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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
The child is “ko”ld so they “shi”ver
Written by: Mulligan
That poor child - SHE has lived a
total
of
one
year.
Written by: Karlla
Child
hugging
their mother.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The 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
Related vocabulary
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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: なが.い
Onyomi: チョウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: ながい
Radical
long, leader, superior, senior
Mnemonics
Our leader
is carrying his
banner.
Written by: Nuvssan
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Our leader is not just a guy ながい, he was cho-sen チョウ to lead! Look at
him
carry our long
banner
!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Her
hair
falls in long waves over her
robes
.
Written by: Karlla
We "chose"「CHŌ チョウ」our *leader* because he was *superior* to all the other *senior* warriors.
He
had the stamina to carry our
banner
the entire *long* distance from "Osaka"「OSA おさ」to "Nagasaki"「NAGAI なが.い」!
It looks like
someone
measuring their height, or length, by standing against a
ruler
.
Written by: Kylanoカイラーノ
Nah, guys {nagai} under 6 feet arent tall enough for me. I like guys with long
legs
.
Written by: Randomdude567
Our leader is amazing! Look at
him
hoist that long
banner
as he marches into the naga's /なが/ den. He his the chosen /チョウ/ one!
Written by: Miku0Sama
Originally a pictogram of an old man with long hair. I like to visualize him
sitting down
for a meal,
holding chopsticks
, and then a gust of wind blows all of his
hair
in front of his face.
Written by: Biev
Depicts an
old man
with long
hair
, the leader of the tribe. See also .

(*taŋʔ) 倀
チョウ←ちやう← /ȶi̯aŋᵡ/← *taŋʔ
NAGAIna {ながい} is a long snake of Death Eaters’ leader, who along with their senior members believes in wizard superiority.

Note: Nagaina is Nagini’s name in one of Russian translations of the book, probably referencing the snake from Rudyard Kiplings’ “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” story.
Pictogram: An old man with
long
hair blowing in the wind symbolizes a
leader
due to age.
Written by: フバフバ
He is not just a guy
ながい na-GAI
he is a senior and leader with long strong arms holding up a plank stacked with bricks. He is superior.
Written by: Yan-G
The
banners
that Japanese
leaders
were carrying were vertically long.
Written by: モニくん
This
E
L
I
X
ure makes your hair long, which identifies you as the leader.
Written by: Xilmi
Her
hair
needs
hairpins
because it is long
Written by: ディアロ
"Who are we following again? That guy?". I rolled my eyes and said "Nah THAT guy" and pointed at the one holding a stick and flag .
Written by: チャーリー98
Our
flag
on the
ground
was cut into
three
long strips using a
hook
on a
stick
. But then our leader saw it, and cho-rtled "Naga-na work! Cut it more!"「チョウ」「なが」
Written by: Vitor Conte
Looks like the long-
backed
throne
of a leader who is both superior and senior to his subordinates.
Written by:
Related vocabulary
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/ ながねん - (noun) long time, many years
く / ながびく - (Godan verb - く/intransitive) to be prolonged, to drag on, to take a long time, to persist, to linger
/ しゃちょう - (noun) company president, manager, director
/ しちょう - (noun) mayor
/ てんちょう - (noun) shop manager
Kunyomi: つぎ, つ.ぐ
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
next, order, sequence
Mnemonics
First it is water, next it becomes
ice
, due to
lack
of heat.
Written by: ドみにく
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She {シ} was trying to put together a bed that she bought from Ikea, but she got the sequence of steps wrong, and so her attempt
failed
. It was
icy
cold and she wished she could crawl into a snug, cozy bed. Instead she
yawned
and said, "Gee {ジ}, what should I do next?
Is
lack
of
ice
next with global warming?
Written by: Flopom
Next is Number
Two
/ニ→ジ. Number Two will fill the
gap
left by Number One, the previous member of the sequence when it is processed in order.
The radical cannot be or , because this construction implies a whole theoretical class of characters, including first ⿰, second ⿰, third ⿰, etc. Therefore the radical must be . Compare .

