん - (noun/する verb) mountain climbing, ascending a mountain, ascent
川
Kunyomi: かわ
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: かわ
Radical
川
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Mnemonics
Three wave
crests
off a river flowing
Written by: 真理
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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: チェシャ猫
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*
.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
かわ went to the river
川
with セン.
Written by: チェイスです
What's stronger than
one
vertical stream? Three!
Written by: 十六
Three dashes
川
for water running through the stream.
Written by: non0230
As I drove my car along the winding
road
川
, 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: 死なないで
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
川
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
Probably originally showed two river
banks
儿
with water flowing
between
丨
them. Man’yogana for つ and ツ based on the classical pronunciation つゑん.

川（*kʰjon）川 釧 巛 巡 馴 紃 甽 順 訓
セン←つゑん← /t͡ɕʰi̯wɛn/ ← *kʰjon
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
Looks like a river or stream, with a curved
left bank
, the
flowing water
, and a straight
right bank
.
Written by: 試験猿
The "kawa-sen"
river
Written by: Catogato
There is a
bridge
on
water
it’s a river
Written by: eekrotkaye owo
Related vocabulary
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川 / かわ - (noun) river, stream; {suf} River, the ... river (suffix used with the names of rivers)
堀川 / ほりかわ - (noun) canal
河川 / かせん - (noun) rivers
川柳 / せんりゅう - (noun) senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
山川 / さんせん - (noun) mountains and rivers
林
Kunyomi: はやし
Onyomi: リン
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: きへん
Radical
木
grove, forest
Mnemonics
A grove is a
group of trees
, that is, more than
one
木
but less than a
forest
森
.
Written by: CaptainLevin
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I will go say "hi ya" to Hayashi-san {はやし} at their apple/ringo {リン}
tree
木
grove.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Both 林/リン and 森/シン, two and three
trees
木
respectively, are thought to derive from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ram. The prefix *s- in 森 may have been an intensifier.

林（*ɡ·rɯm）婪 惏 啉 漤 醂 林 琳 淋 痳 箖 霖 菻 罧 棽 綝 郴 禁 襟 僸 澿 噤 凚 齽
リン← /li̯əm/ ← *ɡ·rɯm
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
This grove has exactly two
trees
木
.
Written by: Karlla
The tenth
tree
saw the eleventh
tree
named "Erik" in a grove.
Written by: シーエヌディーゼットCNDZ
Related vocabulary
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林 / はやし - (noun) wood, woods, forest, grove, copse, thicket; bunch (of something), cluster, line, collection
林原美術館 / はやしばらびじゅつかん - (noun) {organization} Hayashibara Museum of Art
林檎 / りんご - (noun) apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
山林 / さんりん - (noun) mountain forest, forest on a mountain, montane forest; mountains and forest
森林 / しんりん - (noun) forest, woods
森
Kunyomi: もり
Onyomi: シン
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: き
Radical
木
forest, woods
Mnemonics
Many
trees
木
make a forest.
Written by: Karlla
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More {もり}
trees
木
in a forest make it more likely to trip on the roots and hurt your shin {シン}.
Written by: quickMaffs44
This *forest* has many
trees
,
林
but under the
tallest tree
木
there is a mysterious grave. It says, "memento mori"「MORI もり」, or "remember death". There is a rumor that the person who is buried there became a "shinigami"「SHIN シン」, or a sacred spirit of death.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
Three
trees
木
is all you need to start a forest.
Written by: チェイスです
A
tree
stands apart from a
wood
and forms a forest, which has more {もり} trees.
Written by: YayoLNihongo
The ninth
tree
named "Nik" is in a forest seeing the tenth
tree
and the eleventh
tree
.
Written by: シーエヌディーゼットCNDZ
Two
trees
林
only make a grove. Three
trees
木
make a true forest, *shin* no *mori*.
Written by: Azadeh
Both 林/リン and 森/シン, two and three
trees
木
respectively, are thought to derive from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ram. The prefix *s- in 森 may have been an intensifier.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
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森 / もり - (noun) forest
小森コーポレーション / こもりコーポレーション - (noun) {company} Komori Corporation
森林 / しんりん - (noun) forest, woods
森々 / しんしん - (Adjective/-な) dense with trees, deeply forested
森厳 / しんげん - (Adjective/-な) solemn
空
Kunyomi: あ.く, あ.ける, から, そら
Onyomi: クウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: あなかんむり
Radical
穴
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Mnemonics
Empty sky was seen through a
hole
穴
of the
construction
工
Written by: vandebilt
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Drilling
工
a
hole
穴
to create a hollow space.
Written by: Karlla
When doing
construction
工
, if you drill a
hole
穴
in the
roof
宀
, the sky's the limit. Perhaps it could be a {あ} window you can open so that {そら} you can see the moon {むな} in the emptiness of the night or feel the cool {クウ} breeze.
Written by: quickMaffs44
I
crafted
工
a plane to check the empty
hole
穴
in the sky. It looked so COOl {くう} when it SOARed {そら}.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Representation of human race in a
cave
穴
, is often called in philosophy "the allegory of the cave". With ignorance, we are
empty
工
. That's why it requiers a little effort to see the sky.
Written by: Bamio
On a clear night, when the sky is empty, you can stare, with vacant eyes, up into the dark void of the vacuum of space, where the
alien space ship
came from to
steal
our
picnic tables
.
Written by: 試験猿
The
hole
穴
in the sky was made by the rocket I
crafted
工
Written by: チェイスです
An empty
cave
穴
can have space for
construction
工
Written by: phuongly
They measured the
hole
穴
with a carpenter’s
ruler
工
/コウ→クウ to see how much empty space it would have if it was vacant, but it wasn’t big enough to fit the sky, let alone the eternal void of vacuum beyond.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
The sky is like a big
roof
宀
constructed
工
over the
eight
八
directions of the world - north, northeast, east, and so on.
Written by: ソーサーペン
I
craft
工
a
hole
穴
in the sky to make it empty. Suddenly loads of 'cooties' fly out.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
SOLAr {そら} panel is an amazing
craft
工
. Sun rays that had traveled through vast vACUUm {あ.く, クウ}, entered our sky and landed on the panel are turned into electricity. We mounted
8
八
on our
roof
宀
back when our house was just
constructed
工
and empty like a
cave
穴
.
Written by: ヒァン
What was the biggest
hole
in the
construction
of the world? The sky. If you think about it, the sky is like a big hole someone forgot to fill in. That's why this kanji also means empty! Makes sense — nothing is more empty than the sky.
Written by: しまうま
I question the emptiness as I
work
工
seeing that the sorrow environment is just like a
hole
穴
Written by: アレクスだけ
Nothing/ No Thing could be created due to an
Aperture
穴
over the
construction
工
. ⇒ Void, Emptiness
Written by: Unowin
Something empty represents a
hole
in which to build a new
craft
Written by: Manu Lamo
Constructing
工
a
hole
穴
means you're filling an area with emptiness.
Written by: FuzzyPlatypus
People
construct
工
an empty space out of an existing
cave
穴
. Now they are free to use this area to store whatever they want. It's empty. The sky is also empty so this character took on the meaning sky as well.
Written by: non0230
When I was little, I thought I could fly like a bird and touch the moon「むな」so I climbed up on top of a
table
工
and jumped off. Instead of soaring 「そら」through the sky, I smacked my
crown
宀
and almost broke my
legs
八
. It was not cool 「クウ」.
Written by: Jules.33
A
crane
宀
picking up a
persons legs
八
from a
table
工
into the sky, the table is now empty/vacant
Written by: Sealingpizza
The Sky is a vacant
cave
穴
, carefully
crafted
工
using void and emptiness. Or SOme RAndo {そら} say.
Written by: バリエル
There is no
roof
宀
to the sky, there are only
eight
八
levels, but they are
high
ハエ!
Written by: サクラガイ🌸
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
工
“コウ” Semantic
穴
“hole”.

