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Kunyomi: ひと, ひと.つ
Onyomi: イチ, イツ
Stroke count: 1
Radical name: いち
Radical
one, one radical (no.1)
Mnemonics
one thing
Written by: rtega
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He told you
ひとつ
one thing to stop being itchy
イチ
Written by: Wolfenspace
one line
= one / ichi
Written by: Rusmia
When
*one*
is used as a number, it sounds like "ichi"「ICHI イチ」. When used as a generic counter, it sounds like "hitotsu"「HITOTSU ひと.つ」.
You are only one step away from the finish line
Written by: チュリップ
The easiest way to memorize this kanji is to start with the kanji for recommend
and remove its irrelevant parts: shoot a
wild goose
six
times with a
bow
, and
burn
it together with the
grass
, which leaves you alone
Written by: ユジンさん
All you need is one step over this
one
line.
Written by: ニュちゃん
One thing
HITS ひと.つ an
ITCHY イチ thing
Written by: Japaneses cool
"I got one bug bite and now my arm is itchy イチ!"
Written by: Frogsssss
Kinda looks like a plate.
One
plate, and nothing more.
Written by: shw00by
Looks like a 1 that fell over -hypothetically in grass- now the one is "Itchy *ichi*"
Written by: えにちょ
'May I ask for one last thing' is
one
{
} of my favorite animes.{anime- hagime they sound pretty similar...}
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で / ひとりで - (expression) alone, by oneself, on one's own
/ ひとりひとり - (noun/adverb) each (person), individually, one by one, one at a time, in turn
に / いちどに - (adverb) all at once
/ どういつ - (Noun/な-adjective) identical, same, one and the same, equal; fair, equal treatment, without discrimination
つ / ひとつ - (noun) one; {n} for one thing (often used in itemized lists); {n} only (after a noun); {n} (not) even (with a verb in negative form); {n} {adv} just (e.g. "just try it"); {adj-no} some kind of, one type of
Kunyomi: なな, なな.つ, なの
Onyomi: シチ
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: いち
Radical
seven
Mnemonics
The kanji represents a number seven inverted vertically and horizontally.
Written by: OneiricDiver
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An upside down seven.
Written by: ヂアモレ
Nana なな, Nana Sue ななつ! she chea-ted シチ on number seven! Na-na know-s なの.
Written by: Wolfenspace
one
fishhook
weighs seven pounds
Written by: ニュちゃん
Depicts a
horizontal stroke
bisected by a
vertical stroke
, originally meaning cut. See . Borrowed for sound to mean seven. You can remember this from the tale of the brave little tailor, who bragged that he had killed seven in one blow.

(*sn̥ʰid)
シチ← /t͡sʰi̯ĕt̚/ ← *sn̥ʰid
It looks like the katakana se
and se is the first two letters of seven
Written by: mazzukou
It looks like an upsidedown
*seven*
. When I first learned Japanese numbers, I was told seven was"shichi"「SHICHI シチ」. But later I learned it could also be "nana"「NANA なな」.
A
7 that had a crossbar that was too heavy and fell over
.
Written by: lightmotif
Dang, my
seven
fell on the floor. It's upside down and everything! Oh well, 7-second rule!
Written by: shw00by
It is a pictogram for
a piece of wood
getting cut in the middle by a
knife
. It was later borrowed for sound to mean seven and a knife radical was added for the character cut, becoming
.
Written by: non0230
Seven is a lucky number, usually, but imagine getting
seven
percent on a test. Nana /なな/ my friend, she cheat-ed /シチ/ on the test. Nobody noticed and she still didn't do well on the exam.
Written by: *Anna*
"SHE CHEated シチ and got seven points" to which the girl responds, "NANA なな, it wasn't me!"
Written by: Frogsssss
"
one
L
is enough.", said seven.
six plus
one
is seven and six is a
duplicate
of three
Written by: weirdkeichan
If virtue is a cross, the seven sins would be
one
strange
,
crooked cross
. Na na, don't go there.
Written by: melocule
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/ なな - (noun) seven
/ なななのか - (noun) 49th day after death
/ なのか - (noun/adverb) 7th day of the month; seven days
/ しち - (noun) seven
つ / ななつ - (noun) seven (used for counting objects); {n} seven years of age; {n} four o'clock (old time system)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: マン, バン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: いち
Radical
ten thousand, 10,000
Mnemonics
It looks like a T for ten and the h in thousand
Written by: バレリー
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We have
one
at the top and if you turn the kanji 90 degrees you will see a
arabic four
4
which means it has four zeros in front of it!
Written by: スキス イス
This looks like a
man
{まん} running towards the 10000.
Written by: KafukaMode
The
headless man マン
running with $10,000 he stole from the bank バン
Written by: リアンカ
Once, a
man
had 10,000 dreams, however he realized achieving just
one
required unwavering dedication.
Written by: なないで
Via :
a
myriad of
🦂
or
💃
.

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

10,000
scorpions
is alot.
Written by: フバフバ
EN
OUSAND. That MANy {マン} ⁉️
Written by: RTRN
One
power
ful {man} can take on 10,000 soldiers
Written by: SaltyCogs
"$10,000 for me? Thanks, man/マン!"
Written by: Pah88
I
BOUND
TEN THOUSAND dollars
together and hid it Under the
FLOOR
.
Written by: Abnormalise
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/ まんねんひつ - (noun) fountain pen
/ まん - (noun) 10,000, ten thousand; {n} {adj-no} myriad
/ ばんざい - (noun/intransitive) banzai, hurray, hurrah, hooray (celebratory cheer; trad. shouted while raising both arms in the air); {n} something to cheer about, something worthy of celebration; {n} {vs} {vi} giving up, throwing one's hands up; {n} eternal life and prosperity
/ ばんにん - (noun) all people, everybody
/ まんいち - (adverb) (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1; {adv} {adj-no} (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
Kunyomi: , み.つ, みっ.つ
Onyomi: サン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: いち
Radical
three
Mnemonics
three lines
= three
Written by: Rusmia
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do
,
re
,
mi-tsu
!
Written by: moonkie
The kanji for
*three*
is "san"「SAN サン」and also "mi"「MI み」, and it looks like the katakana mi ミ as well!
Two lines
plus
one line
make three.
Written by: Karlla
There is three parts to a SANdwich サン, two bread and the stuff in the middle, like MEat み
Written by: Frogsssss
My new MITSUbishiみっつ car has THREE driving options , the
one
i like the most is SANdサン driving mode.
Written by:
three
broke into three
ones
Written by: あいうえお Kirby
Two
plus
one
is three. Three is the number of chances you get with Santa-san /サン/. He has a "naughty list" and if you get three strikes you're out.
Written by: *Anna*
Three is triple
one
Written by: rtega
Since there are only three strokes to this kanji, it is easy to remember it means three.

To remember the pronunciations, I like to picture what it would look like to see ME eating a SANサンdwich. The top and bottom lines represent the two slices of
bread
and the middle one represents a layer of
lunch meat.
Written by: LateNate
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/ みかづき - (noun) new moon, crescent moon
/ - (noun) three, 3
/ みっか - (noun) 3rd day of the month; three days
/ さんにん - (noun) three people
ばしか / みっかばしか - (noun) {col} rubella, German measles, three day measles
Kunyomi: あ.がる, あ.げる, うえ, うわ, かみ, のぼ.る, のぼ.す, のぼ.せる
Onyomi: ジョウ, ショウ
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: いち
Radical
above, up
Mnemonics
Branches
reach up from the
ground
.
Written by: Karlla
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Up up and AWAY うえ AH, the plant GREW あ.げる
It grew above the tree line! No JOke! ジョウ
Written by: ・サラ
"Joe"「JYŌ ジョウ」planted a
tree
. "Ah, it grew"「AGARU あ.がる、AGERU あ.げる」"way"「UE うえ」*up* *above* the
ground
.
Originally a
short line
above a longer reference
line
. Later the reference line was drawn like an
up arrow
to avoid confusion with ニ, but continues to be the radical.
シャン is a nonstandard tō on’yomi, used only with ancient Chinese terms and place names like Shanghai, from MC /ʑi̯aŋᴴ/, which evolved into the standard go on’yomi ジョウ via /d͡ʑɨau/ → /d͡ʑɔː/ → /d͡ʑoː/. ショウ appears to be a later borrowing, reflecting the devoicing of the onset consonant in contemporary Chinese.

(*djaŋʔ, *djaŋs)
ジョウ← /ʑi̯aŋᵡ/, /ʑi̯aŋᴴ/ ← *djaŋʔ, *djaŋs
The small
tree
grows above the
ground
Written by: チュリップ
Your
toe
s
slap against the mountain's wall as you get farther from the
ground
bellow. Your friend Tate is above you, {JYOU}king about your weak {SHOU}lders. You're about to threaten to {SHAN}k him {UE}n a snake further up hisses suddenly, tate freaks out and screams "{A}aaaaa! {KAtch MI}!!" You scream as he falls towards you "{NO BO}y!!! {UWA}t are you doing?!" You catch him in time but you're pissed! "{TATE, MAn, you're TSU} reckless!"
Written by: LeBran
The little
tree
quickly grew up from the
ground
!
Written by: オキシ
To
go up a tree, you must have at least
one
month's training.
Written by:
your
knowledge or iq
goes up by
one
when learning new things
Written by: weirdkeichan
this
is above the
ground
Written by: ュリア
Looks like a skinny
tree
growing up from the soil above the
ground
.
Written by:
A GURU あ.げる told JOkes ジョウ
to
accUEtely うえ suited their humor and had everyone giggling on the
ground
and kicking their feet up
Written by: Frogsssss
JOe pointed the way UP to UEno Park.
Written by: Andymc1963
I only planted
one
TOmato
seed and it already sprouted above ground.
Written by: ShotoLover
I knew a farmer, Joe /ジョウ/. When I was little he taught me there are trees that grow so high above the
ground
you can't reach even their lowest
branch
.
Written by: *Anna*
Aaaaah! What in the world is that, you ask. Someone flipped the tree upside-down. The
horizontal line
is the trimmed leaves, while the
branches
and the roots point upwards.
Written by: AidanRyota
We
pray
above the
ground
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
A
flag on a flagpole
waves above the
ground
Written by: jeasydj123
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げる / あげる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive,intransitive) to raise, to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room); {pol} to give; to send someone (away); to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll; to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve; to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice); to earn (something desirable); to praise; to give (an example, etc.), to cite; to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); to bear (a child); to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (of the tide) to come in; to vomit; {aux-v} {v1} {pol} to do for (the sake of someone else) (after the -te form of a verb); {suf} {v1} to complete ... (after the -masu stem of a verb); {suf} {v1} {hum} to humbly do ... (after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility)
さしげる / さしあげる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to lift up, to hold up, to raise; {hum} to give, to present, to offer; {aux-v} {v1} {hum} to do (for someone)
がり / できあがり - (noun) completion, finish; workmanship, result, outcome
がり / あがり - (noun) rise, increase, ascent; income, takings, earnings, proceeds, (crop) yield, return, profit; completion, end, finish; end result (e.g. of crafts), how something comes out, finish; finishing (in a board or card game, etc.); {abbr} green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant); {suf} after (rain, illness, etc.); {suf} ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat), former
がり / しあがり - (noun) finish, end, completion, result
Kunyomi: お.りる, お.ろす, くだ.さる, くだ.す, くだ.る, さ.がる, さ.げる, した, しも, もと
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: いち
Radical
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Mnemonics
Roots
grow down into the
ground
.
Written by: Karlla
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She ta-lks した down to me, I ca-n't カ stand it!
Written by: Wolfenspace
I had to "stop"「SHITA した」pulling weeds because their
roots
went too deep *down* *below* the
ground
. I "can't"「KA カ」get them out! My garden "could"「KUDA くだ」be ruined.
A hand with it's
index finger
I
pointing down. You can also see the
thumb
`
and
the rest of the clutched hand
, all depicted. Think this -> 👇
Written by: イタさん
An arrow
pointing
down. A
dot
below the
line
was added later to emphasize descent and for symmetric contrast with . Both characters use the reference line as the radical.