(*sn̥ʰis) 姿
シ← /t͡sʰiᴴ/ ← *sn̥ʰis
The next thing SHE {ㇱ} found on the
mountain
was a
chair
. It was
wet
, that wasn't TOO GOOd {つ.ぐ}.
Global warming sequence is
ice
glaciers melting because we
lack
proper care. Next in order?
Written by: Pharmacia
Possibly Phono-semantic Ideogram: Phonetic
“シ” “two/ニ” Semantic
“man kneeling/inferior”. Either the ニ indicates two men conversing or it indicates saliva expelled to indicate a conversation.

When counting down, the
second
inferior
is the next number in order of sequence.
Written by: フバフバ
First we
lack
water
, now what's next
Written by: ロニー88
You already had an
ice
, but the next time you check, you
lack
it?

...That's because it melted. That's just the natural sequence of physical reactions.
Written by: コノエ・エル
You’re next in line to get your hair cut. You can go sit in the
chair
, and she シ will
wash
it. After that she’ll dye しだい it.
Written by: Jules.33
That
ku
on top of that
person
sweating
probably means she シ is making a sequence of exercises. Maybe she's having tsushi next!
Written by: 【サラ☆】
Wrap
> a
person
in a coat and the next time it
rains
, he will be dry.
Written by: FOXYPIRATEN
now that we're at the
ice
, next, order have to make the pirate
failures
walk the plank in sequence in single file to then sink through
Written by: Suoira
Gee ジ, I'm
lacking
ice
to treat my next patient...
Written by: ケンパチ
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/ つぎ - (noun) next, following, subsequent; stage, station
/ つぐみ - (noun) {rare} next in line, heir
/ じかい - (noun) next time (occasion)
/ しだい - (noun/adverb) depending on (after a noun); as soon as, immediately after, upon (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb); as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"), whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand") (after the -masu stem of a verb); {n} order, program, programme, precedence; {n} circumstances, course of events, state of things; {n} reason
/ つぎつぎ - (adverb) in succession, one by one
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: ウインク
The produce from the
rice fields
gives you
power
to DANCE ダン like a man. 🕺🏻
Compound Ideogram: “field”
“power”
.

Often the man is providing the agricultural
power
on the
field
Written by: フバフバ
Male is an agricultural ideograph, so
field
/デン→ダン is the radical. Manual labor—in early forms, often represented by a hand, 𠂇 or 䶹—supplied the
power
to reap, thresh and winnow cereal.

ナン is thought to be cognate to /ノウ← /nuoŋ/ ← *nuːŋ … *nuːm→ /năm/ →ナン, but you can arrive at the same result by just spelling man backwards:
/nam/ → /namʉ/ → /naɴ/ →ナン.
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
A man brags, "No
rice field
can withstand my
power
!"
Written by: whereareyou
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
Dan the man has so much
power
. Makes sense, he loves growing plants at his
rice field
.
Written by: kije En Ken
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:
The
rice field
team is made up of 9
strong
males
Written by: ニュちゃん
Men use all their
strength
to the
rice fields
every day!
Written by: ルイス
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, ニョ, ニョウ
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
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*
“Ona”
「おんな」means “she” in Polish. “She” refers to a woman or female.
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
A woman who has flexible
legs
and straight
arms
to do the work.
Written by: ウインク
Pictogram:
kneeling woman
with emphasized breasts, the enclosed area is a left over of right breast which was omitted unlike the related .
Written by: フバフバ
I am an amazingly beautiful woman. And no matter what happens I will always do my best even when I'm a
ku
no
ichi
and no one else knows.
Written by: ฅIris the otakuฅ
Depicts a
kneeling figure
that denotes a woman because it is cognate with mother . Read ジョ like the name JO or Josephine. Also read ニョ or ニョウ in older compounds. These readings derive from a common form with a nasalized alveolar fricative. Old Chinese *naʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naq, is probably not directly related to “nan” or “nana,” but you never know.

Man’yōgana for め and メ based on the kun’yomi.