Holes
穴
are
constructed
工
by emptying ground. The sky is also empty.
Written by: フバフバ
Pictophonetic and ideographic combination. From the character
"xue"
穴
劉穴 and pronounced "gong" クウ because the Lord Si Kong is in charge of water and earth affairs including
building cities and towns
工
. Meaning "hole, sky" because the sky is a gap between heavens and earth ie. a hole.
Written by: khaima
The KUU/cool AKERU/open sky/SORA -soar through the sky- is AKU/actually an empty void
constructed
of
holes
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
The airplane had a
hole
in it while it was flying in the sky. That was because the
worker
wasn't careful!
Written by: 素敵ルイス
Related vocabulary
空き地 / あきち - (noun) vacant land, unoccupied ground, empty lot; {go} empty point
空き家 / あきや - (noun) vacant house, unoccupied house
空 / から - (noun) emptiness, being empty; {pref} not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed; {pref} dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere
空 / そら - (noun) sky, the air, the heavens; weather; far-off place, distant place; state of mind, feeling; (from) memory, (by) heart; falsehood, lie; {n-pref} somehow, vaguely (before an adjective); {n-pref} fake (before a noun or a verb)
空港 / くうこう - (noun) airport
海
Kunyomi: うみ
Onyomi: カイ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
氵
sea, ocean
Mnemonics
At sea you can see
water
氵
in
every
毎
direction.
Written by: Karlla
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I think it'd be nice to live by the sea... Imagine, just you and me {うみ} on a kayak {カイ}, out on the beautiful ocean
water
氵
every
毎
day. （UwU) *.✧･ﾟ:
Written by: quickMaffs44
You will find
water
氵
in
every
毎
ocean.
Written by: gillianfaith
The sea/ ocean is the
mother
毋
of all the
water
氵
on earth and
no
丿
one
can deny that.
Written by: Mystery4869
Kai カイ goes to the sea
every
毎
day to
splash
氵
around. Uuuう, why won't he invite me み?
Written by: スミ☆
Every
毎
drop of
water
氵
will eventually return to the sea.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
If you and me
うみ
look at this kanji when rotating it towards the right
毎
looks like a Rice field, the stick beside it is like a scarecrow, and
氵
looks like raindrops. And rain comes
カイ
from the process of Water Cycle which starts at the Sea
Written by: 🌩セージ͎.𝓡_8̯̭̓̇͂卦掌天͓̽𝓚𝓪𝓲𝖙𝖊𝖓⚡
The sea is a collection of
every
毎
water
氵
Written by: mala nya
It seems
every
毎
person around me loves the *sea*, but I'm scared I'll see an "umi"「UMI うみ」bōzu {an aquatic "yōkai"「KAI カイ」} in the
water
氵
!
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
At Sea,
every
毎
where you see is
water
氵
Written by: オニヴｪル
In sea
water
氵
is
everywhere
毎
!
Written by: maycircle
The
mother
毋
of all
water
氵
is Ocean
Written by: オニヴｪル
Every
毎
drop of water
氵
at some point was part of the sea / ocean.
Written by: 試験猿
I like to go to the beach
every
day to splash everyone with
water
!
Written by: 素敵ルイス
Every
毎
drop of water
氵
flows to the sea.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
The
water
is in
every
sea.
Written by: シーエヌディーゼットCNDZ
almost
everything
毎
liquid in the ocean is
water
氵
Written by: weirdkeichan
Water
氵
everywhere
毎
means sea
Written by: Veerdb
With each
splash
氵
, Oh, me!{umi} echoed joyfully from
every
毎
child at the water's edge.
Written by: 死なないで
Related vocabulary
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海 / うみ - (noun) sea, ocean, waters; beach
海べ / うみべ - (noun) beach, seashore, seaside, coast
北海道 / ほっかいどう - (noun) Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
海外 / かいがい - (noun) foreign, abroad, overseas
海岸 / かいがん - (noun) coast, beach
化
Kunyomi: ば.かす, ば.ける
Onyomi: カ, ケ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ひ
Radical
匕
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Mnemonics
Magicians are
people
亻
who can change the shape of
spoons
匕
.
Written by: 亜紀
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亻
亻
and
匕
匕
are drawn so similarly that one can transform into the other if you change the position of the strokes.
Written by: gillianfaith
The monster/bakemono {ば、ケ} changed and took the form of a
person
亻
. Scared for my life, I started running for my car {カ}, but he/ヒ enchanted it into a
spoon
匕
.
Written by: quickMaffs44
A person 人 can change from
upright
亻
to
upside down
𠤎
/カ. Compare 以.