(*ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs)
カ,ゲ← /ɣaᵡ/, /ɣaᴴ/ ← *ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs
Shitake した, カ
mushrooms
come from below the
ground
Written by: りきぱち
Mirrored upside-down version of with bit hanging down
Written by: Bethベス
Your
toe
is on the
ground
below.
Written by: Haruki
Sadly, my skills in CAR
GAMES
are below average. 🚗 🎮 #readingonly
You coulda 「くだ」 shoulda 「した」 done that before we descended down below! Now you can't 「カ」!
Written by: Tamulet
From the
ground
roots
grow down
Written by: ディアロ
For something to be below, descend, or inferior,
one
thing must be above from which it
lowers
itself
.
Written by: Vee2026
I have a
ca-t
that lives under
ground
, and SHE TAlksした. Once, she said "MEOW,MEOOW!".
Written by: Japaneses cool
some people may think not
one
person in the world is INFERIOR to the
fortune-teller
Written by: weirdkeichan
There's something
below
the
table
Written by: mazzukou
The
'T'
shape creates the grid axis, and the small
'line'/'drop'
is below the
'X' axis
, pointing down, and descending from the origin.
Written by:
Katakana To
is digging down the
ground
.
Written by: AidanRyota
The horizontal stroke
at the bottom symbolizes the flat surface of the earth. Below, the component
represents the roots that penetrate deep into the ground.
Written by: なないで
Something
is falling down from the letter
T
Written by: mliekosmedom
Shita-san
した
, don't let
one
bad
divination
get you down
Written by: Kisa
Why do kids love digging so much? You won't find anything fun below the
ground
just some broken ca-r /カ/ parts, trash, or a
branch
.
Written by: *Anna*
You are digging in the
ground
looking for a
to
e
. Why? Because the farmer's wife asked you to. She Ta-したlked a lot about it being below ground, she also said something about a ca-ヵr
Written by: Miku0Sama
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/ ちかてつ - (noun) {abbr} subway, metro, underground (railway)
/ ろうか - (noun) corridor, hallway, passageway
/ ちか - (noun) underground, below the ground; world of the dead, the grave; {adj-no} {n} underground (activities, movement, etc.), secret, illegal, in hiding
/ ていか - (noun/する verb) fall, decline, lowering, deterioration, degradation
/ かこう - (noun/する verb) descent, fall, drop, decline, downturn, subsidence
Kunyomi: なか
Onyomi: ジュウ, チュウ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ぼう,たてぼう
Radical
in, inside, middle, mean, center
Mnemonics
The
arrow
hit the
target
right in the center.
Written by: Karlla
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You have a
Pocky stick
inside of your
mouth
. Please CHEW "chyuu" it before you choke!
Written by: トマトちゃん
You have a
stick
in the middle of your
mouth
. Hold the stick inside and CHEW! チュウ Hopefully you don't choke! KNOCK On wood! なか
Written by: ・サラ
If you "chew"「CHŪ チュウ」gum in your
mouth
*in* the *middle* of class, the teacher will take a
rod
and "knock"「NAKA なか」you silly!
You've got a
stick
stuck inside your
mouth
in the middle.
Written by: アドリーヌ
I shot an arrow INSIDE of the target. When the arrow hit the sound it made way "chyuu!!!" チユウ
Written by: rhi rhi
The
Pocky stick
in the middle of your
mouth
is not ca-ndy なか, but you can chew チュウ it either way.
Written by: Wolfenspace
When you eat a
cake
, you slice it with a
knife
down the middle before チュウ'ing it, because your なかna eat it whole.
Written by: Randomdude567
I thought なか had a
stick
in his
mouth
. He チュウ'd through it with a smile on his face. Turns out it was Pocky.
Written by: チェイスです
you were in the middle of a shooting competition {AT A RU}n-down building when a mean {CHUU}bacca shot a
rod
through the center of your
mouth
. the staff rushed you inside to be treated as you screamed at the {CHUU}bacca "yo{U CHI}ter!" but {CHUU}bacca only laughed "{NAKA}kakaka!" for he knew {JYUU}stice would never be served.
Written by: LeBran
A
box
cut
in the middle.
Written by: ジョアオ003
the
mouth
has a
stick
that it is licking
Written by: あいうえお Kirby
the
rod
is in the
mouth
Written by: あいうえお Kirby
Standing naka'd in the middle of the store, I'm about to get chuu'd out by the manager
Written by: CervidaeAxis
the Japanese person said the
stick
inside the person's
mouth
was a tree branch colored in red when the stick was a snack.
Written by: あいうえお Kirby
=
a block of chocolate cake
that
Has been sliced in half by
a knife

Before eating it.
Written by: ピョン
It's your birthday! Here's a
cake
with a
candle
inside.🍰
Written by: HonokaSki
The
rod
inside the
mouth
of the animal.
Written by: ~ Neptune
You are playing a game that you have to throw
one
gummy stick in a child's
mouth
Written by: ポポスくべ
Naka-san
なか
loves the chyuuu
チュウ
shound the arrow
makes when hitting the
Inside
or
center
of targets
Written by: Kisa
ジュウ find the center by cutting the
mouth
down the middle with a
rod
.
Written by: moolsu
Do you see {うち} that guy over there? Is he chewing {チュウ} on
stick
s
in his
mouth
? Nah, can't {なか} be, right? Oh. That's totally what he's doing. Let's not get in the middle of that.
Written by: シロガミ
drill CHEWing through brick: x-ray showing
screw
being driven inside dead center in the middle of a
brick
Written by: Suoira
Right in the middle of the
circle
, exactly in the center, is one
rod
. Supposedly, this represents a flagpole in the middle of an empty field.

(*tuŋ, *tuŋs)
チュウ, ジュウ← /ȶi̯uŋ/, /ȶi̯uŋᴴ/ ← *tuŋ, *tuŋs
A man is chopping a
box
down the middle with a
stick
Written by: KaiNakajima
"Nah, Ka,"
his mouth
said. I eat
ONE arrow
every day! It's good inside me, in my center!
Written by: Wanders
Did chuu really ask my nakama to get cut down the middle?
Did ”チュウ” really as my ”なか”(ま)to get cut down the middle?
Written by: ランフイ
Thanos
speaks
as he centers the
knife
on the middle of his index finger.
"Perfectly balanced, as all things should be"
Your dentist says "Okay, keep your mouth
wide open." as he uses the sharp metallic rod
to scrape between your teeth.

Then he accidentally sticks the sharp rod into the middle
of your gums, and that is the story of why you have one
missing tooth.
Written by: jeasydj123
Looks like a
knife blade
in the middle / center of the
cutting board
.
Written by:
A*choo*! {チュウ} Who put this
rod
inside my
mouth
?! It made me sneeze!
Written by: kuroda
One
time I found *CHU*NITHM {チュウ} in the middle of nowhere. My
mouth
said "Isn't that supposed to be in the arcades?".
Written by: kuroda
INSIDE the Millennium Falcon, I wanted to sit IN the MIDDLE seat of the cockpit, at the ships's CENTER, but Chew
チュウ
bacca knock
なか
ed me aside and took the seat for himself.
Written by: Pāru Shinju
I sneeze, "ACHOO" チュウ, and the
arrow
doesn't even hit inside the
target
.
Written by: クアジ
the
line
goes
into the center
Written by: weirdkeichan
I chuu juu-cy fruit inside my
mouth
Written by: BurnedBooks
There's a
stick
inside the
box
Written by: ュリア
Originally flag on a drum used to gather people and detect wind.

Indicative Ideogram: The
line
indicates the center of
box
Written by: フバフバ
You scream in the middle of someone
shoo
ting you in the
mouth
with a
rod/harpoon
Written by: McYodo
Kun knocks なか on the center of the door,
On chooses チュウ to let him in
Written by: ElegantCorncrake
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/ なか - (noun) inside, interior; among, within; middle, center, centre; during, while, middle, midst, amid; interval, gap; mean, average; {adj-no} {n} second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes), middle; medium grade, medium quality; {arch} red-light district
/ じゅう - (suffix) (all) through (e.g. the night), throughout (e.g. the year), all ... long; within (e.g. the week), in the course of (e.g. today), by the end of; all over, throughout (e.g. the world); all (of a group), the whole (family, school, etc.)
/ ちゅうごくご - (noun) Chinese (language)
/ ちゅうがっこう - (noun) junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school
/ ちゅうがくせい - (noun) junior high school student, middle school pupil
Kunyomi: ここの, ここの.つ
Onyomi: キュウ,
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: おつ
Radical
nine
Mnemonics
Looks like the
n
of nine
Written by: スキス イス
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· Onyomi
Kyuu, ku = Cucumber
· Kunyomi
Kokono = Coconuts

9 cucumber and 9 coconuts
Written by: joyuudesu
Koko know-s ここの that having nine strange
types of
fish hooks
on a
line
丿
cou-ld ク help her catch more cu-te キュウ fish.
Written by: Wolfenspace
At the supermarket,
I
was holding *nine* "coconuts"「KOKONO ここの」while standing in the "queue"「KYŪ キュウ」. I
dropped
one, and it rolled across the floor.
No
line for your
fishhook
? Don't worry, I got nine
Written by: ニュちゃん
Per Wiktionary, “a stylized
hand 𠂇
丿
, with bent wrist/forearm—hence the
hook
stroke at lower right. Earlier forms resemble , . The original meaning of the glyph was “elbow”, which is now written /チュウ←OC *tkuʔ→キュウ.

“After the meaning “elbow” was forgotten, was taken to symbolize a fist tightening to bump up against something; thus, there is a metaphorical bumping up of nine against ten, which is the last number when counting on one's fingers.”

Or, as Henshall puts it, “less than perfect ten: worth only nine.” Thus, is the radical because is an example of something less than perfect.