(*naʔ)
ジョ←ぢよ, ニョ← /ni̯woᵡ/ ← *naʔ
ニョウ appears to be ニョ with vowel lengthening for emphasis.
It looks like a
head
with
bangs
and
side tails
Written by: チュリップ
Related vocabulary
/ おんな - (noun) woman, female; female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
/ おとめ - (noun) (young) girl, maiden, young lady
/ かのじょ - (noun) she, her; {n} girlfriend
/ おうにょ - (noun) princess
/ にょうぼう - (noun) wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace; {arch} woman (esp. as a love interest)
Kunyomi: く.る, きた.す, きた.る
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
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 .
Plant the
tree
today and tomorrow it becomes rice
Written by: ニモ.ケモノ
When
RIce
/ RYE {ライ}
comes heavy
on the
plant's
stalks
, harvest is due.
Written by: ヒァン
One
rice
bowl will be coming!
Written by: AidanRyota
Rice
has become a part of my body. Because I eat rice everyday
Written by: Yua
What is to come is
not yet
Written by: Mopolo95
It's a combination of
rice
and
tree
, symbolizing growth, coming forth like a growing plant.
Written by:
Can you do a
split
?
Not yet
, but it will come
Written by: Rilain
From under
one ground
,
many
trees
will come
Written by: ディアロ
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
Ten
drops of
sweat
come from the running
tree
. Hey look, it's coming home!
Written by: DDubixDube
No
丿
tree
can never cause even
one
rice
grain to grow.
Written by: ウインク
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:
Two guests
added to
not yet
means they're still coming.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
On
one
street You can go in all
directions
Written by:
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
Related vocabulary
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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: とし
Onyomi: ネン
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: ほす,かん,いちじゅう
Radical
year, counter for years
Mnemonics
The
man
lay down after carrying a
heavy load of grain on his back
after the yearly harvest
Written by: ドみにく
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After stubbing her TOE , SHE celebrated the year's ENd ネン
Written by: ・サラ
6 strokes
is half a year.
Written by: ヂアモレ
We used to have an old "Toshiba"「TOSHI とし」television. *Year* after *year*, the reception was horrible. Adjusting the
antenna
to get a clear signal was even harder than changing the parts on a "Nendoroid"「NEN ネン」figure!
After
ten
years of stubbing her toe, she とし says
no
丿
more and vows to put an end ネン to it.
Written by: Wolfenspace
no
丿
one
has given me
a gun
in
ten
years!
Written by: スフィクス
The samurai's
hand
firmly holds the pommel of it's
katana
丿
to celebrate new year in peace
Written by: スキス イス
Every year in winter, the
ten
fingers become so
dry
that
no
丿
cream can heal it.
Written by: Houou
Via : the year ends with the
grain
harvest, when one man /ニン→ネン brings in enough wheat to feed
thousands
/セン→ネン. The radical is , because sheafs of wheat are dried in the field before hulling and milling.
When the sun
stops
exactly at the zenith at
noon
, one year has passed.
Written by:
The two men
とし and ネン
have had a
dry
harvest this year
Written by: pojjm
TOSHI had a
gun
& a
luger pistol {stroke order: notice distinct look of top first}
pointed at him for
ten
years after being left out to dry
Written by: Suoira
Lie down
many layers
of dry wheat by
tens
to last the year
Written by: ディアロ
If you offer a piece of
no
ri
丿
{TO SHI}eld the
dry
ocean altar from the {NEver eN}ding heat of this infernal year, you'll be granted permission to dip your sweaty
toes
in the cooling waves.
Written by: LeBran
Rice farmer wearing a rice hat
sleeping next to his
rice cart that has one arm broken
after the YEARly harvest, his mouth is so dry from working so hard {radical is dry}, when he returns home he will watch the game on his TOSHIbaとし and hope the oppoNENtネン team lose
Written by:
A man on the floor doing Yearly mainteNENce on a broken
丿
TOSHIba antena
.
Written by: Canadensis
The year ending is emi-ネン-t,
丿
丿
thing とし, everything
recedes
.
Written by: moolsu
On your farm, you have your
gun
, and you gotta use it on a
cow
. Once a year on New Year's, you have to go out and shoot one of the cows. It's only a yearly shooting, though, so at least there's that respite.
Written by: しまうま
This year my
ten
katana
丿
is
dry
Written by: ポポスくべ
In the dusty den{nen}, years passed by,
drying
memories, yet toshi
held them
tight like his
katana
.
Written by: なないで
Every year I power up my ”ネン”
nen
for my ”とし” toe(to) to
shi
see.
I need dumb anime to help me here I try. Rather remember what the kanji means and the characters to use when I see it.
Written by: ランフイ
Related vocabulary
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/ まいとし - (noun/adverb) every year, yearly, annually
/ としした - (noun) younger, junior
/ さらいねん - (noun/adverb) year after next
/ ねんかん - (noun/adverb) (period of) a year; {n-suf} during the era (of)
/ らいねん - (noun/adverb) next year
Kunyomi: つき
Onyomi: ガツ, ゲツ
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
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
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
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
Depicts the crescent
moon
, but conflated with ⺼, a form of . Related to but not to .

