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Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: キョウ, ケイ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: なべぶた,けいさんかんむり
Radical
capital, 10^16
Mnemonics
I have to put a
lid
*on* the
mouth
of the
little
one every time we drive to the capital.
Written by: lightmotif
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This is supposed to look like a stone lantern placed outside of a capital city
Written by: かわうそ
Tokyo, CAPITAL of Japan:
TALL
buildings &
SMALL
people
compared to the buildings
.
Written by: Abnormalise
When we visited the old *capital* of Japan, "Kyoto"「KYŌ キョウ」, I told my
little
boy to put a
lid
on his
mouth
while we visited the shrines. He said, ""Okay"「KĒ ケイ」mom."
Every time we are in the capital city of ToKYOU, my father will act all silly by putting a
lid
on his
mouth
then run around like a
small
child. Maybe he's feeling nostalgic, or maybe this is just a weird ritual that he learned from his parents. My family is weird that way.
Written by: Justps2
This is probably a pictograph of a
tall
/キョウ tower in the capital of a
small
country, but beware the radical
.(10¹⁶ is ten quadrillion short-scale or ten thousand billion long-scale, approximately the number of ants on earth. Picture an ant 🐜→ in a tiny top hat 🎩→ on his way to the capital ball.)

(*kraŋ)
キョウ←きやう, ケイ← /ki̯ɐŋ/ ← *kraŋ
(キン is , used only in
Today {きょう}, when we go to the capital, I will have to put a
lid
on the
mouth
of the
little
one, oKAY {けい}?
Written by: BambiIcedTea
This capitol city has lots of
covered areas
good for
small
talk
Written by: rtega
In ancient China, Tall observatories were symbols of the capital. The character was built from the appearance of the observatory, with the
roof
, the
window
, and the
door arch
.
Written by: non0230
Under the
lid
of the capital, your
mouth
becomes
small
.
Written by: コエル
i got this
small
kettle lid
to cover the
mouth
of the teapot from yokohama, capital of kanagawa prefecture
Written by: weirdkeichan
The Penguin from Batman tried to take over the capital
Little
already looks like a Penguin, but if you add the
hat
and the
big head
, you get the picture
Written by: ケンパチ
Looks like a lamp that has a
small roof
covering a
flame
held up by a
pole
with
light
coming off it, to light up the road to the capital.
Written by:
This
villager
wearing a
hat
and a
visor
came from To-kyo-, the capital of Japan. He likes a number with a bunch of 0's. Whenever he says it everyone goes -kei-??????
Written by: ミリア♡
As a compound ideograph:
roof, something above others, elevated