Beware!
𠤎 = か
匕 = ひ

Note that ふける and ばける are both written 化ける.

老ける/ふける　to age visibly
化ける/ばける　to change appearance

亻
is not the radical, despite being in reduced form, because 化 is about change, not people.
匕
may have a possible derived term in 瓦, thus literally “that which has been transformed through fire”.

化（*hŋʷraːls）訛 吪 鈋 囮 魤 靴 貨 花 化 杹 匕
カ←くわ← /xwaᴴ/ ← *hŋʷraːls
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
ヒs magic transformed that
person
亻
into a
spoon
匕
Written by: チェイスです
In the "Matrix", a little boy explained to Neo how a
person
亻
could change the shape of a
spoon
匕
just by changing the way they perceived it.
Written by: オハイオのデビー
Pinocchio was a wooden
puppet, sitting
匕
on a shelf. He wanted to *take the form of* a real
person
亻
. A fairy came one night from the "bakery"「BAKERU ば.ける」next door and said, ""Okay"「KĒ ケ」, I "can"「KA カ」*enchant* you and *change* you into a real boy!"
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
Capital
T
is converted into small
t
.
Written by: ブダ
As they
spoon
匕
feed it to
people
,
亻
advertising influences, enchants and deludes us to be baka {ば.か - idiot} and buy their caca. {カ、ケ - garbage}
Written by: マイケルミラー
A stupid-ば, カ
person
亻
CHANGES the
spoon
匕
shape and runs away yelling Kay-ケ
Written by: ishnini
Humans
亻
are fickle and changeable creatures, sometime, they might even lost part of their humanity, becoming less
human
匕
ト as result