(*ŋod)
ガツ←ぐわつ← /ŋi̯wɐt̚/ ← *ŋod
ゲツ←ぐゑつ← /ŋi̯wɐt̚/ ← *ŋod
Every
MONTH
when the
MOON
is full we
GETSU
ited up and
TSUKI
down the mountain.
Written by: Andymc1963
Man, you're so good at tag! I mean, she only gets {げつ} you once a month. Scratch that, once in a blue
moon
!
Written by: kije En Ken
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
Related vocabulary
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/ まいつき - (noun/adverb) every month, each month, monthly
/ じゅうにがつ - (noun) December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
/ こんげつ - (noun/adverb) this month
/ せんげつ - (noun/adverb) last month
/ げつようび - (noun/adverb) Monday
Kunyomi: い.かす, い.きる, い.ける, う.まれる, う.む, なま, は.える, は.やす, お.う,
Onyomi: ショウ, セイ
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
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”.

(*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs)
セイ,ショウ←さん, しやう← /ʂɐŋ/, /ʂɐŋᴴ/ ← *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
The
tree
's been bare all winter, but it finally sprouted its first
flower
this spring
Written by: shw00by
The life of a fish ends when you have
three
fishing
rod
and a
katana
Written by: ポポスくべ
Human
live and born on
land
Written by: コノエ・エル
The mother
cow
's belly expands from the
one life
growing inside of it.
Written by: こガエル
M-う.ま birthed you and now you have a セイ in life.
Written by: moolsu
Um {umu}, um Reru {umareru) I genuinely don’t know what to sei for the
stage
shou about life and birth.
I
got my
tutu
and
script
but can’t read it. Can you help, Reru?
Written by: SaltyCogs
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
Ideogram: A
plant
sprouting from the
ground
is the universal symbol of life; thats genuine.

As a bushu, can have the reading セイor ショウ.
Written by: フバフバ
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: おも, ぬし
Onyomi: シュ,
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: てん
Radical
lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Mnemonics
The lord wears a
hat
to make himself look like a
king
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Once, a silly *lord* put a
"shoe"「SHU シュ」
on his head and said he looked like a
king
with a crown. The *main thing* about it was that his wife "knew she"「NUSHI ぬし」couldn't take him seriously after that!
The lord is just a
drop
away from being a
king
{by nukemarine}
Written by: guygeva2311
Depicts a lamp with a lit
flame
and a
jade
base. Borrowed for sound to mean lord and master. The main thing to remember is that the chief is also the principal bookkeeper, and the one most in need of artificial light.

(*tjoʔ)
ス←シュ←しゅう← /t͡ɕɨoᵡ/ ← *tjoʔ
I knew she ぬし almo-st おも became lord. Shoo-t シュ, poor Sue ス. So close.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A LORD only has a
DROP
of the
KING'S
power.
Written by: Abnormalise
The lord is a
drop
away from becoming master, no ...
king
of the SHOES {しゅ・しゅう・す}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
A lord only has a
drop
of the
king's
power. He also has a para-'chute' *shu*
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Pictogram: Several origins mixed into one, A
torch
or wood on
fire
, alt. a spiritual tablet.