enclosure, city, central place

sometimes explained as foundation / mound / little dwellings around the capital


= a high, enclosed place → the central city → the Capital
Written by: Stalin-san
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/ きょうと - (noun) Kyoto (city, prefecture)
/ とうきょう - (noun) Tokyo
/ けい - (noun) {num} 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion
/ けいはん - (noun) Kyoto and Osaka, Kyoto-Osaka area
/ じょうきょう - (noun/する verb) going (up) to the capital, going to Tokyo
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: こ
Radical
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Mnemonics
This is a child due to its large head, but small arms and legs.
Written by: Neko_claws
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The
*child*
reaches out with her
arms
for her parent because "she"「SHI シ」is "co"dependent「KO こ」.
She likes rats cau-se こ she シ is just a
child
Written by: Wolfenspace
Tuck the
child
into
bed
SHE will SOOn be asleep
Written by: リアンカ
the small child is in the
bundle
with his
head
and
arms
sticking out
Written by: ドみにく
That poor child - SHE has lived a
total
of
one
year.
Written by: Karlla
The child is “ko”ld so they “shi”ver
Written by: Mulligan
Child
hugging
their mother.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The rat was the child that
finished
the race to god's banquet first, and was rewarded the number
one
spot of the zodiac.
Written by: Vee2026
My child loves to eat at す
こ -Sushico, a sushi restaurant.-
Written by: Waedia
It’s a unicorn. Children like unicorns.
Ear
1
, face
2
, line through as the horn
3
.
Written by: Sesamesoup
Looks like a child from the side view. You can only see her nose, mouth, and chin...along with her tongue SHE
is sticking out at the rat
she sees in the COrner
Written by: ShotoLover
Pictogram:
Child
with wrapped legs compare with where the arms are wrapped too. Sometimes it is upside down such as in .
Written by: フバフバ
Imagine a tiny child wearing a hat
top stroke
, stretching their arms down to their body
middle stroke with hook
, and standing on little feet
bottom stroke
. That’s how the kanji becomes a child in three strokes!
Written by: Jjhhhhhh
they have a
total
of
one
child
Written by: weirdkeichan
Look at that
child
! シ「She」likeス「likes」caツ「cats」{cat =「ねこ」}.
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
It took you {TSU} long to notice the
two barbs
on the
ground
when you were chasing the {SHI}p around their pen. You {SU}wear you've {NE}ver felt pain like this in all your child years. You shouldn't have gone to play between 11pm - 1am, it was too dark, but you knew you {KO}uldn't play during the day, not with the sign of the rat watching your every move from the mural on the wall.
Written by: LeBran
Is it true that SHIITAKE シ SOUP ス with KOMATSUNA こ is the favourite food among Japanese kids
?
A
child
with a
triangular head
.
Written by: AidanRyota
Kids that are from
one
to
three
years old can't KOme here.
Written by: テレサ・Teresa
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/ こども - (noun) child, children
/ ぼうし - (noun) hat, cap
/ いす - (noun) chair, seat, stool, bench; post, position, seat, office
/ - (noun, suffix) child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person; (one's) child, offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot; interest; {finc} {abbr} new share; {cards} {mahj} player who is not a dealer; young geisha, young prostitute; {arch} bird egg; {n-suf} -er (often of young women) (after a noun or -masu stem)
/ おやこ - (noun) parent and child
Kunyomi: , , ちい.さい
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: しょう,しょうがしら
Radical
little, small
Mnemonics
you can make an umbrella small by folding the
canopy
towards the
shaft and handle
Written by: ドみにく
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He has small
chee-ks
ちい on either si-de さいof his
nose
, he likes to show ショウ them off.
Written by: Wolfenspace
The kanji
small
is derived from the picture of three sand grains written as three straight lines. To differentiate between this and
, it is written
this way instead.
Written by: non0230
Scrape a piece of
stick
into
small pieces
.
Written by: ネコダ
Show /しょう me a little cheese! *sigh* /ちいさい. I love cheese. :)
Written by: キラキラキリン
The
"child = こ"「KO こ」
tried to "show"「SHO ショ」how *small* he could make himself by pinning his
arms
down at his sides. He made himself even smaller than his *little* friend "Chisa"「CHISAI ちい.さい」!
It looks like a small chiiken
ちい
, with 2
wings
and between them its
beak and legs
Written by: Balasko
In contrast to the big kanji
, this
person
has his
arms
down by his side, not stretched out big and wide.
Written by: かわうそ
little, small wings: baby
feathered
bird
trying to, but failing to fully raise/flap its wings up
Written by: Suoira
You can see
as a person SHOwing {ショウ} the size of SO-mething {sa さ-} with their arms. small is a
person standing up
with their
arms slightly closed
, as to say "Oh- {お-}! It's THIS small!". If the object was bigger, the arms and the legs would be more stretched out {that's how you get
}.
Written by: ハッカーヲマン
CHEE SIGHED , I am so SMALL , it SHO isn't fun being this Little
Written by: Andymc1963
The small grains of sand that line the edge of the water are made by waves 丿. These marvelous little crystals SHOW cubic geometry. Each one presents as a
corner
and
edges
.

(*smewʔ)
ショウ← /si̯ɛuᵡ/ ← *smewʔ
The kanji looks a bit like a sai weapon pointing down. Imagine that sai with a piece of cheese on it, and a small mouse eating the cheese. It's a CHEEse SAI.
Written by: マーキュリー22
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/ おがわ - (noun) stream, brook, creek
/ ことり - (noun) small bird, little bird
さい / ちいさいころ - (expression) as a child, when one was a child
/ しょうがっこう - (noun) primary school, elementary school, grade school
さい / ちいさい - (Adjective/-い) small, little, tiny; slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small; low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice); unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial; young, juvenile
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.
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
You
attend the meeting with
two
or more
people
.
Written by: メイサ meisa
I あ
ki-nd カイof don't want to
speak
to
people
at the meeting.
Written by: Wolfenspace
a meeting is where
2
people
moo
at each other.
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
KAI joined a party meeting in front of a
mountain
with
food
on a
picnic table
propped up on top of a
cow
Written by: Suoira
Ah {あ}, meet the
person
who always calls
two
times to say
mu
. That's kinda {カイ} weird.
Written by: LilyJ
I
will MEET
two
people
.
Written by:
Pictogram: from bringing food to the mouth and speaking about the field {work}, activities associated with meetings.

In a meeting or party there is usually provided with
food
for you and
I
.