likewise, some smart monster -ばけ- もの can disguise or transform -ばける- them self into human
亻
, because human
匕
ト are imperfect creatures not unlike them
Written by: コノエ・エル
Ideogram: 2
people
亻
the change or influence or even enchantment speaks of the fact one of the two is
upside down
匕
.
Written by: フバフバ
BAKA U ばける you changed the form all the
spoons
匕
now they all have the form of
forks
亻
. This way you KAn か not KEt け any soup on it.
Written by: ジェン~1984
You can't keep
spoonfeeding
匕
someone
亻
expecting them to change. Change comes from within.
Written by: BaldingEagle
There's a
person
亻
claiming to be a magician who's waving around a
spoon
匕
, using it as some kind of wand to enchant
化
people.
Written by: 穣くん
When a
person
亻
mixes CA-KE {か,け} batter with a
spoon
匕
and BA-KEs {ば.け} it, it changes from a liquid to a solid.
Written by: クールガイジェーソン
Mr. T
亻
reaches into his wallet for some spare change but it has all changed into
spoons
匕
and toy KArs.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Bakers are
people
亻
who transform uninteresting ingredients with
spoonfuls
匕
of sugar into addictive CALORIE カ traps in a BAKERY ばける.
Written by: 🍍トロピカルフルーツ🍈
A
person
亻
can change the flavour of a stew with a
spoonful
匕
of spice.
Written by: AidanRyota
Only your
leader
亻
can bend the
spoon
匕
and change it into something completely different.
Written by: しまうま
"
イヒ
！” is an old Asahi Kasei {化成 is short for chemical industry} jingle in ads available on Youtube: "旭化成　イヒ"
Written by: Nicolas2
Related vocabulary
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化け物 / ばけもの - (noun) goblin, apparition, monster, ghost, phantom, spectre, specter
下戸と化け物はない / げことばけものはない - (expression) {proverb} {rare} everyone drinks at least a little bit, ghosts and non-drinkers do not exist
文化 / ぶんか - (noun) culture, civilization, civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
化粧 / けしょう - (noun/する verb) make-up, makeup, cosmetics; decoration, dressing, veneer
強化 / きょうか - (noun/する verb) strengthening, intensifying, reinforcement, enhancement, solidification; {psych} reinforcement
花
Kunyomi: はな
Onyomi: カ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: くさかんむり
Radical
艹
flower
Mnemonics
I thought it was
grass
艹
but it suddenly
changed
化
into a flower
Written by: hyperbolic_knight
Show all mnemonics (19)
The Kanji represent a
person
亻
planting a flower on a fertile floor with
grass
艹
with a garden trowel or
spoon
匕
Written by: OneiricDiver
A flower is like a
grass
艹
that
changes
化
throughout the year.
Written by: alkalynity (ロガン)
Hana turned me down so I gave her a
flower
艹
to
change
化
her mind. It didn't work. She got in her KAr and drove off.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Hana はな
goes
亻
to the
field
艹
to cu-t カ flowers with her
spoon
匕
Written by: Wolfenspace
HANNAH {はな} paid CAsh {か} for some quality flowers, but they quickly
changed
化
into
grass
艹
.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
"Hannah"「HANA はな」sat
匕
in the
grass
艹
while the
person
亻
with her "caught"「KA カ」"katydids"「KE ケ」amongst the *flowers*.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
Looks like the
petals
艹
and
stem
化
of a flower.
Written by: 試験猿
I saw a
person
亻
planting
grass
艹
with a
spoon
匕
. When I got closer, I saw it was actually my friend {Hannah}「はな」planting flowers. She invited me to eat some {cake}「カ、ケ」at her home.
Written by: Vitor Conte
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
化
”カ/ケ” Semantic
艹
“grass”.
化
represents two people on upright and one upside down hence reversal and change.

Men use flowers a
plant
艹
to
change
化
a girl’s mind.
Written by: フバフバ
What may look like an ordinary field of
grass
艹
at first often
changes
化
into a field of flowers during spring.
Written by: マフィンマフィン
The flower like every
weed
艹
will eventually
change
化
into fruits.
Written by: Karlla
A flower is on
grass
艹
, made of a
stilk
亻
and
seven
匕
petals
Written by: Ayumi07
Grass
艹
changes
化
into flower
Written by: Veerdb
A
person
亻
spooned
匕
the
grass
艹
to steal HANAh's
flower
花
.
Written by: 夜ご飯のインドミー
Flowers constantly
change
化
during their life cycles, and grow on
grass
艹
Written by: スタチク
Argh, the dandelion flowers are
changing
化
the green
grass
艹
into yellow CATASTROPHE カ again! 🌼
Written by: 🍍トロピカルフルーツ🍈
Grass
艹
changes
化
into a flower.
Written by: 素敵ルイス
All these
flowers
were planted by your
leader
with nothing but a
spoon
. Now the whole place is absolutely full with beautiful flowers. Flowers everywhere.
Written by: しまうま
Before they bloom, flowers often
take the form of
化
grass
艹
.
Written by: クロケー
Related vocabulary
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花束 / はなたば - (noun) bunch of flowers, bouquet
花火 / はなび - (noun) fireworks
花瓶 / かびん - (noun) (flower) vase
花壇 / かだん - (noun) flower bed
花見 / はなみ - (noun/する verb) cherry blossom viewing, flower viewing
天
Kunyomi: あま, あめ
Onyomi: テン
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: だい,だいがしら,だいかんむり
Radical
大
heavens, sky, imperial
Mnemonics
The
big
大
person is holding the
sky
above.
Written by: ドみにく
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It's very sweet {あま} when
two
people
meet again in heaven. Imagine the joy of TEN {テン} family members of the imperial family reuniting there.
Written by: オハイオのデビー
I'm a あま
big
大
dude! I can lift this
bar
to the sky ten テン times!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Those
two
people
will *meet* again in heaven. {But note the top line is slightly longer than the second.}
Written by: lightmotif
One
一
Big
大
Person holding up Heaven
Written by: ネコちゃん
"Ten"「TEN テン」
big
大
*imperial* gods live in the *heavens* with "Amaterasu"「AMA あま」, and look down from the
*sky*
.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
Atlas
大
must be pretty big
大
to hold up the entire
sky
一
.
Written by: コンオハ
All
people
are
equal
under heaven.
Written by: Shika 詩紙
The sky is
one
一
big
大
sea of clouds!
Written by: ウインク
The
big guy
holds up the
SKY
ten テン meters from HEAVEN using his arm あめ
Written by: リアンカ
The
sky
一
is
big
大
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
two
Wright Brothers invented the airplane. Because of them,
people
人
like テン and あめ can fly in the sky.
Written by: チェイスです
When
one
一
person
人
would look up at the sky
天
, they would think it's so
big
大
.
Written by: 穣くん
In the vast heavens, a
large figure
emerged—a divine being,
one
among the ten celestial rulers.
Written by: 死なないで
Pictogram: A
man with outstretched arms
indicating the sky above him. The head is stretched into a line.