(*kuʔ) 氿
キュウ, ク← /ki̯ə̯uᵡ/ ← *kuʔ
When I was nine my favorite foods were coo-kies /ク/ and cu-cumbers /キュウ/. A weird combo, but I was just nine at the time. Nine, with a big
n
!
Written by: *Anna*
It is first a pictogram of a
hand
丿
with
fingers
reached to catch stuff, and was later borrowed for 9.
Written by: non0230
nine is
not
丿
able to be divided into
duplicates
Written by: weirdkeichan
Look at those 9 KOKOnOts
coconuts
🥥sitting on the palm trees. 🌴
Written by: agivibes
Strange
no
丿
in sight - identified as suspect no. nine.
Written by: アムン
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/ ここのか - (noun) 9th day of the month; nine days
/ ここのえ - (noun) ninefold; imperial palace, the Court
/ きゅう - (noun) nine, 9
/ - (noun) nine (used for months, hours)
つ / ここのつ - (noun) nine (used for counting objects); {n} nine years of age; {n} twelve o'clock (old time system)
Kunyomi: ふた, ふた.つ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: に
Radical
two, two radical (no. 7)
Mnemonics
Add
one line
to
another
to get two.
Written by: Karlla
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They look like steps and you put your FOOT
ふた
on the second step
Written by: ・サラ
Who ta-ught ふた you
two
count? I nee-d に to know!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Two is double
one
Written by: rtega
two lines
= two. Two in Japanese is "ni"and this kanji also looks exactly like the katakana character ni !
Written by: Rusmia
is two, don't need to look "further" ふた
Written by: MayMiazaki
One line plus another line equals
two
lines. Think of all the things you have two of. What is the most important? The eyes, the ears? I would say the knee /ニ/ because if you didn't have them, it'd be really hard to go up stairs.
Written by: *Anna*
Two
strokes
, looks like and is pronounced like katakana ニ. Alternate pronunciation ジ is the same as cognate .

(*njis)
ニ, ジ← /ȵʑiᴴ/ ← *njis
two lines
Written by: weirdkeichan
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/ ふたり - (noun) two persons, two people, pair, couple
とも / ふたりとも - (noun) both (people), the two of them
/ じゅうにがつ - (noun) December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
つ / ふたつ - (noun) two (used in counting things)
つ / まっぷたつ - (noun) in two equal parts
Kunyomi: いつ, いつ.つ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: に
Radical
five
Mnemonics
if you count how many straight lines there are, there is 5
Written by: Umi Paseri
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ITSU
いつ
almost time, we'll GO
out in five minutes.
Written by: チュリップ
It's いつ five, time to go ゴ.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Kinda looks like a "5" with a couple extra lines
Written by: oωo
GO ゴ number 5! Who's number 5? IT'S YOU! いつ
Written by: ・サラ
itsu nice trait of the human body that we have
five
fingers, so that they can go around to make gestures.
Written by: Randomdude567
Five GOes {ゴ}
halfway
bETWeen
{いつ}
zero
and
ten
.
Written by: ヒァン
"It's
two"
「ITSU いつ」o'clock. We'll "go"「GO ゴ」out in
*five*
5
minutes.
You
are cleared to go 5 more times
Written by: Squidomanis
Visually similar to five tally marks , but derived from
/ゴ with
cross bars
added on the top and bottom. ㄨ is half of , and looks like fallen on its side.

Sometimes “one step” /kʰˠuaᵡ/ is redrawn when used as a component in larger characters, via ≪2B740≫= ⿻丿ユ. The stroke order is based on this decomposition ⿱丿ユ, so 丿 is the second stroke. Compare .

(*ŋaːʔ) 峿
ゴ← /ŋuoᵡ/ ← *ŋaːʔ
This can be seen as
10 inside of
2, which looks like a hydraulic press. So we can say that 10
is being split in 2
, which becomes 5 .
Written by: annimi
Originally written 𠄡, from the kanji
hand
getting
underlined
, it is used to outline the five fingers of the hand.
Written by: non0230
For the kanji the shape in which two sticks cross with a bar at the
top and the bottom
was borrowed to mean “five.” Five divides ten equally so it also meant “equal.”
two
+
upside down four
= five
Go! Its Itsu five
Lines
chasing you!
Written by: DDubixDube
Have you seen the Quintessential Quintuplets? Itsuki is the best girl, she was born fifth
Written by: WhoIsRem?
The number five racing the number seven racing the number two
Written by: ラズロ_Lazlo16
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/ いつか - (noun) 5th day of the month; five days
/ いつ - (noun) five, 5
/ - (noun) five, 5
つ / いつつ - (noun) five (used for counting objects); {n} five years of age; {n} eight o'clock (old time system)
/ ごじ - (noun) five o'clock
Kunyomi: ひと
Onyomi: ジン, ニン
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: ひと,ひとがしら
Radical
person
Mnemonics
You write kanji from the left moving to the right {so you right-handed people don't smudge your ink}, so see this as a person's
legs and torso
taking a step forward, in contrast with 's handwritten form.
Written by: lightmotif
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Well, you've got the
two legs
and the
body
, but where's the person's head and arms?
Written by: マイコー
He to-ld ひと me about a
person
with spurs that jing-le ジン jangle jingle.
Written by: Wolfenspace
"He told"「HITO ひと」me he is a
*person*
from a family with good "genes"「JIN ジン」.
Its the
legs
of a person walking.
Written by: ヂアモレ
HE TOld ひと me that a
person
working at NINtendoにん refuses the JEANじん dress code.
Written by: Frogsssss
When you HIT it Of with another person, you're
legs
start JINkling, you want to RIng them every day TO hear their voice and live toghether till you're NINety.
Written by: ジェン~1984
If you think about it, then
kinda looks like a
person
walking, or taking a pose to assert their dominance. If I were a lesser man, I'd run in fear.
Written by: shw00by
Only one person at Nin-tendo /ニン/ complained about the new jean-s /ジン/ policy, and that
person
was you.
Written by: *Anna*
A person is walking
Written by: ポポスくべ
A
person
started to walk.
One foot
HITO JIN's photo and the other, a NINja mask.
Written by: MayMiazaki
it's a
person
, but where did their arms go? oh no! oh deary me! they don't have any!
Written by: choco!! (チョコ)
Profile of a person standing with their arms extended to the left. This is more evident in , the reduced form used as a radical. Like , the first stroke is the
head and arms
and the second stroke is the
torso and legs
.

(*njin)
ジン, ニン← /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ ← *njin
A person
walking
Written by: zer0___
It looks like a man standing with legs wide open 🚶🏻‍♂️
Written by: Ripunjaya Jakhar
Pictogram: a person’s
head and torso
Written by: フバフバ
Looks like a very simple visualization of a 'stick figure'
person
. The angle of the torso is drawn either vertical or leaning to the right, since people either walk upright or angled forward when running.
Written by:
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み / ひとごみ - (noun) crowd of people
/ がいこくじん - (noun) foreigner, foreign citizen, foreign national, alien, non-Japanese
/ ほんにん - (noun) the person in question, the person themselves, said person
/ ごしゅじん - (noun) {hon} your husband, her husband
/ じんこう - (noun) population; common talk
Kunyomi: いま
Onyomi: コン, キン
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ひとやね
Radical
now
Mnemonics
when I meditate to focus on the now, I sit under a
tent
and chant
RA
Written by: ドみにく
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Hey ma! いま when do you want to come コン to my
house
to eat
ramen
? NOW!?
Written by: リアンカ
"Eee ma"「IMA いま」! I want an
ice cream
"cone"「KON コン」
*now*!
Hey ma いま, can you come コン over now? There's a
bird
in my
house
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Gordon Ramsey
says it's RA ラ so cook it NOW
Written by: BaldingEagle
It's raining right now, so wear a
hat
to keep your
head
dry.
Written by: ゼラオラ
Original form of /ゴン→コン: “What’s in your mouth now?”, from
inverted mouth
and
something spoken
.
is the radical because it’s the radical of .

(*krɯm)
コン←キン← /ki̯əm/ ← *krɯm
Me and a couple of
people
are going out for
men now, do you want to come? Your roomates いま and コン are invited as well.
Written by: チェイスです
Now is right between the
past
and the
future
Written by: jonnekerood
Imagine いま an old wizard with a cone コン shaped hat, telling you to capture the moment NOW! He has a
hat
,
eyes
and
long beard
.
Written by: クアジ
I am CONtent コン now, sitting under a
tent
Written by: AnnonInnu
I'MA wear cosplay when I go to the CONvention now, but I'll change into regular clothes later.
Written by: Pāru Shinju
Now that we were all here, that
guy
over there will tell a story
RA-ther
than boring us to death.
Everyone
gathered
in a single
place: it’s happening now.
Written by: ミカエル54
A
person
chants
Ra
to focus on the now
Written by: ディアロ
Now I have
one
visitor
Written by: かわうそ
The life of a
person
is spread out across
time
but you can only ever experience the present,
this point in time
right now.
Written by:
The
person
will now be
one
with the clouds.
Written by:
Right now, you're panicking and running around your {KIN}'s home, you just messed up a very important spell and your ¡totally a
person
definetly not a {KON}dor! cousin is glaring at you with super judgy, eyes. You just had to be the {IMA}ture one and play a dumb prank, huh, you
ra
scal?
Written by: LeBran
I went under a
pyramid
and then
...IS THAT THE CURSE OF
RA
Written by: キロ
there is only
one
person
here
ra
-ight now
Written by: weirdkeichan
Right now, I'm standing on my
right foot
holding a
person
in my arms.
Written by: rtega
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/ いま - (noun/adverb) now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately; {adv} another, more
/ こんばん - (noun/adverb) tonight, this evening
/ きんじょう - (noun) {abbr} His Majesty the Emperor, the present emperor, the reigning emperor
/ こんげつ - (noun/adverb) this month
/ こんしゅう - (noun/adverb) this week
Kunyomi: やす.まる, やす.む, やす.める
Onyomi: キュウ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
rest, day off, retire, sleep
Mnemonics
To get a good rest, the
person
leaned against the
tree
Written by: マイコー
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The
man
was resting against a
tree
, others looked at him while they worked, he saw them glaring and said ‘yah sue me’ やつみ
Written by: リアンカ
Ya, awesome やすむ when I get to rest all day
against
this
tree
with my cu-te キュウ dog.
Written by: Wolfenspace
"You assume"「YASUMU やす.む」that I am a
person
who gets to *rest* all day against a
tree
with my "cute"「KYŪ キュウ」cat, but I actually *sleep* in bed on my *day off*.
Like a
man
Resting against a
tree
Written by: ネコちゃん
A queue {キュウ} of
people
formed, each waiting for a turn to rest against that
tree
.
What happens when a
person
finds a
tree
? They rest under it.
Written by: KafukaMode
On a rare day off, a
person
sough solace under the shade of a towering
tree
, assuming tranquility in nature's embrace.
Written by: なないで
Looks like a
person
leaning against a
tree
to rest while going for a run on their day off. If turned 90 degrees to the right, it could be a person laying on a fluffy bed, as they retire to sleep.
Written by:
Depicts a
person
taking a rest in the shade of a
tree
on their day off.