Alternatively: Under a
roof
two
meet with
me
Written by: フバフバ
Person to meet. {
Person
two
me
et }
Written by: superbaby
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
Myself
and
two
other
persons
meet and form a small party. In this meeting we interview people who join our association.
Written by: Azadeh
A camping table
in front of a
mountain
is a nice place to meet
Written by: Sealingpizza
people
say
words
at meetings
Written by: weirdkeichan
In a meeting,
people
say
:
something.
Written by: Veerdb
A party is like a waiter's
hand
with a
tray
, and everything is under one
roof
.
Written by: グッカット
{I} meet {kai} wearing 2 hats one is
pointy
one is
flat
Written by: Bijiya
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
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
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: ウインク
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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: やしろ
Onyomi: シャ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: しめすへん
Radical
company, firm, office, association, shrine
Mnemonics
This company has a
shrine
on their
grounds
Written by: ドみにく
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Plant a
spirit
in the
dirt
to help your company grow! It's an old SHAman trick
Written by: Seraseth
Businessmen at companies must be
ground
ed in their work,
ne
?
Written by: かわうそ
Ya, she wro-te やしろ that she was a sha-man シャ on her resume. Her last company had a
shrine
on the
grounds
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Boring work at a company can really put your
spirit
to the
ground
, meaning: crush it
Written by: sumimasensei
A company is a
cult
that profits off of putting workers in the
ground
Written by:
Suite and necktie on
, we're in for another
grave
monday at the office.
YAs the SHIRO *white one makes you look a bit SHAggy. I think the bleu one fits better with the company's image.
Written by: ジェン~1984
An
altar
on the
ground
/ト← /tʰuoᵡ/ ← *l̥ʰaːʔ … *ɦljaːʔ → /ʑi̯aᵡ/ →シャ calls for a shrine to protect it, and the shrine needs an association to maintain it. It may be necessary to hire a company to make certain repairs. That requires a contract and a contract means lawyers, so call the local firm and ask them to send someone down from their office.
My old company really drove my
spirit
into the
ground
with this SHAm {しゃ} they had me selling
Written by: ろおん
A
man in a suit or a monk in a robe
in front of their company or shrine
grounds
. He’s shouting {sha}
Written by: SaltyCogs
Associate in a shrine to show
your respects to the
God
of
Land
.
Written by: コエル
Put on a necktie
and go to the shrine on the company
grounds
to get some shamanic シャ work done!
Written by: Azadeh
Ideogram: Before there were companies, firms, and offices people dedicated themselves to a
god’s
soil
in a shrine.
Written by: フバフバ
that meme, where a lazy
company worker
is thrown out of window on the
ground
out of the company's building
Written by: danialx
His earthworks company was more like a
cult
worshipping
soil
.
Written by: ゾンベカ
A company is a
cult
you build from the
ground
up
Written by: フバフバ
When you work for a company, you will
ne
ver have to sleep on the
ground
again!
Written by: superbaby
ne
do
san {ned flanders} thought he was a /かいしゃいん, but was actually in a cult & got SHOT at the ginGER/red torii shrine
Written by: Suoira
A SHArk {しゃ} once said you should respect the
spirit
of the
ground
before building a company. This SHArk {しゃ} knows things, okay?
Written by: Justps2
Set up an
altar
on the
ground
and pray that your company does well and grows! It's an old SHAman {シャ} trick.
Written by: quickMaffs44
This company
cultivates
the
earth
Written by: NickKnackSnack
This company is
ground
ing
spirits
!
Written by: AidanRyota
all of the company employees sit on the
floor
all day, resisting the urge to take off their
neckties
. i admire their resilience.
Written by: serrea
It's common to bury a SHArk {しゃ}
spirit
in the
ground
in front of most companies.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Plant a
spirit
in the
dirt
before you start your company and it will be successful. That's what all the great, old Japanese companies did back in the olden days.
Written by: しまうま
Ya や the walls of the office are white
しろ
Written by: Mulligan
An place where you are
show
ed
{
>
} what to do and built on the
ground
is usually a firm or company.
Written by: バリエル
and シャ work at company that specializes in under
ground
piping.
Written by: チェイスです
Honda showed
that he can built a company from the ground
Written by: サウミタ
The Sha's {シャ} company would do
*anything
on
earth
, as long as it made money. *any sounds like n e
Written by: Anonymous123
A
cult
of
officer
is called a
Company.

Although
earth, ground
scholar, gentlemen, officer
are different, they look similar!
Written by: オニヴェル
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/ やしろ - (noun) (Shinto) shrine
/ つじやしろ - (noun) {arch} small shrine built at a crossroads
/ かいしゃ - (noun) company, corporation, firm; one's workplace
/ しゃちょう - (noun) company president, manager, director
/ しんぶんしゃ - (noun) newspaper company
Kunyomi: ちち
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ちち
Radical
father
Mnemonics
This kanji has
thick eyebrows
and a
large nose with a moustache
, just like my father.
Written by: gillianfaith
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My father has a fu-ll フ
beard
and thick
eyebrows
. He's always itchy itchy ちち!
Written by: Wolfenspace
My *father* got
smile lines
on his face from always smiling at me as a kid when I would ask for "chi-chi"「CHICHI ちち」, my word for chicken nuggets made from "tofu"「TŌ とう、FU フ」.
With a cheesy{chichi}
mask
, my father raised his
eyebrows
to the max, entertaining us with playful antics.
Written by: なないで
Father
having
eyebrows
always says
no
Written by: Bijiya
My father was a lumberjack. Used to keep his
two axes crossed
. What a noble profession.
Written by: Cospefogo
My father has the face of an unimpressed cat, one whose
eyes
are always closed, one whose lips, which meet with his nose, are always curled into a
frown!
Written by: Myaku
Pictogram: A
hand
holding a
stone
as a hand axe since the father usually provided wood for burning