The etymology is lost from Old Chinese is present for words like “god of zoroastrians” and the word for “India”. Seems to have a divine connotation which inspires the “imperial meaning”.
Written by: フバフバ
Looks like
two sets of steps
leading up through the
sky
and into the
heavens
.

{Something something imperial family descended from gods...}
Written by: 試験猿
Thank
テン
you Itachi, said Sasuke using
One
一
Big
大
ama
あま
terasu. After this Itachi looked at the Sky .
Written by: 🌩セージ͎.𝓡_8̯̭̓̇͂卦掌天͓̽𝓚𝓪𝓲𝖙𝖊𝖓⚡
Related vocabulary
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天津 / あまつ - (adjective) {arch} heavenly, imperial
天 / あめ - (noun) {arch} sky
天気 / てんき - (noun) weather; fair weather, fine weather
天ぷら / てんぷら - (noun) {food} tempura, deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
天つゆ / てんつゆ - (noun) {food} thin dipping sauce for tempura
赤
Kunyomi: あか, あか.い, あか.らむ, あか.らめる
Onyomi: セキ, シャク
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: あか
Radical
赤
red
Mnemonics
That poor man! All you can see are his
legs
and red
sparks
flying off of him. He covered himself in
dirt
土
to try and put the fire out.
Written by: マイコー
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A
man
土
dancing by a red
campfire
.
Written by: ネコダ
Red
magma
about to
erupt
from under the
ground
土
.
Written by: ヒァン
A CAR {あか} that is SEXY {せき} is always a
red
one.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
The red
cross
十
needs
yeti
亦
/エキ→セキ，ヤク→シャク blood yet again!
Supposedly, this is a big 大 man who turned red from sitting next to a fire 火. You can’t see either of those characters or use them as a radical because they’ve melted together.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
if you have some
clay
土
and
burn
it you get red brick
Written by: サイノ
Originally 𤆍, from burning
a person standing
大
with
fire
火
until his flesh was giving off red, I understand ancient history can sometimes be disturbing.
Written by: non0230
The red sun sets behind the
horizon
again
.
Written by: ソーサーペン
A
plant
with some funny red
roots
!
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Please wait a "second"「SEKI セキ」... "I can't"「AKA あか」find my *red*
stockings
几
and
gloves
ハ
to keep me from getting covered in
dirt
土
.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
A
man
is
bleeding
red
Written by: Catogato
The new student nervously introduced himself. He turned red {あか（い）}, and ran out of the room in 1 second {セキ}. He was so fast that he caught on
fire
so he covered himself in
dirt
土
and stuck his
legs
under the ground.
Written by: quickMaffs44
He was stabbed with a *dagger*, in AKAkusa...and
little drops
of RED blood dropped to the
ground
土
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Red blood
dripped
on the
ground
土
after the man was cut with a
knife
>
刂
Written by: Quixotic
Related vocabulary
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赤い / あかい - (Adjective/-い) red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion; {col} Red, communist
人の花は赤い / ひとのはなはあかい - (expression) {proverb} the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, other people's flowers are redder
隣の花は赤い / となりのはなはあかい - (expression) {proverb} the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, the neighbour's flowers are redder
赤ちゃん / あかちゃん - (noun) baby, infant
赤 / あか - (noun) red, crimson, scarlet; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); {col} Red (i.e. communist); {abbr} red light (traffic); {abbr} red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red; {adj-no} complete, total, perfect, obvious; {abbr} copper; {hanaf} {abbr} red 5-point card
青
Kunyomi: あお, あお.い
Onyomi: セイ, ショウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: あお
Radical
青
blue, green
Mnemonics
once in a blue
moon
月
do i remember to water my
plants
Written by: ドみにく
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The
moon
月
really brings
life
龶
to the blue
青
ocean.
Written by: Kylanoカイラーノ
They say {セイ} the
plants
on the
moon
月
are blue
Written by: Anonymous123
The character is a pictogram originated from a
cauldron
青
for making traditional Chinese medicine. Because in traditional Chinese, the brewing needs to go through cycles of fire changing colors from red to blue to green, the character is used to represent the color green and blue.
Written by: non0230
Once in a *blue*
moon
月
, I step on a thorny *green*
plant
and "say"「SĒ セイ」"owie"「AOI あお.い」!
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
The
king
王
of the
moon
月
always wears blue
Written by: Ringotoki
Growing
plants
龶
←生/セイ,ショウ have the
color
月
←丹 green. If 丹 was still part of the character, it would make sense for it to be the radical, but as it is, the whole character is the radical. Also written 靑, historical kyūjitai.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
They SAY {せい} that the
life
of the
moon
月
is blue, as it’s always OUtside {あお}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
The
primary
color of the
moon
月
is bluish.
Written by: melocule
There is a blue
growing plant
on the
moon
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
The blue
moon
月
is
king
龶
of the night.
Written by: あいりー
Once in a blue moon, you can see the
master
of the
moon
月
. He's a little green man.
Written by: lightmotif
The
tenth
day of the
second
month
is Blue day.
Written by: シーエヌディーゼットCNDZ
From the
ground
, I threw a blue
key
at the
moon
月
. However, it fell back and hit me in the head. I yelled "OW!"「あお」
Written by: Vitor Conte
Blue-green: the color of growing plants. Originally
growing plants
+
cinnabar
月
, one if the earliest sources of color pigments used for dying. The radical for cinnabar looked vaguely similar to the one for moon, so it got changed over time.
Written by: Biev
the
king
has never seen a blue or green
moon
月
Written by: weirdkeichan
You might have heard blue and green were considered the same, this is why.