All have the meaning of “to guide/to Lead” because a torch generally lights up the way literally, a tree on fire can guide others to it, and a spiritual tablet guide people to the “light” figuratively.

As a Phonetic component and basis for a series: シュ、チュウ、ジュウ.
Written by: フバフバ
Dear LORD, the
king
's head is on
fire
in the master bedroom!
Quick, let's go to the master bedroom
Note that the direction of the head on fire is looking toward his shoes シュ
Written by: ケンパチ
SHU/Should this lord become a
king
, he will wear a
crown
on his head.
Written by: レイん|レナ
The chief put a
diamond hat
on the
king
.
Written by: AidanRyota
OMOshiroii the lord stands
above
the
king
. SHUld you have king and lord mixed up.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Even a
king
with a
tick
on his head is still the lord and master of something.
Written by: バリエル
there was a
dot
imprinted by the chief on the
stone
Written by: weirdkeichan
King
おも said to the Lord めし "The Master シュ has betrayed us!"
Written by: チェイスです
The
king
with
kryptonite
is the master of Superman {ス}’s shoe {シュウ}. The master also has some nude {ぬ} sheep {し} running around.
Written by: GwynneBleidd
Related vocabulary
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/ おも - (Adjective/-な) chief, main, principal, important; {abbr} main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
/ やぬし - (noun) landlord, landlady; house owner, home owner, head of the household
/ しゅふ - (noun) housewife, mistress (of the house), homemaker
/ るす - (noun) absence, being away from home; house-sitting, house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.), neglecting
/ ごしゅじん - (noun) {hon} your husband, her husband
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:
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
mitosis, a cell dividing into two. when mitosis takes place, a woman is transformed into a mother
Written by: c3t
You
mustn't
shout at your mom.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
Related vocabulary
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/ はは - (noun) {hum} mother
/ ははおや - (noun) mother
/ そぼ - (noun) grandmother
/ ふぼ - (noun) father and mother, parents
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: あに
Onyomi: キョウ, ケイ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: ひとあし,にんにょう
Radical
elder brother, big brother
Mnemonics
My older brother is nothing but a giant
mouth
and
legs
. All he does is eat my food and kick me!
Written by: マイコー
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My big brother is AN {あに} awesome person, oKAY {けい}. Yes, sometimes he eats so much you wonder if he’s just a
mouth
on
legs
, but I love him even when he has bad days like TODAY {きょう}.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Loud
big
brother
Written by: evanx
"Today = きょう"「 KYŌ キョウ」, my *older brother* "Anni"「ANI あに」was talking so loud while playing Fortnite that he could even be heard outside! "Ok"「KĒ ケイ」, he's like that all the time. It's almost like he's a big
mouth
with
legs
.
The older brother did all the talking—he was the
one
with the
mouth
/コウ→キョウ→ケイ.
is the radical since
is phonetic.