As a phonetic bushu: フ、ブ
Written by: フバフバ
8
out of 10 fathers would like
grass clippers
for Father's day
Written by: とくだいふろ
Looks like
crossed arms
with
closed fists
, like a representation of a father protecting his family.
Written by:
The father is a
person
swinging
an
ax
/フ, building a log cabin to raise his family in.
Related vocabulary
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/ ちち - (noun) {hum} (one's own) father
/ ちちのひ - (noun) Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)
/ そふ - (noun) (one's own) grandfather
/ ふぼ - (noun) father and mother, parents
さん / おとうさん - (noun) {hon} father, dad, papa, pa, pop, daddy, dada; {hon} husband; {pn} {fam} you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), he, him
Kunyomi: はは
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: なかれ,ははのかん
Radical
mother
Mnemonics
Watching the
raindrops
fall down the
window
with your mother.
Written by: fuzzygreen5
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Since I was bo-rn ボ, my mother has told me '
do not
draw
on the window!' I just do it when she's not looking, haha はは!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Sideways breasts
for breastfeeding baby
Written by: ぶらんどん
When I would get "bored"「BO ボ」on long "car"「KĀ かあ」trips, my *mother* would play
tic-tac-toe
with me. I'd always win by getting three
checks
in a row, but *mom* would laugh every time, "ha ha"「HAHA はは」!
A mother is a
woman
who has
nursed
her children. The radical is a simplified version of the character used as a component in other kanji.

(*mɯʔ)
ボ← /mə̯uᵡ/ ← *mɯʔ
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ, cognate to Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr.
It’s
raining
today
, so we’ll take the car かあ with MOTHER
Written by: リアンカ
You love to dance under the
sun
drops
with your mother
Written by: Seraseth
As a child, I gazed into my
mother's
eyes
, calling her "haha," a bond of unconditional love.
Written by: なないで
Looks like the
breasts
and
nipples
of a woman who is a mother, but turned sideways.
Written by:
mitosis, a cell dividing into two. when mitosis takes place, a woman is transformed into a mother
Written by: c3t
My mom
is into BOTANICAL GARDENS ボ, just like all moms are.
Differentiated form of , the difference being the addition of breasts in the form of dots which indicate nursing a hallmark of being a
mother
Written by: フバフバ
You
mustn't
shout at your mom.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
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/ はは - (noun) {hum} mother
/ ははおや - (noun) mother
/ ふぼ - (noun) father and mother, parents
/ ほぼ - (noun) {dated} (female) childcare worker, kindergarten teacher
さん / おかあさん - (noun) {hon} mother, mom, mum, ma; {hon} wife; {pn} {fam} you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), she, her
Kunyomi: たか, たか.い, たか.まる, たか.める
Onyomi: コウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: たかい
Radical
tall, high, expensive
Mnemonics
This kanji seems to illustrate a king with expensive tastes. There is a
crown
on his
head
and he wears an expensive
cape
on his
shoulders
.
Written by: Kylanoカイラーノ
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A tall
house
needs a
door
, a
top floor
, and a
roof
.
Written by: ringobingo
Everyone wants to talk a-bout たか the tall
skyscraper
with the expensive
tea shop
on the roof. The tea there co-st コウ a fortune!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Mr. "Takai"「TAKAI たか.い」has an *expensive*
apartment
in a *tall*, *high*-
rise
"co-op"「KŌ コウ」
building
.
A tall pagoda
with a big
door
, two expensively decorated
rooms
and it's
roof
on top.
Written by: シンソー
Depicts a tall building with a
roof
, a window
mouth
/コウ for lookouts to look out from, and the
base
structure with a door
mouth
. Buildings are expensive to build, especially as they get really high.

(*kaːw) 稿
コウ← /kɑu/ ← *kaːw
This Tall tower has 2 monstrous
mouths
for windows. It won't eat anyone as long as the
lid
that seals it is kept on. Don't TAKE たか the lid off!
Written by: Norkestra
My co-worker {コウ} bought a tall and expensive *samurai robot. *samurai robot =
hat
+
head
+
arms
+
body
Written by: Anonymous123
Whole the kanji
looks like a building, a high, expensive building
Written by: Japaneses cool
One
above the
other
makes them
tall
Written by: Nihang
You're still {KOU}nting how many expensive prosthetics have fallen out off the tall
box
on the highest shelf. There are more than
two hundred mouths
{TAKA}ing up space on the floor and you're starting to reaaaaally hate {DA KA}worker that forgot to put the
lid
back on the damn thing.
Written by: LeBran
The tall tower with two
windows
reaches high into the sky. It was quite expensive to build.
Written by: チュリップ
The
building
is very tall, with a
needle
high up. It must be very expensive to live there
Written by: Artsykid
They always put the most expensive
thing
taller and higher than
everything else
in shops.
Written by: Uao
Pagodas have
pot lid
style roofs and upper
openings
for viewing. A larger
hood
style body covers the main
opening
. These buildings are always tall and expensive
Written by: ディアロ
"Haha guys I'm gonna climb up that
tall building and jump off it's gonna be radical!"