Ideogram: Distorted and simplified from 生 “growth of plants”+ 丹 “cinnabar”. Cinnabar is used as a blue-green dye. The top was condensed and the bottom made as
月
.

Plants
are harvested every
month
for their blue-green color.
Written by: フバフバ
Masters
favorite
moon
月
colour is blue
Written by: チェイスです
The reflection of the
moon
月
on a blue
lake
surrounded by green
plants
生
is a sight to see.
Written by: ヒァン
The
Lord
主 of the
moon
月
is a blue alien
Written by: Quixotic
The
body
月
of the peacock is blue, and the
feathers
龶
of the peacock are green.
Written by: Impala67
Once in a blue
moon
月
do I remember that I have
two
ニ
friends who might have flipped
tables
when I didn't reply to their texts.
Written by: Mystery4869
Related vocabulary
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青 / あお - (noun) blue, azure; green (mostly in compound words and in ref. to fruits, plants and traffic lights); {abbr} green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); {hanaf} {abbr} blue 5-point card; {pref} immature, unripe, young
青白い / あおじろい - (Adjective/-い) pale, pallid; bluish-white
青年 / せいねん - (noun) youth, young man
岩緑青 / いわろくしょう - (noun) green verditer
青い / あおい - (Adjective/-い) blue, azure; green (mostly archaic or in ref. to fruits, vegetables and traffic lights); pale (facial color), gray, grey; unripe, inexperienced
白
Kunyomi: しら, しろ, しろ.い
Onyomi: ハク, ビャク
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: しろ
Radical
白
white
Mnemonics
Glints
of light from the
sun
日
are pure white.
Written by: gillianfaith
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A
carton
of white
milk
.
Written by: ヒァン
In Spirited Away, Chihiro recognized "Haku"「HAKU ハク」when "she rode"「SHIRO しろ」on his back. When she spoke his true name, the
scales
on his *white* body flew away, glistening like the
sun
日
.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
Look at the white
HAWK
's {ハク} SHEER {しろ} power as it plunges in front of the
sun
.
日
Written by: マイケルミラー
A white hawk {ハク}
swoops
down from the
sun
日
.
Written by: オハイオのデビー
The
ray of light
coming off of the
sun
is white, as it contains all visible spectrums of light.
Written by: 試験猿
God, with a magical
brush
, painted the
day
sky, transforming it to white, starting from zero{shiro}.
Written by: 死なないで
Dip a
brush
into
white paint
Written by: Catogato
How could ﾊク she read what she wro-te しろ when she wrote it with a
white marker
on
white paper
?
Written by: Wolfenspace
Pictogram: Unclear origin thumb/acorn. If it is acorn as it is on the kanji for “oak”, then the white refers to the center if the
acorn
白
Written by: フバフバ
the
sun kanji
日
is now a drink with a
drop
spilling out. what's inside is probably white.
Written by: choco!! (チョコ)
Possibly depicts an acorn 皁 with
white
白
flesh. Alternatively, may depict a thumb 擘/ハク.

白 （*braːɡ） 怕 帕 粕 胉 泊 箔 魄 皕 伯 百 迫 敀 柏 湐 拍 珀 皛 洦 白 帛 舶 鮊 陌 帞 袹 蛨 貊 佰 銆 碧 咟
ハク←ビャク← /bʱɐk̚/ ← *braːɡ
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
Every
day
日
there is white
白
noise on the television. I wonder if it gets better if i wiggle its little antenna.
Written by: Takomocha
There is
no
white
sun
in the entire galaxy.
Written by: シーエヌディーゼットCNDZ
Related vocabulary
白羽 / しらは - (noun) white feather
白 / しろ - (noun) white; innocence, innocent person; blank space; {go} white stone; {mahj} white dragon tile; {food} skewered grilled pig intestine
真っ白 / まっしろ - (Adjective/-な) pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
告白 / こくはく - (noun/する verb) confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.), admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with), declaration of love; {Christn} profession (of faith); {Christn} confession (of sins)
白衣 / びゃくい - (noun) white clothes, white robe
黒
Kunyomi: くろ, くろ.い
Onyomi: コク
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: くろ
Radical
黒
black
Mnemonics
After the devastating
fire
灬
in the
village
里
only some blackened walls remained.
Written by: SirEdgar
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The
village
里
is *on*
fire
灬 ← 火
, turning everything black.
Written by: lightmotif
The black CROWs {くろ} cawed to signal a
fire
灬
in the
village
里
. There was no water, so they had to use COKE {こく} to put it out.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
If you burn the
GROUND
of a
RICE FIELD