(*hmraŋ)
キョウ,ケイ← くゐやう,くゑい ← /xi̯wɐŋ/ ← *hmraŋ
Today「キョウ」, my
big brother
is watching anime「あにme」. Aaaaniimeeee「Aaaaにいmeeee」all day.
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
my big brother is a normal person: he has a
mouth
and
legs
Written by: weirdkeichan
My older brother only
eats
and
plays soccer
Written by: evanx
My older brother's
mouth
always bites me and his
legs
always kick me!
Written by: ルイス
My elder brother kicked me in the
mouth
with both his
legs
!
Written by: ケンパチ
My elder brother was basically a
mouth
on
legs
when he was a teenager so he was packed of to / きょうと. Yup..we sent him far away to きょうと so he can never bother us again.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Even though my nagging older brother is just a
mouth
with
legs
who just walks and eats my food, we still get along with each other.
Written by: kuroda
The
mouth
and
legs
both are taking a train trip to Nagasaki, and they merged into big brother.
Written by: Christian551
If you mess up the あ from ANI for an お your brother turns into a ghost. i KId YOU not きょう. He will have a large
mouth
than and his
legs
will look opaque.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Related vocabulary
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/ あに - (noun) (one's own) older brother, elder brother
/ きょうだい - (noun) siblings, brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law; {fam} {male} mate, friend
/ じっけい - (noun) biological older brother
さん / おにいさん - (noun) {hon} older brother, elder brother; {fam} young man, buddy, fella, laddie (oft. vocative)
さん / にいさん - (noun) {hon} older brother, elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); {fam} young man, buddy, fella, laddie (usu. vocative)
Kunyomi: あね
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: おんなへん
Radical
elder sister
Mnemonics
My big sis is a
woman
old enough to go by herself to the
city market
.
Written by: rtega
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あね is my big sister.
She
is out buying fish at the
market
Written by: チェイスです
My big sister is AN {あね} elegant
woman
. SHE {し} skips down to the
market
every single day.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
My *older sister*, "Anne"「ANE あね」, is a
woman
who works hard to help my mom. "She"「SHI シ」checks under the
pot lid
to make sure dinner doesn't burn, and
hangs the laundry
to dry.
My elder sister is a
city
girl
Written by:
My older sister is a fine
woman
. She always wears a nice
hat
and uses the
broom
to sweep
Written by: Quixotic
Via :
woman
stop
𠂔
/ジ→/シ.
The elder sister is always having to stop her younger siblings from getting into trouble.
See that
woman
at the the
market
stall? She シ is my older sister Anne あね
Written by: マリナ。
As a
woman
, my elder sister loves to put
lids
on her
cloths
. I've never questioned it.
Written by: Menhit
the
woman
wiped my big sister's
kettle lid
with a
towel
Written by: weirdkeichan
The
woman
in the kitchen lifting the hot
kettle lid
with the
towel
is my older sister.
Written by: Jules.33
Anne「あね」/「ねえ」is my big sister. She「シ」is a
woman
, so she buys
towel
s
at the
city
market
.
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
My big sister goes to
market
buys a lot of
clothes
typical
women
behaviour
Written by: Veerdb
Related vocabulary
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/ あね - (noun) older sister, elder sister
さん / あねさん - (noun) {hon} older sister, elder sister; young lady (vocative); miss; ma'am
/ しまい - (noun) sisters
/ じゅうしまい - (noun) cousin (female)
さん / おねえさん - (noun) {hon} older sister, elder sister; young lady (vocative); miss; ma'am; older girl
Kunyomi: おとうと
Onyomi: ダイ, , テイ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: ゆみ
Radical
younger brother, faithful service to elders
Mnemonics
My little brother loves to wear
dog ears
and a
tail
and shoot tiny
rods
with his
bow
. Weird.
Written by: マイコー
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My younger brother can't keep quiet at a
funeral
. My relatives see him as an angel, while I see him as a devil with a
horns
and a
tail
.
Written by: KafukaMode
My *younger brother* is a little
demon
with
horns
,
tail
, and all, when playing Minecraft. He uses an "autototem"「OTŌTO おとうと」mod so that he'll never "die"「DAI ダイ」!
Depicts a
spinning
top
with a pull
cord
丿
, a toy for a younger brother.
is the radical of
. Do not confuse with .