(*qʰu)
キュウ← /xi̯ə̯u/ ← *qʰu
CUTE
eagle
resting/sleeping on a
tree
Written by: Suoira
The most prevalent view of the origin of the kanji is “
a person
leaning against
a tree
resting.” From that, the kanji meant “to rest.”
A
man
is resting against the
tree
. One of the most overused examples of how kanjis work.
Written by: non0230
People
sleep under
Trees
.
Written by: Veerdb
The
person
was so tired, when they heard they could rest under a
tree
, they said YAS {やす} PLEASE
Written by: kije En Ken
Young
people
are resting under the cherry
trees
🌸. How CUTE キュウ!
Person
and
tree
is obviously, rest.
Written by: AidanRyota
person
+
tree
= rest.
Written by: AidanRyota
i tried resting on all
nine
of the
trees
Written by: weirdkeichan
Ideogram: A
person
resting by a
tree
Written by: フバフバ
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みの / やすみのひ - (noun) a day off, holiday
/ やすみちゅう - (noun) during vacation, during the holidays, during one's break; (temporarily) closed, on break
み / やすみやすみ - (adverb) resting at times; with careful thought, after proper consideration (used reproachfully)
/ きゅうけい - (noun/する verb) rest, break, recess, intermission
み / やすみ - (noun) rest, recess, respite; vacation, holiday, absence, suspension; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
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: なに, なん
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
what
Mnemonics
What
can
a
person
do?
Written by: gillianfaith
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The "nanny"「NANI なに」is a
person
with a big
mouth
. Everyone on the
street
"can"「KA カ」hear *what* she says!
This
person
has
one
feathered stick
in their
mouth
, what are they doing?
WHAT?? the
leader
got another
lip ring
? How are they going to eat NAN with all that jewelry sticking out
Written by: Seraseth
Looks like a
crate
with one corner cracked, and one side broken open, to reveal what is
inside
the crate.
Written by:
What a
person
is doing with a lollipop in his
mouth
in the middle of the
street
?
Written by: Houou
What
is that
box
doing in there?
Written by: NobodyImportan
Pictogram look it up: Originally a man carrying what looks like a halberd on his shoulder which if is true it maybe a phono-semantic compound. Later
pictogram of mouth and exhaled air perhaps singing combined with
.

what
can
a
man
ask
Written by: フバフバ
Curious whispers surrounded the nanny{nani} and nun{nan}. What
can
be left
behind
in the house that held their secrets?
Written by: なないで
What does a
person
should not
do?
Written by: ポポスくべ
A
person
lost on an unfamiliar
street
asking for directions with his
mouth
: What street is this?
Written by: Nester162
A
person
can
do what
Written by: ディアロ
What
can
「KA カ」a
person
say with their
mouth
to save their
town
from an「NAN なん」incredibly giant
feathered stick
?”
That’s what Nanny「NANI なに」asked me. He’s so strange.
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
What
person
is everyone in
town
mouth
-ing off or gossiping about?
Written by: embrio
What the heck is
T
O
J
?
Written by:
it looks like someone with his
mouth
wide open holding a club
in the
street
as he asks you what did you just say?!? NANI??
Written by: FruitPunchSamurai7
What?!
I
can
do it?
Written by: whereareyou
Related vocabulary
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/ なに - (noun) what; you-know-what, that thing; whatsit, whachamacallit, what's-his-name, what's-her-name; {n} {vulg} {col} penis, (one's) thing, dick; {adv} (not) at all, (not) in the slightest; {int} what?, huh?; {int} hey!, come on!; {int} oh, no (it's fine), why (it's nothing), oh (certainly not)
とか / なんとか - (adverb) something, something or other, so-and-so; {adv} {vs} somehow, anyhow, one way or another (handling, dealing with)
/ きかがく - (noun) geometry
て / なんて - (conjunction) how ...!, what ...!; {int} what?, what's that?
で / なんで - (adverb) why?, what for?; how?, by what means?
Kunyomi: さき
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: ひとあし,にんにょう
Radical
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Mnemonics
the
roots
always grows first before the rest of the
plant
Written by: ドみにく
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Befor going on a date, I drink
ten
SAKI. I can hardly stand on my
legs
and often get SENd out of the
bar
Written by: ジェン~1984
I've never seen a
cow
with
human legs
before
Written by: ひでのり
Depicts two people. The
one on top
comes before and takes precedence over the
one on the bottom
. Readings: セン comes straight from Old Chinese; さき from Old Japanese via /さき.

(*sɯːn)
セン← /sien/ ← *sɯːn
Before さき got on the
slide
, セン told her "before you hit the
ground
, use your
legs
to slow down "
Written by: チェイスです
BEFORE *beefore* I lost weight, I looked like a
COW
on skinny
LEGS
.
Written by: Abnormalise
this kanji has no
セン
se because it means "future" and "before, previous" in the same time. It makes no sense! kind of like most of kanjis...
Written by: awoteim アヴォ
The
roots
of the plant are SENt out before the
leaves
so they can SAKIn the water and nutrients
Written by: リアンカ
Originally a pictogram of a
foot
and
legs
moving ahead. The foot part has been corrupted over time.
Written by: Biev
No
matter whether you're
before
or
ahead
,
pi
will always remain.
Written by: Squidomanis
I think I have a good sense •セン• of what's ahead in
life's
future. Za key •さき• to ma •ま• strategy is to look at the
roots
of what came before and understand the previous precedence of it.
Written by: [ない?]
Compound Ideogram:
“stop” and
“legs”. Depicts the idea of a dangerous path → the idea of having to “go first”.

Are your
legs
ready? This is the last
stop
. The path is dangerous and you’re going first since you went before.
Written by: フバフバ
we used to {past/before/previously} get drunk on mispronounced SAKI & imagine what 'pie guns' would look like in the future / time ahead ->
gun mounted
on
pi
= made no SENse
Written by: Suoira
Cow’s
cannot get up on their own, so before moving their
legs
you must carefully think ahead
Written by: ディアロ
No
丿
one denies that on
earth
,
legs
touch the ground BEFORE other parts of your body.
Written by: EmeraldSui
A
cow
walking ahead of a
man
.
Written by:
Can you SEN d me over a bottle of SAKI BEFORE you go
Written by: Andymc1963
Plants
have to grow strong
roots
before being healthy in the future
Written by: フロラ
I've decided to move ahead before they fire me. I'll be SACKED さき for SENDING セン that stupid email anyway.
Life is short
—I'll vote with my
feet
.
A walkabout is a rite of passage when young Aboriginal men journey on
foot
to connect with the
land
, the spirits, and their ancestors that came before them. They must survive alone with
no
help. When they return from their journey they share the knowledge they’ve gained with the rest of the community so that it can be passed on to future generations. They can walk as much as 1000 セン miles.
Written by: Jules.33
The
soil
has
legs
? This makes
no
sense. It was probably made before common -SEN-se existed. Or maybe this soil is ahead of its time, where nonsense takes precedence over sense. Go ahead, -SAKI-, destroy this story.
Written by: DDubixDube
Before
mushrooms
can grow in the
soil
you have to
split apart
a starter from this mycelium and add it.
Written by: nexx
It would be pretty さき if the
roots
didn't grow before farming sea-せん begins.
Written by: ヘッジ
Before my
legs
came
up
, I thought I was ahead of
others
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The bonsai tree
has
long roots
Written by: あおい senpai
Related vocabulary
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/ さき - (noun) point, tip, end, nozzle; head (of a line), front; first, before, ahead (of); (the way) ahead, beyond; future; {adj-no} {n} previous, prior, former, recent, last; destination, address, place where you do something; rest (e.g. of a story), continuation, remaining part; the other party
に / さきに - (adverb) previously, before, earlier, formerly, recently; first, before (something or someone else), ahead (of), earlier; beforehand, in advance, ahead of time
/ せんげつ - (noun/adverb) last month
/ せんしゅう - (noun/adverb) last week, the week before (the current week)
/ せんぱい - (noun) senior (at work or school), superior, elder, older graduate, progenitor, old-timer
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
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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
Kunyomi: , や.つ, やっ.つ, よう
Onyomi: ハチ
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: はち,はちがしら
Radical
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
Mnemonics
The famous dog Hachiko was named like that because his
legs
looked like this kanji from behind. According to the American movie, it was named like that because he was the eighth dog in the litter.
Written by: OneiricDiver
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I have eight yachts やっつ, you よう wanna see? They're just behind that
mountain
. Ha, see ハチ? You didn't believe me!
Written by: Wolfenspace
A person could split into two ハ from sneezing
HACHI
Written by: Porcospino
At
*eight*
o'clock, I will have "hot tea"「HACHI ハチ」on "your"「YŌ よう」"yacht"「YATTSU やっ.つ」.
Represents the eight points ✳ of the compass 🧭. Early versions resemble a broken X pointing
SW-NW
and
NE-SE
. See also , , , and .

(*preːd) 𩡩
ハチ← /pat̚/ ← *preːd
Eight
is supposed to represent the ordinal directions, NW, NE, SW, and SE, but the upper part is ripped off. Combining with the cardinal directions, they make up exactly eight compass points.
Written by: non0230
I thought the four
eight the
legs
, but they're fine!
Written by: ジョアオ003
That looks like someone
clapping his hands
.
When you clap your hands, you must do it at least eight times, otherwise someone will probably tell you: よう, や
's all? {Yo, that's all?!}
Written by: ケンパチ
There are many funny looking creatures in the oceans. A friend of mine, who works on a boat, once caught a fish with eight
fins
. He put it in a hatch /ハチ/ then took a picture of it to send it to me. I still see that in my nighmares.
Written by: *Anna*
This girl sneezed eight times in a row like "HACHI!!!" ハチ
Written by: Frogsssss
Four of these dashes
will make eight.
Written by: ヂアモレ
So what eight things do you have? You have eight yachts
やっつ
. Go ahead and count them. They're beautiful. Also, be sure not to be confused by this particular reading mnemonic. It includes the つ, even though the つ is outside the reading you need to learn
just makes things easier for you overall
. Since you can see the つ outside, it shouldn't be too difficult for you.
Written by: フフィ
Related vocabulary
つあたり / やつあたり - (noun/intransitive) venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
/ やちよ - (noun) very long period, forever; eight thousand years (orig. meaning)
/ やっとかめ - (Adjective/-な) a long time (since the last time), it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you) (Nagoya (and surrounding areas) dialect)
/ ようか - (noun) 8th day of the month; eight days
/ はち - (noun) eight, 8
Kunyomi: , むい, む.つ, むっ.つ
Onyomi: ロク
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: は
Radical
six
Mnemonics
8
minus
2 strokes
makes 6
Written by: Squidomanis
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Whoever wins
"rock"「ROKU ロク」
,
paper
,
scissors
, wins a *six* pack of "Mutsu"「MUTTSU むっ.つ」apple juice!
666 can be associated to most もっつ rock ロク and roll music む, むい
Written by: Wolfenspace
It is derived from the picture of an
old cottage
, which has six sides, namely, the roof, the floor, and all four walls.
Written by: non0230
A person or object under pressure is not able to perform 100%. Therefore, when you apply
pressure
on
eight
it becomes less than 100% of itself, which is six.
Written by: カイデン
Possibly depicts the
roof
and
walls
of a shed /ロ, which approximates the sound ロク, meaning six. Alternatively, could be the remnants of a system of tally marks or a corrupted polygon 💢. Do not confuse with .
I was in a bad MOOd {む} after the
ROCKet
{ロク} launch got delayed for the 6th time.
It takes
eight
legs to hold up this six kilo
kettle lid
Written by: ニュちゃん
8
lids?
But I only needed 6
Written by: BaldingEagle
Eight
kettles
are on the table, but two are knocked off. Now there are six.
Written by:
There are six
kettle lids
and
eight
kettles, surprisingly.
Written by: あいうえお Kirby
Eight
minus
2 strokes
is six.
Written by: AidanRyota
They built a
MOTel
{む.つ} on top of the ROCKy {ロク}
Mountains
, it's 6 miles high!
the
kettle lid
was very
ha-t
Written by: weirdkeichan
We need a new
pot
for this
overflowing soup
. This other one is six times small!
Written by: Southern19
six
kettle lids
have
eight
stains.
There are 5 corners, 3 from
and 2 from
, which is before 6.
Written by: ジャンデ
Related vocabulary
/ - (noun) six, 6
/ むいか - (noun) 6th day of the month; six days
/ にしむくさむらい - (expression) nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
/ むっつめ - (noun) sixth
/ ろく - (noun) six, 6
Kunyomi: まる.い
Onyomi: エン
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: どうがまえ,けいがまえ,まきがまえ
Radical
circle, yen, round
Mnemonics
One round earpiece broke off my
glasses
. That's what you get for buying them for one yen.
Written by: lightmotif
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There's a famous cat on YouTube named "Maru"「MARU まる」who is as *round* as a "*yen*"「EN エン」coin, and will climb
inside
any
box
!
From Middle Chinese /ziuᴇn, ɦˠiuᴇn/, with the original sense of "circle, roundness".