"NO JOHN YOU IDIOT THAT'S TOO HIGH, AND YOUR MEDICAL BILLS WILL BE EXPENSIVE!"
Written by: jeasydj123
the teapot looks like a
box not upside-down
with a
mouth-like
opening and a
lid
Written by: weirdkeichan
Don't overthink it, This is just a
pagoga house
, which is usually very tall
Written by: Mikatsuki_August
In Death Note, Kiyomi
TAKA
da
has high praise for Kira.
Written by:
I close my
mouth
with the
kettle lid
since the expensive
box
was turn upside-down after falling from a high/tall place.
Written by:
2 stories
building
with a
roof
,which is freaking High for 1-2000 years ago.
Written by: Dan.t.ph
the meal under that
kettle lid
to feed all these
mouths
is surely expensive
Written by: zhowell
When you stack a lot of things
on
top
of
each
other
physically, they become tall and high up, and when 'stacked' metaphorically, they become more expensive.
Written by:
The character is literally a tall building with the
roof
, the
window
, the
first floor
, and the
door
. Also borrowed for the meaning of high in price, or expensive.
Written by: non0230
The TALL king, your HIGHness, has EXPENSIVE items, like the
crown
in its
head
and the
cape
in its
shoulders
.
Written by: Ralex
A tall sTACK’A {たか} expensive
boxes
and their fancy
lids
Written by: ろおん
When you put a
lid
on your
box
you can use your
mouth
to tell everyone how big and expensive it is
Written by: Astarlia
I sat with my tall friend on the
upside-down box
, placed the
lid
on the kettle and drank the tea with our
mouths
.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
*Expensive* buildings are always at least
two
stories *tall*
Written by: liltofu
Related vocabulary
/ たか - (noun) quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money
さ / たかさ - (noun) height, altitude, elevation, level; {math} altitude, height
らか / たからか - (Adjective/-な) loud, sonorous, ringing
/ たかね - (noun) high price
/ さいこう - (Adjective/-な) best, supreme, wonderful, finest; highest, maximum, most, uppermost, supreme
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: コウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: きへん
Radical
exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Mnemonics
My school has lots of
trees
and a kind teacher wearing a
hat
who is a
father
figure for all of us.
Written by: Mystery4869
Show all mnemonics (45)
The school
tree
has
six
cross
marks.
Written by: kaname19
My
father
disguised with a
hat
is hiding behind a
tree
, spying on me while I am taking the exam at school.
Written by: クラリティー
The school is a
wooden
building where you
mingle
with fellow students and teachers
Written by: Hexador
Sitting cross-legged
under the
roof
of the
wooden
school building.
Written by: Karlla
My
dad
always prints my
papers
. He always says: ' You KOU girl!' befor my exams. He doesn't want loosers in the family
tree
.
Written by: ジェン~1984
I always co-erce コウ my
Dad
to proofread my schoolwork so I can make corrections before the exam. I make a lot of mistakes, so the whole process kills a lot of
trees
. But I need to get my
graduation cap
just like he did.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Exam is tomorrow, you KOU
コウ
get em'! Said my
father
from underneath the
tree
Written by: YoImLive
I attend a small,
wooden
*school* in "Kyoto"「KYŌ キョウ」where I take many *exams*. I got
six
*printing* mistakes
crossed out
and had to make "*corrections*"「 KŌ コウ」.
On hot days at school, the students would
mingle
beneath the
trees
.
Written by: CatManDan
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“キョウ → コウ” Semantic
“tree”. Originally meant a wooden beam a prisoner’s legs were tied to hence
which is a pictogram of a man crossing his legs. Eventually became “school” likely as a phonetic loan or due to the structure being made of wood and is where ideas mix.

A school is a
wooden
structure where ideas
mix
.
Written by: フバフバ
I wish my
father
would stop trying to sneak into my school! The unconvincing
hat
, the badly hiding behind
tree
s
, and the コウde names are just so unキョウmfortable
Written by: アーケノット
Back in the days, the only education you get is under a
tree
as you
mingle
.
Written by: アフマヂ
tree
+
mingle

Schools are a place where you
mingle
with others and they're usually surrounded by
trees
.