(*diːlʔ, *diːls)
デ←ダイ, テイ← /dʱieiᵡ/, /dʱieiᴴ/ ← *diːlʔ, *diːls
My little brother is at a
funeral
,
and even though someone die-d ダイ to-day デ, he runs around with
horns
and a
tai-l テイ
丿
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
My younger brother uses
one arm
丿
to carry his
bow
and arrow composed of a
shaft
and
two tail feathers
Written by: Envisioner
I offer my
condolences
for what a
devil
your little brother is.
Written by: 🦡
If you hit your little brother and offer
no
丿
condolences
he will put on his
angry eyebrows
and yell for mom
Written by: ・サラ
The younger brother is holding
one
bow
. He has a foot
丿
and two ears
Written by: サクラガイ🌸
my dad gave my younger brother an
archery bow
that looked like a
rod
when he was
eight
and since then it has still gotten
no
丿
damage
Written by: weirdkeichan
My
eight
year-old younger brother is at the
funeral
.
Written by: P1ng23n4
This is Thor's little brother who disguised as a
snake
on a
stick
, what an
evil
Written by:
my little brother cant listen. It likes he doesnt have
ears
. One time he shot a
bow
into a
rod
with a
ribbon
丿
on it.
Written by: する
Related vocabulary
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/ おとうと - (noun) younger brother, little brother, kid brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband)
/ きょうだい - (noun) siblings, brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law; {fam} {male} mate, friend
り / でしいり - (noun/する verb) becoming a pupil (of), becoming an apprentice
/ してい - (noun) children, sons, children and younger brothers; young people
/ ちきょうだい - (noun) foster sibling, foster brother, foster sister
Kunyomi: いもうと
Onyomi: マイ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: おんなへん
Radical
younger sister
Mnemonics
Your little sister isn't a
woman
yet
.
Written by: Jessica_Ilha
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No wonder MY {まい} little sister is
not yet
a
woman
, she uses too many EMOTEs {いもうと} in her messages!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Because I am the youngest
girl
I'M OTOmatically last and I hate that! MAI siblings left me behind the
tree
for hours once, during hide and seek.😓
Written by: ジェン~1984
"My"「MAI マイ」*younger sister* can't wait to become a
woman
, but her "emotions"「IMŌTO いもうと」are still as immature as a sapling
tree
.
"My {マイ} younger sister has
not yet
become a
woman
".
Written by: げつ
When you are young, your younger sister is
not yet
a
woman
Written by:
Younger sister: a
woman
who is
not yet grown
.
Written by: Biev
Your little sister is a
woman
who can
not yet
reach the
top branch
of the
tree
.
Written by: モニくん
"Dad, where did my younger sister come from?"
"Well, you see son, the
woman
of my life and I had a picnic under
one tree
->
and..."
Written by: Envisioner
Related vocabulary
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/ いもうと - (noun) younger sister
さん / いもうとさん - (noun) (someone else's) younger sister
/ しまい - (noun) sisters
/ じゅうしまい - (noun) cousin (female)
/ ぼうまい - (noun) one's deceased younger sister
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: サイ
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: てへん
Radical
genius, years old, cubic shaku
Mnemonics
A
ten
year old had a
stroke
of genius
SAI *sigh* I'm a genius
Written by: Samurai_Ash
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I let out a "sigh"「SAI サイ」when I realized that no matter how many *years old* I get, I will never be a *genius*. I will continue to stumble around like the
katakana オ
on a shaky
leg
!
Depicts a sharp peg holding a gate closed or, according to Xu Sen, a sprout , or maybe a dam blocking a stream . For lookup purposes is considered to be a variant of
hand
. Borrowed for sound to mean genius ざえ and years old /サイ.
A cubic shaku is 10/33 m on a side, roughly a cubic foot.
/かど    gate
/からざえ mastery of Chinese
Ohh thats not an "O" from the katakana letters... Call me a genius for recognizing it HAHA.
Written by: Wlly
TEN
out of
TEN
in TALENT? No, he has that extra
STROKE
of GENIUS.

*Primitive RTK: Right and bellow as Genie: ; on the Left as Genie in the bottle: .
Written by: Abnormalise
If you’re such a genius, you would know that there’s
no
“J”
in genius. Shakes head and sighs サイ.
Written by: Jules.33
Pictogram: A sharp
peg
serving as a weir - something to control water flow - usually they include changes in
incline
from the
ground
.

Originally meant "to block" for obvious reasons, it has gained the meaning "years old" from a phonetic loan
as a shorthand , and the meaning of "genius;talent" from the idea that deities bless some people with heightened talents and pegs were used to indicate holy grounds where these blessing were believed to originate from.

additionally due to its association with locations and buildings; like weirs. it gained the association with "materials".

As a Phonetic Bushu: サイ、ザイ
As a Semantic Bushu: "talent; genius" "materials"
Written by: フバフバ
After
ten
years with a
sword
, he is now a genius swordsman.
Written by: ロニー88
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/ しゅうさい - (noun) bright person, talented student, prodigy
/ さいのう - (noun) talent, ability
/ てんさい - (noun) genius, prodigy, natural gift
/ じんさい - (noun) capable person, talented person
/ さい - (noun) ... years old, age (of) ...
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