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

The yen became the official currency of Japan in 1871, succeeding the
ryō
and the
mon
.
Two
little boxes
in an
upside down box
are usually worth one yen.
Written by: espiacent
I opened my
wallet
, there's only one yen inside
Written by: チュリップ
My round
eyeglasses
are
brok-en
エン. Probably because I bought them for one yen.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Looks like a
big E
sideways and a
little n
below it = en.
Written by: ソーサーペン
The circle in your hand is part of the compensation your friend has shipped to you in a {MARO}on
box
. You were really {MADO} at him for accidentally {MARU}ning you at sea when he didn't turn around to check if you were still there, but now you're livid. Did he really think you'd be happy hav{EN} to count this many yen coins?? You're gonna beat him with your
sticks
next time you see him.
Written by: LeBran
If want to marry/まるい two squares instead of CIRCLES, it will cost an EN-dless/えん amount of YEN/えん.
Written by: wofeyes
Everything I see is round due to my one yen
3d glasses
!
Written by: ケンパチ
You can buy a
box
with a
pot lid
inside for one YEN
Written by: とくだいふろ
These
glasses
cost 1000000000 yen. It's too expensive to buy. Let's find new glasses.
Written by: AidanRyota
These glasses are
square!
I wanted round ones!
Written by: BaldingEagle
A
cute little cat
in your
blanket
Written by: eekrotkaye owo
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/ まるみ - (noun) roundness, rotundity; mellowness, maturity
/ まるがた - (noun) round shape, circle, circular form
/ えん - (noun, suffix) yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
/ せんえん - (noun) 1000 yen
/ えんしゅう - (noun) circumference
Kunyomi: だ.す, で.る
Onyomi: シュツ, スイ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: かんにょう,うけばこ,したばこ
Radical
exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Mnemonics
A
sprout
coming out of a
pot
Written by: rtega
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When a
mountain
starts coming out of another
mountain
, it's time to leave.
Written by: lightmotif
I exit the DEpartment and SHUTSU the door behind me.
Written by: ジェン~1984
One "day"「DERU で.る」I fell into a giant
box
*protruding* from the ground below a
mountain
. Oh "shoot"「SHUTSU シュツ」! I wanted to *leave* but couldn't find the *exit*. Finally, I *came out* from the top and yelled "ta-da"「DASU だ.す」!
The rude でる
sprout
, it doesn't だつ want to grow out of this
pot
! It's still so short ショツ.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Out of the village are two
mountains
. I DERU you to leave and go explore them.
Written by: lokoluis15
A
plant
is protruding from it's
pot
. Perhaps it wants to leave and でDEpart for a better place. It probably won't だDAre though, because it's putting out so many シュツSHOOTS
Written by: ・サラ
You come across a cactus with 5 spikes {
2 on the left
, also
2 on the right
and
1in the middle
, which is the highest}. Accidentally, it pricks you and you cry out 'Oh DEar!' {で}, then leave resentfully
Written by: Balasko
Ideogram: “foot”
and “cave”
. The foot is leaving/exiting the cave. Later distorted looking like a sprout .

The
foot
is stepping out of the
cave
; leaving, exiting, going out.
Written by: フバフバ
The candles on the candle holder have been put out.
Written by: アンーバー
You need to find this rare breed of dog, so you climb
mountain
after
mountain
, trying to get a glimpse of this extraordinary animal. Finally after exiting this tunnel, you find him, doing a kungfu motion over and over in the sea. The dog can talk too apparently. When you ask him what he's doing, he said he's practicing "wuSHU TSUnami" {しゅつ}. He's so sure this kungfu practice will DEfinitely {で} help him in the DArk {だ} future.
Written by: Justps2
「しゅつ」Shoots
aka small plants
have to EXIT
the pot
otherwise they'll be dead 「deda, でだ, で.る だ.す」
Written by: ハナ❀
We leave the
2 mountains
, one after
another
.
Written by: AidanRyota
As I leave my home on the
mountain
, I carry my
box
of belongings to my car.
Written by: カムリック
She came out of the
mountain
carrying a
open treasure box
!
Written by: 🦡
You wish to exit the
mountain
but {DE RU}sty arrow protruding from your knee isn't coming out. You can't leave this place with the arrow deep within your leg, there's a man-hunter in these mountains, so if you go out there unarmed and with a limp they'll {SHUTSU} you first before you can {DAnSU} out of the way. {If DE RU}sty arrow doesn't kill you first, that is. Well, there's not enough time to think out of the
box
if {It's DAnSU} or die, you'll have to put out all of your energy on your {SUI}test moves and {DAnSU} untill one of you is {DE}ad.
Written by: LeBran
A
mountain
SHUTSU out from a
volcano
Written by: Malice Galaxius
You
must climb the
ladder
to leave
Written by: Flo ・フロ
mountain
has an
opening
at the bottom with an exit sign.
Written by: moolsu
Haha this cactus does kinda look like a
middle finger!
Wait is this your way of telling me to leave? How rude!
Written by: BaldingEagle
Oh look, a
mountain
coming out of that
open box
. How cool. {For some reason, this kanji looks like two mountains stacked on top of each other lol}
Written by: kuroda
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/ さしだしにん - (noun) sender (e.g. of mail)
/ でぐち - (noun) exit, way out; outlet, vent
/ ていしゅつ - (noun/する verb) presentation (of documents), submission (of an application, report, etc.), production (e.g. of evidence), introduction (e.g. of a bill), filing, turning in
/ すいとう - (noun/する verb) receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
る / でる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/intransitive) to leave, to exit, to go out, to come out, to get out; to leave (on a journey), to depart, to start out, to set out; to move forward; to come to, to get to, to lead to, to reach; to appear, to come out, to emerge, to surface, to come forth, to turn up, to be found, to be detected, to be discovered, to be exposed, to show, to be exhibited, to be on display; to appear (in print), to be published, to be announced, to be issued, to be listed, to come out; to attend, to participate, to take part, to enter (an event), to play in, to perform; to be stated, to be expressed, to come up, to be brought up, to be raised; to sell; to exceed, to go over; to stick out, to protrude; to break out, to occur, to start, to originate; to be produced; to come from, to be derived from; to be given, to get, to receive, to be offered, to be provided, to be presented, to be submitted, to be handed in, to be turned in, to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.), to get; to assume (an attitude), to act, to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.), to gain; to flow (e.g. tears), to run, to bleed; to graduate; {vulg} to ejaculate, to cum
Kunyomi: わ.かつ, わ.かる, わ.かれる, わ.ける
Onyomi: , フン, ブン
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: かたな
Radical
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Mnemonics
A blacksmith that fully understands his craft can make
eight
swords
per minute.
Written by: gillianfaith
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To part in
two
with a
knife
, to divide a line into segments, an hour into minutes, a whole into 1% fractions. A ratio, a rate, a chance, a share. To analyze or break down in order to understand and to know.

/10=/100=/1000 ≈ 180mm³
=1/10 ≈ 18ml

(*pɯn, *bɯns) 忿
フン, ブ← /pi̯uən/, /bʱi̯uənᴴ/ ← *pɯn, *bɯns
Walk to/walk a ways to {わけ, わける, わかれる, わかる, わかつ} the blacksmith. He understands his duty well enough to make
eight
swords
every minute. One day, he made a hun-dred フン swords. It could be a boon ブン to work with him. He might share a part of his knowledge.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Something cut into
several
smaller parts with a
knife
.
Written by:
I *understand* how simple it is to make "buns"「BUN ブン」. After mixing "water"「WA わ」into the flour and yeast, *seperate* the dough into
eight
*parts* with a
knife
. Shape each piece and let rest for sixty *minutes* to rise. Then bake.
This is the face of frustration, we often make it when we can't understand something.
Written by: えらいえら
Eight
samurai swinging about their eight
swords
is only a small part of their skills.
Written by: espiacent
Using a
knife
to slice something into
two
parts.

Slicing up hours = minutes
Slicing circles = degrees
Written by: non0230
In the early dawn, he woke up{wakeru}, tied his hair in a bun, grasped his
sword
, ready for
eight
minutes of time that would change everything.
Written by: なないで
There is a game and one part
of it lets you make
eight
swords
and
knives
per minute
.
Written by: くん
Ideogram: The
knife
divides things into
two
parts. When you understand you cut information into easily digestible pieces and know; similarly time can be divided likewise into minutes.