READING: same reading as
-> caw caw
Written by: Plum Blossom
A school is a
wooden
building where different children
mingle
.
Written by: 🦡
I
wood
mingle
but I have to go to school!
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Beneath the
tree
, big men sit and
mingle
/コウ. They are founding a school.
/あぜ ridge, footpath, causeway
/かせ shackles, fetters, bonds
える  come up with, contrive, devise
べる  compare, compete, vie
My
Father
passed his exam, and wore a graduation
cap
to hide his comb
コウ
over.
Trees
are used by
fathers
to construct the
roof
of the S”kou”l
Written by: Mulligan
At
forestry
school, I got
six
wrong
answers on my exam.
Written by: gillianfaith
My
father
wore a
hat
while he waited for me next to the school
tree
Written by: バレリー
To help with my exam at school, my
father
took out the
lid
of the cookie jar and told me to -kou-nt them all. That was such a dumb way to help, I had to wonder if a
tree
hadn't fallen on him!
Written by: Lyrah
I am sad
because my favourite
hat
doesn't protect me from falling
trees
while i cut them down to make printing paper.
Written by: チュリップ
As you were studying for your exam
next to a
tree
, you noticed your
father
mingling
with his friends in your neighborhood.
Written by: くん
Your
father
is standing next to a
tree
with a
kettle
on his head, wondering if you did well on your exam
.
Written by: くん
Lazily leaning on a
tree
, your
kettle-lid hatted
father
schools you on how to look cool like him. He drawls, "Exams start next week, be there or be square".
Written by: whereareyou
Amidst the boiling
kettle
, my
father's
urgent shout propelled me, but a fallen
tree
blocked my path to the school.
Written by: なないで
School is where the
tree
of knowledge meets
the mind
Written by: ニモ.ケモノ
Inside the school that is made of
wood
, a student is
giving
his homework.
Written by: アルバルト
The best school has no exams. It is my
dad
, in his
hat
, teaching me, as we sit outside beneath the
tree
on a nice day.
Written by:
there are
variety
of
trees
planted in my school
Written by: FingTheMan
At school or during exam, our
tree
of knowledge comes from the
mingling, mixing, and associating
with various experiences and lessons—from proof and/or correction.

These comings and goings
of experiences imprint in our heads
, including what we've learnt from our fathers
.
Written by: Vee2026
Wood
desks and
mingling
students at a school
Written by: ディアロ
The school is the perfect place to correct your
mingle
game or to show proof of it under the
trees
, even if it could be examined under strict scrutiny
Written by: スキス イス
Your
father
got so angry at you for failing the exam that he's chopping down a
tree
with his bare
hands
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
Father
cuts
tree
with
kettle lid
to make paper.
Written by: Houou
My
father
in his favorite
hat
waiting for me at the school
tree
after my exam
Written by: ロニー88
Dad
with a
hat
used to lean on a
tree
to examine his surroundings in his high school years. For proof he showed me a printing of his photo when I wanted a correction of his words.
Written by: ドナ21
the students gathered under the
tree
to
mingle
before the exam
Written by: シヴィ・エンビ
After school, I often grab some snacks from the nearby COOP コウ supermarket and go to a park to
mingle
with other students under the cooling shadows of the
trees
.
My
father
walked over to that
tree
, kicked it, then put a
lid
on his head and said triumphantly "Welcome to the School of Life, son."
Written by: Menhit
A
wooden
building where we go to
associate
is a school.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
After school, the young shinobis
mingled
under the big
tree
, dreaming about their future as ninjas.
*Mingle is composed of top hat and father.
Written by: ジューリ
Next to the
tree
, a
lid
is put on your
father
. "Hello child," he says. "This is your new school."
Written by: しまうま
the kids
mingle
with the
trees
at school
Written by: weirdkeichan
Today {キョウ) I have an exam about
tree
s
. I don’t want to go {コウ} to school,
dad
!
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
Related vocabulary
see all words
/ がっこう - (noun) school
/ ちゅうがっこう - (noun) junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school
/ しょうがっこう - (noun) primary school, elementary school, grade school
/ こうちょう - (noun) principal, head teacher, headmaster, headmistress
/ こうこう - (noun) {abbr} senior high school, high school
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
Show all mnemonics (19)
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
Via : every
sprout
𠂉
(child)was born of a
mother
/ボ←モ←ム← /mə̯uᵡ/ ← *mɯʔ … *mɯːʔ → /muɑ̆iᵡ/ →マイ.
is the radical despite being phonetic because
𠂉
can’t be a radical.
No
one
mother
can do everything, but my マイ mom's got ごと my back.
Written by: Wolfenspace
"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
Lying down
because
mother
has done every thing
Written by: ディアロ
Every time we go to the beach, MY マイ
mom
soaks me with the
water gun
. 🔫
マイ ごと every time is
no
丿
one
else but my
mom
.
Written by: moolsu
there should be a
gun
mounted on top of every
window
Written by: Suoira
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
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
One person
must not
do everything. Ask for help!
Written by: GwynneBleidd
there are
no
丿
people who have more than
one
biological
mother
Written by: weirdkeichan
Related vocabulary
see all words
/ 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: かた.らう, かた.る
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
Show all mnemonics (39)
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
I
need all
five
senses, like the
mouth
,
to learn the words and
language
of japanese. Holistic learning amiright
Written by: unfocghost
The
talkative person
repeats GO
five
times with their big
mouth
Written by: チュリップ
I can
speak
five
languages, let's GO!
Written by: レイん|レナ
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
I am on Renshuu because I can only
speak
five
words
of the Japanese language
Written by: Robdeprop
Learning a language may look easy, but it may take you around
5 years
of practice to
speak
well on your
own
this kanji means
word
,
speech, or language
. When you read it out loud with your
mouth
, it might sound like
“go”
Written by: SaltyCogs
I
say
my own
words
Written by: ディアロ
Go study the
five
mouths
to say a
word
in another languague
Written by: Useless_Sky
The
five
last words that ever came out of his
mouth
: "
Say
goodbye to my goat... ゴ"
Written by: ケンパチ
Five
words
from
mouth
to mouth GOes ゴ for a language.
Written by: Azadeh
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
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
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
You need
five
mouths
to
speak
a language these days- they're just way to hard to learn!
Written by: kije En Ken
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
see all words
/ かたりくち - (noun) way of reciting, way of telling a story
くもるも / きくもなみだ、かたるもなみだ - (expression) (a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
/ ちゅうごくご - (noun) Chinese (language)
/ えいご - (noun) English (language)
/ たんご - (noun) word, vocabulary
Kunyomi: ふみ
Onyomi: ブン, モン
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ぶん
Radical
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Mnemonics
A-san: "c'MON {モン} man... Did you eat the last meat BUN {ブン}?! I opened the
lid
and it's all gone! It was labeled with my name in big text, but somebody
crossed it out
!" B-san: "Who me {ふみ}?... I uhh {あや}..."
Written by: quickMaffs44
Show all mnemonics (14)
I
cover up
crossed out
sentences with white marker fluid
Written by: ドみにく
ぶん left his
book
about literature on the
table
. モン complained about it.
Written by: チェイスです
Depicts a
big
man, his
chest
tattooed with body art, figures and other decoration—particularly long vertical stripes resembling vertical writing. This style is a long way from literature, but it is connected by the humble sentence.