with
FIRE
灬
, eventually it will turn BLACK.
Written by: Abnormalise
Originally a stick figure with
dust on his face
. Although the
head
, the
arms
, and the
legs
had evolved through time, the meaning is still somewhat the same, a dirty man, his face was blackened from all the dust.
Written by: non0230
After we burn the
village
里
with
fire
灬
nothing remains but BLACK ash. After you've burned the village, you drink a lovely, cold coke
こく
and watch 'Kuro'mukuro on Netflix. Great anime!
Written by: Samurai_Ash
The
village
里
caught
fire
灬
under the black night sky.
Written by: キュアサファイア
This Kanji kind of looks like an octopus.
Formed by the "
head
", and the "
tentacles
" , which are only 4 because the other 4 are in the back.

An octopus produces black ink.
Written by: カミCamooh
Since my apartment
burned
灬
down, I have to stay at my
parents' house
里
. I'm not happy about it, because they always get on my case about drinking "Coke"「KOKU コク」and binge watching "*Black* Butler = Kuroshitsuji"「KURO くろ 」!
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
くろ's
village
里
burned
灬
and all that's left is Black ruble.
Written by: チェイスです
Fire
灬
is the terror for
villages
里
. Especially for agriculture which was very common, because it would lead to the consequence of death,
inexistence
黒
Written by: Bamio
Looks like a
squid
from Minecraft squirting out
ink
which is why you kill squids for black dye.
Written by: 試験猿
Pictogram: Depicts a man with a tattooed face, this enforces the guilty meaning since tattooing the face is one of the five punishments in ancient china. Four dots were added later to the body for distinction. This has lead to the erroneous identification as a chimney and soot.

The
tattooed face
and the
body
;
indicators
of guilt and darkness.
Written by: フバフバ
There was a
fire
灬
in the
village
里
and the entire place was covered in black smoke.
Written by: Mystery4869
Our
village
is burning down and we must call *Kuro*mi to extinguish the
fire
using black magic!
Written by: ニムエ
So, Mr. *Kuro*da {*くろ} was falsely accused of
burning
灬
down his
parent's house
里
so now they locked him up in a black prison.
Written by: 黒田kuroda
A
piece of glass
一
on the
ground
土
focused
sun
日
rays
丨
and
burned
灬
the
village's
里
CROp
田
{くろ} black.
Written by: ヒァン
Related vocabulary
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黒 / くろ - (noun) black; {go} black stone; guilt, guilty person
真っ黒 / まっくろ - (Adjective/-な) pitch black
黒板 / こくばん - (noun) blackboard
黒い / くろい - (Adjective/-い) black; dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin); suspicious, criminal, illicit; darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt; evil, wicked, black-hearted; inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
浅黒い / あさぐろい - (Adjective/-い) dark (skin, complexion, etc.), swarthy, tanned
色
Kunyomi: いろ
Onyomi: シキ, ショク
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: いろ
Radical
色
color
Mnemonics
To see the colors of the
rainbow
𠂊
, I use my
glasses
巴
Written by: Blue Sea
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A
cobra’s
EARS {いろ} are so SHOCKingly {しょく} colourful that it made me SICK {しき}.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
She kee-ps シキ a pair of 3D
glasses
for watching colorful super hero いろ
movies
, it's so cool ショク！
Written by: Wolfenspace
Guy
wearing colored
glasses
.
Written by: ヒァン
Depicts a person applying color to their face with their
hand
𠂊
while
kneeling
巴
before a mirror.

色（*srɯɡ）色 赩
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
Looks like a
paint can
with a
handle
that contains paint to apply color to a surface.
Written by: 試験猿
"She keeps"「SHIKI シキ」a pair of multi*color*
glasses
巴
handy on the coat
hook
𠂊
near the TV, for when she wants to watch "Iron"「IRO いろ」Man in 3D. Seeing the action bursting from the screen is "so cool"「SHOKU ショク」!
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
Ideogram: “
person
”
𠂊
and “
kneeling person
”
巴
. The act happening between makes the face change color. Use your imagination. This is where the meaning lust originates.
Written by: フバフバ
I'm
hooked
𠂊
on those
glasses
巴
for colorblind people that allow me to see extra colors.
Written by: Robdeprop
"Painter" can mean different jobs. One
carries
⺈
a color
palette
巴
. The other, a
paint bucket
色
.
Written by: ヒァン
Use your
computer mouse
色
to select a color.
Written by: tr67
Ma
𠂊
said
glasses
巴
for colour-blind people are not effective
Written by: Quixotic
A pop of colour in your outfit is very chic/シキ！
Written by: タリア🌸グレース
the colorful cobra
stood
poised to strike with its
neck
flared out and its
tongue sticking out
from its
head
Written by: ドみにく
Related vocabulary
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色々 / 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
色彩 / しきさい - (noun) colour, color, hue, tints
特色 / とくしょく - (noun) characteristic, feature, idiosyncrasy, personal colour; {print} spot color
茶色 / ちゃいろ - (noun) brown, light brown, tawny
黄色い / きいろい - (Adjective/-い) yellow; high-pitched (voice), shrill
魚
Kunyomi: うお, さかな
Onyomi: ギョ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: うお
Radical
魚
fish
Mnemonics
This fish has an
open mouth
𠂊
, a
scaly body
田
and wide
fins
灬
.
Written by: rtega
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The traditional way to catch a FISH
is to
BOUND IT UP
𠂊
in a
"NET"
田
made
of small squares , and fry it Over
FIRE
灬
.
Written by: Abnormalise
Via 𩵋: Depicts a fish hanging from a
hook
𠂊
, with
scales
田
flashing and
tail
灬
←火←大 dangling.（U+242F3「𤋳」is the version with 火）See also 鯛 for more about the scales.