Very common Phonetic component フン.
Written by: フバフバ
Dividing a pizza into
8
equal parts with a
knife
takes less than a minute.
Written by: アルゼン
I
understand as if I'm wearing the knowledge like a
hat
Written by: AngieDee
Special technique Parting: Slash in
8
directions with the
sword
Written by: whereareyou
Owning
eight
swords
is pretty cool, but you must understand it's a bit extreme to have that many.
Written by: ニムエ
With
eight
swords
, this fight will only take a minute.
Written by:
Eight
knifes
will make you understand in a minute
Written by: コエル
Eight
swords
can make anyone understand it's time to shut it.
Written by: スキス イス
She somehow understood how to use this
sword
in under
eight
minutes.
Written by: kuroda
A
knife
is used to cut up
one
hour into smaller pieces.
Written by: Veeti108
Imagine a clock, with a
sword
pointing at the top of the
clock
, measuring the minutes
Written by: Opelle
We each understand only a part of a whole. Like slices of pizza cut into
8
with a
knife
Written by: SaltyCogs
A person's face screaming
wa
because they've been cut into parts.
Written by: カイデン
Eight
sword
s cutting a bun {ブン} into one {わ} minute piece
Written by: Seblin
8
knives
can divide a cake into 8 pieces.
Written by: AidanRyota
it is a 1% chance of surviving getting stabbed by
eight
sabers
at the same time
Written by: weirdkeichan
I understood my part, I had to
clap my hands
for the blacksmith for forging such a
sword
.
わかった Mister ブ-racksmith, here's your clapping!
Written by: ケンパチ
Eight
swords
is only part of my arsenal!
Written by: ジョアオ003
A
roof
is a part/segment of the whole house, and so are the
walls
.
Written by: Impala67
Sometimes it's easier to understand things if you break them down into smaller parts. This is why we study the
radical
and
other parts
of the kanji.
Written by: RemiJP
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かる / わかる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow; to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out; {int} I know!, I think so too!
かる / あいわかる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to be understood, to be comprehended, to be grasped; to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out
かる / はなしがわかる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) down to earth, reasonable, able to deal with
かる / はなしのわかる - (adjective) down to earth, reasonable
それとかる / それとわかる - (adjective) detectable, noticeable, recognizable, observable
Kunyomi: まえ
Onyomi: ゼン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: りっとう
Radical
in front, before
Mnemonics
Every the
month
, the
grass
in front of the lawn is cut with a
knife
.
Written by: Houou
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Oh Mae, that
beard
makes
you
look like a ZEN master
Written by: リアンカ
The angry
Amogus
is standing before you wielding a
knife
under the
eight
Written by: チイちゃん
If you cut infront in a line, the person behind you MAEt get
angry
, loose their ZEN and stab
your body
with a
blade
Written by: Randomdude567
Before I put on my
bunny ears
and become zen {ゼン} like, and
one
with the universe, I look up at the
moon
and shout
Ri
Written by: Anonymous123
We stood before our opponent on the
field
,
swords
shining in the light of the
moon
.
Written by: CatManDan
Every
month
of {MAE} your mom shows up
furious
in front of you. You tell her she needs to be a little more {ZEN}, and before you know it, there's a
knife
in her hand.
Written by: LeBran
*In front* of me, "my"「MAE まえ」
eight
knives
shone in the
moon
light. *Before* I realized it could be dangerous, it made
me
feel "zen"「ZEN ゼン」to see. Now I'm more careful.
One cuts his food,
vegetables
and
meat
with a
knife
on the plate in front of him
Written by: rtega
The
moon
is standing in front of letter
ri
under the
roof thing
Written by: RuaU_U
Via : a
foot
on a
boat
moving forward. The prow in front cuts through the water like a
knife
. You reach your destination before you know it.
/ゼン is the phonetic component, sois the radical.
We can look at the
month-
-ly/"ri"
wall calendar on its
hanger
to look at all the plans we made before.
Written by: エントロピー
Before the full
moon
I practice ZEN with my
sword
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
Ideogram: Originally , “foot” “boat”. A foot moving fowards with a boat. Presumably because ships usually move forwards. Simplified to and . The knife
is added later from “cut”.

Move forward and
cut
the
flesh
till they
stop
Written by: フバフバ
A
samurai
with his
katana
standing IN FRONT of the
moon
.

*The first three strokes look like a samurai's helmet.
Written by: とくだいふろ
The customer in front of you in line is
angry
and
crying
. Think of it as a face with angry eyebrows and crying eyes! I think they MIGHt まえ need to calm down with some ZEN ゼン.
Written by: ・サラ
Ma i-s まえ not zen ゼ ン before she goes out under the
moon
with a
knife
!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Before you can make a name for yourself as a
sword
MAEster まえ, you need to become ZEN ゼン and get blessed by the
moon
by standing before it, wearing
eight
hats. Only then can you drink Sake さき.
Written by: ティメア
On the night of a full
moon
,
defend
your front with your
sword
Written by: Uao
Animal horns
from their
body
are cut using a
knife
in front
Written by: ディアロ
before the
eight
is the seventh crescent
moon
of the month, looking like
one
curved
knife
Written by: weirdkeichan
You sit down in front of a
tv set
with two
antennas
Written by: Umberkuku
The
angry
moon
is in front of you and wants to
stab
you
Written by: pqek
Looks like a large gate that you would find in front of a traditional Japanese estate, before you enter, with the
left door
closed, the
right door
open, and the
gateway frame
.
Written by:
In front of the audience, the MAESTRO まえ stood in a ZEN-LIKE ゼン calm. With
months
of experience, this was going to be as smooth as a
knife
through butter, even with
eyes closed
.
The cutting of the
grass
with a
knife
is done in a
month
at the start of the year. In front/before other months
Written by: GrijsjeBoefje
Oh "man"e that person is standing in front of me. I must remain zen.
Written by: チャーリー98
Myまえ old
TV
but
someone
is in front
Written by: アグノス
MAE goodness, the front of
the moon
was
cut
in
two
.
Written by: Sparkyspines
The
moon
needs a
lid
on it before it can
RI
se!
Written by: カチューシャ
Two
strips
of
meat
that have been
cut
and laid before a
line
.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
You {おまえ} do want to know how the legendary 
moon
knife
 got buried under this Zen {ゼン}
garden
, don't you? It happened long before you were born...
Written by: san-77
Right before you - the grass grows, the
knifes
become duller, the
months
pass by...
Written by: Lorenzz
This particular kanji originally represented a
foot
over something that was either
a boat or a shoe
, signifying moving forward. Over time, it took on the meaning of before / in front of, and the shape got simplified.
Written by: Biev
In front of me, it's ”ぜん” zen to watch ”まえ” ma-e garden.
Written by: ランフイ
Before each
month
, we cut
eight
sticks
with a
knife
in front of us.
Written by: ジョアオ003
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/ なまえ - (noun) name; given name, first name
/ えきまえ - (noun) in front of a station
/ ごぜん - (noun/adverb) morning, a.m.
/ いぜん - (noun/adverb) before, prior to, ago; {n} {adv} the past, before, previously, former times
/ ぜんしゃ - (noun) the former, the first
Kunyomi: きた
Onyomi: ホク
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: ひ
Radical
north
Mnemonics
Two men
back to back for warmth against the cold northern winds.
Written by: rtega
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How could ホク
two spoons
from up north be used to play the guita-r きた?
Written by: Wolfenspace
"Nikita"「KITA きた」
and her
friend
hiked so far *north* in Siberia, they had to huddle close together to stay warm while waiting to be rescued. They couldn't wait until they could eat a hot, "home cooked"「HOKU ホク」meal!
The kanji looks like 2 arrows pointing north.
Written by: Kylanoカイラーノ
The NORTH is cold, so why doesn't this couple
SPOON
to keep warm?
Written by: Abnormalise
While other people came -きた- and went on other
paths
, you still head north on a
straight path
Written by:
Ideogram: Two men
back
to
back
, originally it meant “back”.
According to fengshui North is oriented back.
Written by: フバフバ
You go to the North to sled.
You begin with the leften side of the mountain. In the first place, you
pull your sleigh up
on the mountain {on a slight ascent}, then unfortunately
fall down
into a pit so you have to
pull it up to the ground
{almost parallelly with the first path}. You fed up and go to the righten side.
You go a
little lower
from the top to find a good spot, then finally slide {begin with a
big down, then slowly stop at the ground
}. {The mountains highest point is its middle, so you always go back there}.
Written by: Balasko
Did you know you can find North using two
spoons
Don't ask me to elaborate.
Written by: BaldingEagle
Hokkaido "hoku" is to the north. They are known for Hokkaido milk that can be made into ice cream, which you need a
spoon
to eat.
Written by: MiT_Epona
One
person
back-to-back with
another
. Original form of . Your back faces north when you face south to enjoy the sun.

(*pɯːɡ)
ホク← /pək̚/ ← *pɯːɡ
2 spoons
pointing upwards telling you that {on a paper}, the north is upwards
Written by:
Welcome to the Northern
Magic Show! In traditional northern magic you duplicate things. Please look at this spoon carefully:
. It's a plain ordinary spoon, but now I touch it with my magic wand and say "HOCUS POCUS" ホク. Tada, it's magically cloned now:
Looks like a jagged arrow with
two
mirrored
sides
used to point towards north.
Written by:
From the Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Bella, Jacob and Edward camp out in the mountains in the *north.* Since Bella is a human, she begins to freeze, and Jacob offers to keep her warm.

I imagine this Kanji looks like two people
Jacob
and
Bella
cuddling up next to each other, just like the scene.
Written by: liltofu
My plane crashed very far up north. I was the sole survivor, and had to resort to
splitting wood
with a
spoon
to make a campfire.
Written by: こガエル
If you rub an
ice
stick
against a
spoon
, the spoon will always point north. This is because the ice stick creates a magnetic field that makes the spoon act like a compass needle.
Written by: しまうま
reversed ヒ
and
spoon
are at the north.
Remember Minami Hokutousai from Dr. Stone:

ホク トウ サイ みなみ
    西  
North East West South
N E W S
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
Make
three
*
changes
>
, and you'll face north.

*Because the left part of has 3 strokes.
Written by: Anjolie
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/ きた - (noun) north; the North, northern territories; {abbr} North Korea; {arch} north wind
アイルランド / きたアイルランド - (noun) Northern Ireland
/ ほくじょう - (noun/する verb) going north
/ ほくおう - (noun) Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia
/ ほっかいどう - (noun) Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Kunyomi: , とお
Onyomi: ジッ, ジュウ
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
ten
Mnemonics
looks like a
t
, the first letter in ten
Written by: バレリー
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I have
ten
toe-s とお that fit into my shoe-s ジュウ.
Written by: Wolfenspace
I wear "jewelry"「JŪ ジュウ」on my
*ten*
"toes"「TŌ とお」.
Roman character
for ten
but rotated 45 degrees.
Written by: スキス イス
It's the T in
Ten
Written by: ニュちゃん
One
standing line
represents ten. See also:
廿
twenty,
thirty, and
fourty
Written by: non0230
ジュウ can count とお ten
, too!
Written by: ヘッジ
10 is the first whole number that countains two digits and only countains two strokes.
Written by: JustAT
I have this christian friend, who loves to talk about the Ten Commandments. She gave me this beautiful jew-eled /ジュウ/
cross
pendant.
Written by: *Anna*
Depicts a needle, later written /シン← /t͡ɕi̯əm/ ← *kjum … *ɡjub, borrowed for the sound of ten. Originally drawn simply as a
vertical stroke
or with a dot in the middle. In later forms the dot extends to become a
cross stroke
.