(*mɯn)
モン← /mi̯uən/ ← *mɯn
(ブン is a later MC borrowing. Compare Min Nan bûn, Hakka vûn.)
The character is originally
a man
with tattoos on his chest, but the tattoo part vanished over time. It means art, culture or anything related to that area.
Written by: non0230
Put a
lid
on the
cut grass
. That's a sentence I guess.
Written by: サマヒラ
I put a
lid
on the kettle, put down my BUN {ぶん}, and
mowed
down the PokeMON {もん} like sentences from a literary tale.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
An
X shape
wearing a
hat
, symbolizing text.
Written by: AidanRyota
It literally looks like an erudite person, with the
hat
and
two hanging threads

Those are masters in literature and in delivering wise sentences.
Written by: ケンパチ
A
candle
on a
table
, picture a scholar writing ancient literature by the light
Written by: Sealingpizza
Ideogram: A
man
with outstretched arms originally with an indicated heart. He wears fine clothing.

The idea that a
man
symbolizes culture, sentences and literature is nothing strange as this is the byproduct of man which is at his heart {exposed chest}.

As a Phonetic bushu: ブン、モン。
Written by: フバフバ
dc comics publicist only put out a single sentence putting a
lid
{like a bread BUN} on the
red x
comic series
Written by: Suoira
A sentence
on the fridge door: "Keep the BUNS ブン cool if the HUMIDITY ふみ is high".
"For your your style crimes, I sentence you to eat the MONth-old {モン}
BUN
{ブン} on that
table
."

"WHO, ME?" {ふみ}

"Well, there's no one else here, soooo..."