魚（*ŋa）蘇 穌 魚 漁 䱷
ギョ← /ŋi̯wo/ ← *ŋa
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
A: I heard that
fish
can make good girlfriends!
B: UWOH {うお}! Shall we GO {ぎょ} down the hill {さか.な} and catch one now?
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Junji Ito's "Gyo"「GYO ギョ」is a horror manga about monsterous
*fish*
田
with
fins
𠂊
and metal
legs
灬
. In the original Japanese version, I "saw kana"「SAKANA さかな」as well as kanji.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
A pictogram of a fish, heavily stylized over time. The
hook
part is the head, the
rice field
part is the body with scales, and the
flame
strokes at the bottom are the fins.
Written by: Biev
KU-cool
rice paddies
over
fire
fry FISH. It’s gonna :さかな: smell.
Written by: wofeyes
We need to cook
{KU-uk}
𠂊
a fish with
fire
灬
and bring it to the
field
田
, so can {さかな} you go {ギョ} do it?
Written by: FOXYPIRATEN
Do you know that feeling when you go fishing, but instead of catching fish, a motherf**king
rice field
田
with
legs
灬
gets stuck on your
hook
𠂊
. Unbelievable!
Written by: ロキムシち
Looks like a fish with a
dorsal fin
𠂊
and
scaly body
田
and
various side / bottom fins
灬
.
Written by: 試験猿
This fish is black {
黒/くろ
{クロ}}, likes eating rice from
rice field
s
田
and has
four legs
灬
.
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
Bind
𠂊
that FISH and
cook
灬
his
brains
!
田
Yarhh!
Written by: Samurai_Ash
A
person
that is very -sacana- waits for their
net
to catch the
approaching fish
.
Written by: ミリア♡
I added some fish to my
shopping cart
, but then I ran the cart over something and the
wheels
fell off. I saw it wa{s a can o}f fish food.「さかな」
Written by: Vitor Conte
Related vocabulary
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魚 / うお - (noun) fish
魚 / さかな - (noun) fish
金魚 / きんぎょ - (noun) goldfish (Carassius auratus)
熱帯魚 / ねったいぎょ - (noun) tropical fish
稚魚 / ちぎょ - (noun) fry, juvenile fish, fingerling
犬
Kunyomi: いぬ
Onyomi: ケン
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: いぬ
Radical
犬
dog
Mnemonics
It looks like a
big guy
大
throwing a
stick
丶
for his dog to bring it back.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Show all mnemonics (11)
That
large
大
fluffy animal with this small
dot
丶
for a nose is my dog.
Written by: SirEdgar
'e knew {いぬ} that the
big
大
dog with a
drop
丶
of slobber, was named Ken {ケン}
Written by: Anonymous123
A
big
大
dog wagging its
tail
丶
in profile. Early examples of this character resemble an unrotated 犭.

The English word KENnel →ケン comes from canine, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ, *ḱun-, from earlier *ḱwón-s, potentially related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n, hence Old Chinese *kʰʷeːnʔ, Middle Chinese /kʰiwenᵡ/, Old Japanese くゑん, and Modern Japanese ケン.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
When my boyfriend went to the KENnels {けん}, HE KNEW {いぬ} that he wanted a
big
大
dog with a
button
丶
noise.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
A
person
holding their
dog
with their
arms
Written by: ウインク
When I arrived at the kennel {ケンnel} to pick up my dog, he greeted me with
big
大
wags of his
tail
丶
.
Written by: オハイオのデビー
BIG
大
guy throwing a
STICK
丶
for his DOG to bring it back.

**When 犭 to the left of a character - a Pack of Wild Dogs.**
Written by: Abnormalise
A
large
大
speck
丶
of dust caught the dog's eye.
Written by: ウインク
the
large
大
dog has a
tick
丶
on it
Written by: weirdkeichan
"We knew"「いぬ」a dog that
big
大
sure "can"「ケン」 catch a
stick
丶
!
Written by: シロガミ
The
big guy
大
carries his
small dog
丶
on his shoulder.
Written by: AidanRyota
Related vocabulary
see all words
犬 / いぬ - (noun) dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); {derog} squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy; {derog} loser, asshole; {n-pref} counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
仔犬 / こいぬ - (noun) puppy; small dog
愛犬 / あいけん - (noun) pet dog, beloved dog; love of dogs, fondness for dogs
盲導犬 / もうどうけん - (noun) guide dog, seeing-eye dog
唐犬 / からいぬ - (noun) {rare} foreign dog (esp. of Chinese origin)
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