(*ɡjub)
ジッ, ジュウ, ジュッ ← /ʑi̯əp̚/ ← *ɡjub
Ten
toes "とお" down is a slang phrase.
Written by: MiT_Epona
1
9 = 10
2
8 = 10
3
7 = 10
4
6 = 10
5
5 = 10

These numbers all
add
up to ten!
Written by: kuroda
You're {TOO} {JI}ttery to properly carry all these fragil
crosses
{TO} the {JYU}piter wing in only ten minutes. You feel like {JYUU}niper would have been a better fit for the job...
Written by: LeBran
This
cross
has ten jewels "じゅう" in it!
Written by: チェシャ
Ten people want JUice ジュウ in JUne ジュウ to cool down
Written by: Frogsssss
One
line
has ten things
Written by: ポポスくべ
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/ とつきとおか - (noun) babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
/ とお - (noun) ten, 10; {n} ten years of age
/ じっぷん - (noun) 10 minutes
/ じゅうにがつ - (noun) December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
/ じゅういちじ - (noun) eleven o'clock
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
thousand
Mnemonics
It takes many
tens
to get to a thousand, that's why they protect themselves with a
katana
丿
, in case we hunt them
Written by: スキス イス
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In Spirited Away, "Chihiro's"「CHI ち」name means '*thousand* questions' . Yubaba removes the second kanji from her name, leaving only the kanji for *thousand*, "Sen"「SEN セン」. That is why her name changes when she starts working in the bathhouse, where people wear
towels on their heads
丿
in the bath. Sen rhymes with
ten
.
I heard they store over
one thousand
pounds of chee-se ち underground, I wish they would sen-d セン me some!
Written by: Wolfenspace
One
T
housand is
one
T
housand, however you asSEMble {セン} it.
Written by: ヒァン
Ten
puts on a giant
cap
丿
to look like his big brother Thousand
. Hundred looks too different from him to even bother.
Written by: whereareyou
Ten
to the power of three strokes - the first one done with a
katana
丿
- makes one thousand.
Written by: mono.no.aware
One
person
/ジン, ニン← /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ ← *njin … *sn̥ʰiːn ← /t͡sʰen/ →セン with conviction is worth a thousand slackers.
There are 3 lines.
Ten
to the third power is 1000
Written by: WhoIsRem?
With their sensei's guidance, the
ten
students delved into the realm of
katakana
丿
, embarking on a thousand-fold journey of learning and growth.
Written by: なないで
Just so you
know
丿
{no},
10
meters is a thousand
centimeters セン チ {sen chi}
Written by:
Many
tens
equals a thousand
Written by: ディアロ
The
hook
丿
was actually a multiplier, So it multiplied
10
... Oops
Written by: :D
Katana
丿
have three syllables and
ten
to the power of 3 equals one thousand
Written by: ポポスくべ
looks a bit like
"T"
in Thousand, with a painful
stuck in it.
In other words, it's a "T-OW-{sen}".
Written by: Tealtime
there is
no
丿
telling how long it takes to count from
ten
to a thousand
Written by: weirdkeichan
If you cut the
ten
with a
katakana
丿
. You can get 4 pieces. A thoundsand has 4 digits.
Written by: TimeLearner
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る / ちぎる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to tear to pieces, to tear to shreds, to tear up; to pick (e.g. fruit), to pluck, to tear off; {suf} {v5r} to do ... heavily, to do ... heartily, to do ... vigorously (after the -masu stem of a verb)
/ やちよ - (noun) very long period, forever; eight thousand years (orig. meaning)
/ せん - (noun) thousand, 1,000
/ せんえん - (noun) 1000 yen
/ いっせん - (noun) 1,000, one thousand
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
Mnemonics
Noon {12pm} is just a
ten
plus
2
more lines.
Written by: KafukaMode
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Do not mistake
HORSE
and COW
. Remember that cows have horns. It is also known that horse races are always at NOON.
Written by: Abnormalise
Oooh Ma うま, that darn horse, he ru-ined ひる my plans for noon! I was supposed to go ゴ by now.
Written by: Wolfenspace
At
ten
, "Uma"「UMA うま」was already hungry. But she had to wait
two
more hours until *noon* so that she could "go"「GO ゴ」to lunch. She ate like a *horse {of the zodiac}*!
Depicts a large pestle
for husking rice, originally written as a vertical line with two dots, one for the handle and one for the business end. The dots extended horizontally, growing lines following the same evolution as
ten
, but the
handle
𠂉
is now asymmetric to avoid confusion with
.

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

It’s unclear how exactly high noon became the hour of the horse, although it seems it would be safest to ride unknown ground in full sun, but once the connection was established, the horse became the seventh zodiac animal, placing it directly opposite the rat, halfway through the cycle.

is homophonic with and is superficially similar in appearance, but they are considered to have different roots. However, Schuessler 2007 regarded ŋâh "to go against" as a mere graphic variant of and ties the two together that way.

(*ŋaːʔ)
ゴ← /ŋuoᵡ/ ← *ŋaːʔ
The
slide
丿
is
dry
at noon, so you can ゴ down it.
Written by: モニカ7
If you sit on a horse うま and just say say ゴ, you may be sitting there until noon ひる !
Written by: ジューリ
The
cowboy
always tips his hat at noon to avoid overheating.
Cowboy is a cow without the horn.
Written by: ケンパチ
No
lies down
from
ten
to noon
Written by: とくだいふろ
Looks like
ten
with
two
more lines, where the last line is 'falling off' to symbolize how noon is the 'tipping point' where the sun begins to 'sink' / 'fall off' in the sky.
Written by:
Pictogram: A pestle. Originally meant that but later the “
pestle
” was distinguished and the meaning became tied to the chinese zodiac relating also to the jovian orbital cycle and “the earthly branches”.

The seventh represents the sign of the horse due to its position on the zodiac it gradually gained the meaning of noon since chinese clocks used these zodiac symbols and the character used happened to land on “noon”.
Written by: フバフバ
Lunch is at noon ひる. It's already
ten
and your horseうま will get you there faster but she refuses to GO ゴ because the ground has a
dry patch
.
Written by: ティメア
Imagine a public laundry room, of which its door signs, "
No
dry
clothing at noon, please."
Written by: ニムエ
You can tell that this is the sign of the horse because the
horse
is wearing a
saddle
. I wonder if its rider has a duel at high noon..
Go
, fearless cowboy!
Written by: チェシャ
there are
no
丿
dry
towels because we went swimming
Written by: weirdkeichan
Ooh mama 「うま」 ♪ Wake me up before you go, go ♪ 「ご」, on your horse at high 「ひる」 noon
Written by: Tamulet
No
丿
ebb
at noon.
Written by: Pinchedperson
Noon is the time to
recede
from your activities and
NO
tice
丿
that it's time to *go*
have lunch.
Under the bright noon sun, two friends decided to go explore the
unfinished building
.
Written by: なないで
You need a
hat
to
T-pose
at noon.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
air
丿
is
dryest
at noon.
Written by: ハムラ
I was told to water mom's flower bed at noon. I'm prepared with
ten
water guns
and it's time to GO ゴ! 🔫 🌺
Work on the
earth/soil
begins in the morning, but at noon, that work "flips" over &
recedes/gives way
as other tasks
cut into
丿
people's schedules.
Written by: Envisioner
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/ ごぜん - (noun/adverb) morning, a.m.
/ ごご - (noun/adverb) afternoon, p.m.
/ しょうご - (noun/adverb) noon, midday
/ ごご - (noun) afternoon, p.m.
/ ていご - (noun) noon
Kunyomi: なか.ば
Onyomi: ハン
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Mnemonics
Chop
it into
two
bits
to halve it.
Written by: melocule
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Han「HAN ハン」Solo is *half* of the
two
person crew of the Millennium Falcon, that flies through the *middle* of space. The other is the tall
Wookiee
Chewbacca, who can "knock"「NAKA なか」you out with one swing.
It's ironic that however the kanji's meaning is half, the vertical line is
divided into 3 parts
, this is why the person who is behind it is looking with
furious eyebrows
.
Written by: Balasko
You must not
cu-t
なか those
two
boards in half by hand ば, ハン!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Split a
cow
down the middle and
divide
it in half. The horn has been removed prior to butchering, leaving ‡, a semi-character not found in the dictionary, so substitutes as the radical.
When you split this kanji along it's
verical axis
, you get
two
mirrored halfs.
Written by: ききな
Chop
ten
in half, and the
two
bits
give you five strokes
Written by: Virepri
Looks like a
blade
slicing down through the middle / center of some
boards
. The
top board
has already been cut in half.
Written by:
Picture a Karateka trying to cut in half 3 stacked pieces of wood.
The
vertical line
is him striking it, the
first piece
of wood at the top was successfully cut in half. The
other 2
resisted.
Written by: ケンパチ
First, you draw the angry eyes of the HAN ハン gry monster, then you draw his mouth and cut him in half!
Written by: Davidn
Compound ideogram: “cow” + “to divide”.

The
cow
is divided into
two
halves.
Written by: フバフバ
A giant
tree
fell in the middle the
bridge
, so now the
workers
are cutting it in half so they can move it.
Written by: チュリップ
Mr. Han {ハン} had
10
cans of sake, he gave
2
groups of his stash, now each if his friends had half the amount that he had
With
angry eyes
, a
child
of
two
glared at the divided ham sandwich, realizing it had been unfairly halved, sparking a tantrum as they demanded a whole sandwich to appease their frustration.
Written by: なないで
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/ としなか - (noun) middle of a year
/ なまなか - (Adjective/-な) halfway-done, mediocre, uncertain, half-hearted; {adv} half-heartedly, insufficiently
/ はん - (noun/adverb) half, semi-, partial; {n-suf} half-past; {n} odd number; {n} {arch} han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
/ たいはん - (noun) majority, more than half, most (of); mostly, largely, mainly, predominately, nearly
/ はんとう - (noun) peninsula; {sens} {col} Korea
Kunyomi: みなみ
Onyomi: ナン,
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
south
Mnemonics
The
tenth
box
from the South has
money
inside.
Written by: ネコダ
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Mina-san, me {みなみ} going south. Guess what/ {ナン} I'm bringing?
Ten
boxes
of
Japanese yen
!
Written by: quickMaffs44
Looks like the 4 main
cardinal directions
with a large
object
marking where south is.
Written by:
At the Japanese
churches
down south they accept Yen
¥
Written by: Quixotic
Ten
boxes
recede
South with me and Nami {みなみ}.
Written by: MayMaySorbet
Possibly the front of a house facing south, with a
weathervane
, the
roof and walls
, and a series of
windows
topped with a
keystone
. A southern exposure would be preferred in order to maximize useable daylight. Possibly related to .
The weathervane is the radical because it has all the points of the compass.