"AWW...YEAH." {あや}
I put the
lid
on the tea kettle and
mow
down the sentences
in my book
Written by: ジュピタ
Related vocabulary
see all words
/ ふみ - (noun) {form} letter, note, mail; {form} book, writings; {poet} literary arts, learning, scholarship
/ ぶんか - (noun) culture, civilization, civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
/ もんく - (noun) complaint, grumbling, objection; phrase, words, expression
/ ぶんがく - (noun) literature
/ ぶんぽう - (noun) grammar
Kunyomi: かえ.す, かえ.る
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: はば
Radical
homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
Mnemonics
When I come home I exchange my
sword
for a
broom
.
Written by: Karlla
Show all mnemonics (18)
When I see my
knife
,
broom
, and
towel
, I know I arrived at home.
Written by: nexx
After I arrived home and opened the door with my key {き}, I was shocked to see my wife battling home invaders with a
broom
. I grabbed my
sword
and joined the fray. What a homecoming!
Shinjitai form of : has
the standing sword
—which is not the radical—substituting for troops that
sweep
away the enemy and return home. , the radical of , is not present in the simplified character, so the new radical /キン→キ is taken from the phonetic component /シ→キ.
When I arrive at home I have chase away all the FROGs {かえる} … The KEY {き} is to swap my
sword
for a
broom
and shoo them away!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
looks like a
person on a bike
in the
side road
on it's way to return home
Written by: Wilka
I'm returning home to my
city
with a
river
on the west and a
pond
on the north.
Written by: Bobanecz
A
knife
got stuck in
Wolverine's
forehead,
and he has a
towel
wrapped around it to stop the bleeding, but he really needs to return home.
Written by: しまうま
It's time to go home—turn in your
sword
and throw in
yo
wa
{your}
towel
.
Written by: lightmotif
I'm going back to
Ri
Yo
city
where I have a
roof
over my head.
Written by: モサイツアオ
I was first just a little which with a
broom
, in a little cottage in the woods but when I get out of the house I pick up my
sword
. Whenever I come home my mom's arms is where I'll be.
The student rides his
motorcycle
along the
highway
to lead to homecoming
Written by: cole0
Looks like a
rocket / space shuttle
lining up with a
docking arm
as it arrives at a docking port / landing pad. Homecoming / arrive at / lead to / result in are each forms of portraying an end point in some form of progression.
Written by:
When I first arrive at home, I put away my
sword
, look for my
comb
in the bathroom, place my
towel
on the
bar
and shower.
Written by: あいりー
Yo,
I always return home pretty late, it always feels like I come from climbing a mountain
upside down. No
cap
, I am being for real
.
Written by: TheJaviED
REturned {katakana RI}
home to use the
broom
3x before YOga {
looks more like 3 or katakana YO here}
Written by: Suoira
Turning back
to our domestic
washcloth
essentially means we're returning home.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
A person
named Kae is arriving at their house opening the
door
using the power of their ki.
Written by: ミリア♡
After I arrive at home, I clean my
sword
with the
towel
from the
yo
-yo
box
Written by: Seblin
Related vocabulary
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ってる / かえってくる - (くる verb) to return, to come back
/ かえりみち - (noun) the way back, the way home, return trip
/ きたく - (noun/する verb) returning home, going home, coming home, getting home
る / かえる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to return, to come home, to go home, to go back; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); {baseb} to get home, to get to home plate
り / かえり - (noun) return home, coming back home
Kunyomi: い.る, い.れる, はい.る
Onyomi: ニュウ
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: いる,いりがしら,いりやね
Radical
enter, insert
Mnemonics
I'm trying to insert the
thread
into the
needle
eye.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
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In "Hyrule"「HAIRU はい.る」castle, Link *inserted* a
key
in the
door
, and *entered* an "eerie room"「IRERU い.れる」where he found a "new"「NYŪ ュウ」sword.
You enter the
teepee
and notice the roof is high はい on the left
Written by: リアンカ
When her ニュウ {new} song came out, Taylor entered
the room and said, 🎶 "It's い. はい. {Me. Hi.} I'm the problem." 🎶
Written by: Jen GP
In the Legend of Zelda: Windwaker, when you ュウ enter the
castle
of hyru-le はいる, it's quite eerie いれる.
Written by: Wolfenspace
An up-arrow ⬆️ indicating the place to enter or where to insert something. You write it the same way you write an arrow,
left
to
right
.
The main on’yomi ニュウ is from Middle Chinese /ȵʑi̯əp̚/ by way of Old Japanese にふ. The Proto-Sino-Tibetan root *nup sounds suspiciously like nuptials, from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ-, but that’s probably a coincidence.
The alternate reading ジュ, used in a few old words relating to courting, is also from にふ, but may have been influenced by a shift in the Mandarin pronunciation, an irregular sound change made for taboo reasons—to avoid homophony with its derived vulgar meaning.
Not part of any phonetic series, but related to (OC *nuːbs, “inside”)
Looks like a tall person
leaning back and stepping forward awkwardly to
enter
a room with a low doorway.
Written by:
You see that
teepee
over there? If you enter it you can get a new /ニュウ/ mini teepee that looks just the same.
Written by: *Anna*
Inserting a
needle
with a
long stick
is hard.
Written by: ジョアオ003
If rotate hito kanji then you can
insert
another kanji into japanese language
Written by: Veerdb
I
bow to the left
and present
my left arm
to allow the nurse to insert her needle
Written by: ケンパチ
Your {NYUU} job is to enter at {JYU}st the right moment in a {HAI}dey-hole and insert the {I}ball into the mini
teepee
Written by: LeBran
Enter
with right foot as customary.
Written by: フバフバ
Related vocabulary
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/ いれもの - (noun) container, case, receptacle; {euph} coffin, casket
/ でいりぐち - (noun) exit and entrance
/ はいりぐち - (noun) entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth
/ にゅうがく - (noun/する verb) admission (to a school or university), entrance, enrolment, enrollment, matriculation
れる / いれる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to put in, to let in, to take in, to bring in, to insert, to install (e.g. software), to set (a jewel, etc.), to ink in (e.g. tattoo); to admit, to accept, to employ, to hire; to include; to pay (one's rent, etc.); to cast (a vote); to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to turn on (a switch, etc.); to send (a fax), to call
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