(*nuːm)
ナン← /năm/ ← *nuːm
Remember Minami Hokutousai from Dr. Stone:

ホク トウ サイ みなみ
    西 

North East West South
N E W S
Written by: 「 ソフィア 」
You'll know you're in the South when you see
ten
boxes
on
dry, parched
land.
Written by: Edelmeister
For fun, I put
ten
yen
in a
box
at a booth at the cultural festival, to speak with a "nanny"「NAN ナン」from the *south* of Europe. She tried to speak French, but said "min amie"「MINAMI みなみ」instead of mon amie. It was kind of funny!
Even hidden under
ten
boxes
the south is pretty
dry
Written by: スキス イス
Down in the south Minami みなみ the sheep, was buried in a
box
by its friend Nan なん, now it’s
10
feet underground in
dry
land
Written by: AlbanyG
*Beneath* the Southern
Cross
even
under a box
is
so
dry
.
Written by: lightmotif
Check out my
mini me
{みなみ}! He's always just south of
me
.
Written by: ゾンベカ
The south has
crosses
and
fenced in
sheep, abbrev.
Written by: melocule
South =
10
upside down
fainting goats
. I made up the fainting goat part because it looks like a diminutive version of the radical for goat/sheep.
Written by: Biev
Pictogram: Bell or the front of a house. The former is difficult to explain and the latter is most likely because houses were built to face south. For the house the
roof
walls
and
door
.

The face of a house points south.
Written by: フバフバ
Sort of
Tengu mask
with his 2
eyebrows
, wearing a
holy helmet
.
The tengu's nose is pointing at the South and he says at the same time "The holy path is South"
Written by: ケンパチ
The north
needle
above the
covered
standing
needle
in the south
Written by: ディアロ
The inside of the
box
is
dry
because it was left outside for
10
minutes. It gets really hot down South!
Written by: BaldingEagle
The
cross
you're holding above your
head
to keep your
horns
dry
keeps pulling you south. Probably because it's warmer in the south, so it's easier to keep things dry.
Written by: しまうま
South of the
ten
th
box
lies
yen
Written by: スフィクス
When things go south while robbing a
church
, your NAN ナン will hit you until you give the
money
back.
Written by: ティメア
In the south, a tsunaminami{minami} roared, causing Grandpa's hairline to
recede
. He wore a
box
, claiming
ten
hairs
left, amusing the children who giggled at his tale.
Written by: なないで
The
ten
countries in the south are
isolated
from the
japansese yen
.
Written by: Wlly
Related vocabulary
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/ みなみ - (noun) south
/ なんぼく - (noun) north and south, north to south; {abbr} South Korea and North Korea
/ なむみょうほうれんげきょう - (noun) {Buddh} Glory to the Sutra, Hail Lotus Sutra
/ なんきょく - (noun) South Pole; the Antarctic, Antarctica
/ なんべい - (noun) South America
Kunyomi: とも
Onyomi: ユウ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: また
Radical
friend
Mnemonics
You have
ten
friends
again
. Hooray!
Written by:
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No
one
cares about me like a true friend does.
Then again
my parents do.
Written by: Pharmacia
Man's best FRIEND: always
BY YOUR SIDE
and sniffing your
CROTCH
.

Primitive: RTK
Written by: Abnormalise
You ユウ want to hang out
again
tomo-rrow とも, friend?
Written by: Wolfenspace
"Tomorrow"「TOMO とも」, "you"「YŪ ユウ」should visit my *friend*
again
at
ten
o'clock.
Hand
𠂇
in
hand
, friends work together. Pronunciation from /ウ→ユウ, because we shake with the right hand.
All my friends love my grandma. That’s why they call her
na
nu
.
Written by: コンオハ
The
narwhal
on the
stool
is your friend
Written by: KitAni
A friend is
one
person
that you meet over and over
again
.
Written by: Envisioner
The original character shows a
hand
and a
hand
held together, which is what friends do!
Written by: NickKnackSnack
A friend is a person, who gave you a
stool
when you about to fall
Written by: Tachig
Na
Naruto's friends are in team Number 7 team Ne
Written by: サウミタ
My friend tied a
ribbon
on my wrist. Thank you
ユウ
,
とも
!
Written by: チュリップ
Amidst the somber cemetery, I visited my friend's
tomb
{tomo}, heart heavy with grief.
On the other hand
, the tombstone reminded me of our enduring bond and cherished memories.
Written by: なないで
A
hand
and another
hand
joined together in friendship.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
YOU {ユウ} can play with your
ten

friends
again
TOMOrrow {とも}
Written by: ろおん
Friend is depicted using two holding
right hand
right hand
𠂇
. It is much more obvious in older scripts. This is also where ユウoriginates.
Written by: フバフバ
は... my friend.
Written by: つの
If you {yuu} make a new friend, you’ll let them
under your roof
again
{tomo}rrow.
Written by: SaltyCogs
The
fluorescent worm
'' and
no
'丿' are hanging out
again
they are developing into friends
Written by: Gcgsauce
My FRIEND
and I have met ten
times. I'd ask, 'Do you ユウ
want to do it again
tomo
とも
rrow?
Written by: オカネ🇻🇳
Related vocabulary
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/ ともだち - (noun) friend, companion
/ とも - (noun) friend, companion, comrade, pal; accompaniment, companion (e.g. book), complement, accessory
/ ゆうじん - (noun) friend
/ ゆうじょう - (noun) friendship, fellowship, camaraderie
だち / ともだち - (noun) friend, companion
Kunyomi: くち
Onyomi: , コウ
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: くち
Radical
mouth
Mnemonics
Tickle a baby, and it will
open its mouth
. Cootchie-coo! くち/ク
Written by: lightmotif
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To be honest, I thought of an English slang word similar to くち, but I'd rather shut my
mouth
Written by: Manu Lamo
When I play peek a boo or "coochie-coo"「KUCHI くち、KU ク」with my baby sister, she gives me a "coy"「KŌ コウ」smile, or opens her
*mouth*
and laughs!
Looks like an open
mouth
Written by:
Depicts an open
mouth
😀
, possibly with upturned corners. Also used to depict a generic object, square or round.
コウ is a later borrowing, ク is earlier, both from the same MC word /kʰə̯uᵡ/. くち is from Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kutui; it is not derived from the OC root *kʰoːʔ, but they may share a common ancestor.

(*kʰoːʔ)
ク, コウ← /kʰə̯uᵡ/ ← *kʰoːʔ
I like KOUcaine said the
mouth
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Pictogram: An open
mouth
. Can be literal or figurative or serve as a container of sorts.
Written by: フバフバ
A baby's mouth opens up when being tickled
kuchi kuchi!
Written by: Jon manilenio
brick
hitting a mouth
Written by: Suoira
Related vocabulary
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/ くち - (noun) mouth; opening, hole, gap, orifice; mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece; gate, door, entrance, exit; speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip); taste, palate; mouth (to feed); opening (i.e. vacancy), available position; invitation, summons; kind, sort, type; opening (i.e. beginning); {suf} {ctr} counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
調 / くちょう - (noun) tone (of voice), manner of talking
/ じんこう - (noun) population; common talk
/ でぐち - (noun) exit, way out; outlet, vent
/ まどぐち - (noun) counter, window, teller window, ticket window; contact person, point of contact
Kunyomi: ふる.い, ふる.す
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: くち
Radical
old
Mnemonics
An old story is one having passed through
ten
mouths
.
Written by: rtega
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Only an old fool ふる
tells
the same co-rny コ story
ten
times.
Written by: Wolfenspace
My dog died too old, so I put a
cross
on top of the
stone
.
Written by: P1ng23n5
My grandfather is so *old* that the same "foolish"「FURUI ふる.い」story will come from his
mouth
ten
times, and he won't remember. I can't "cope"「KO コ」!
Ancient samples of look a lot like from same period. You could think of as an old
oil
lamp that burned out. Mouth is the radical by analogy with bitter .

(*kaːʔ)
コ← /kuoᵡ/ ← *kaːʔ
An old story in one that has passed through at least
ten
mouths
- I’m so FULL {ふる} of such stories that I can’t COpe {こ}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Old People are burried in a
coffin
under the
soil
Written by: Wittich_Tara
So old, they already have a
grave
made for their
burial
Written by: Sealingpizza
An old shield graphic depicting
ten
mouths
Written by: Harly
decade or 10/ten-year
old plant coming out of the
mouth of a pot
Written by: Suoira
The
ground
was so old that a
hole
is starting to appear.
Written by: ケンパチ
When you've heard the same story out of
ten
different
mouths
you know it's getting old .
Written by: Azadeh
Looks like a
coffin
with a
cross
on top suggesting very old content inside.
Written by: Gastonya
I once saw an squatting old man shove
ten
pieces of sushi into this
mouth
at once.
Written by: ニュちゃん
The KOdomo will grow OLD someday with
ten
dentures in her
mouth
Looks like a stick figure
person
with the kind of big chubby
belly
that old men often get.
Written by:
Ten
old
mouths
are great bonds.
Written by: Christian551
ふるい is
ten
, but he
said
"I'm scared of becoming old"
Written by: チェイスです
A phrase I've heard from at least
ten
mouths
: "The older I get, the less gladly I suffer ふる -s"
Written by: SonOfOrpheus
Related vocabulary
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/ ふるす - (noun) old haunts, former homes
/ ふるぎ - (noun) old clothes, secondhand clothing
/ ちゅうこ - (noun/adverb) used, second-hand, old; {n} Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
い / ふるい - (Adjective/-い) old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn (of things, not people); long, since long ago, time-honored; of the distant past, long-ago; stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny; old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
す / きぶるす - (す verb/transitive) to wear out (clothing)
Kunyomi: みぎ
Onyomi: , ユウ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: くち
Radical
right
Mnemonics
He's so
na
ro
-minded. He thinks his direction is always right.
Written by: lightmotif
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If you see a
box
then you are right
Written by: ゼラオラ
Mr
Mi
-ya-
Gi
was right
Written by: YoImLive
An
athlete's wide-spread legs
as he leaps over a
hurdle
, to get to the right side.
Written by: イタさん
Remembering the stroke order for & : The
first stroke of the ナ
runs in the same direction as the
first stroke of the inner part
. In the first stroke is standing upRIGHT, and in it has been LEFT flat on the ground.
Written by: gillianfaith
Someone is pointing
whilst
telling
you the direction is to the right
Written by: オニヴェル
The right
hand
𠂇
/ユウ is used to put food in the
mouth
. The stroke order of 𠂇 is taken from →𠂇.
As soon as I saw the
box
, I turned right.
Written by: アムン
Na
ruto's friend みぎ is right handed. Naruto always uses
talk no jutsu
to win battles.
な looks like the first two strokes, so naruto.
Written by: チェイスです
Phono-semantic ideogram: Phonetic “ユウ” Semantic
“mouth”. Originally meant “right hand” later distinguished.
Is due to the custom of eating with the right hand - the right hand.

You must
eat
with your right
hand
Written by: フバフバ
has katakana
"ro" in it =
r
for right
has katakana
"e" in it = e for left
Written by: MiT_Epona
if you {yuu, u} are right-handed, me guess {migi} you
throw rocks
with your right.
Written by: SaltyCogs
Holding a
mirror
in one's right
hand
.
Written by: Karlla
A
Narwhal
's
mouth
is on the right side of their head
Written by: Seraseth
Something I use to remember vs .
People want to leave {present tense of "left"}
work
and get right to
talking
.
Written by: ハムラ
The
box
tells you which path to go in a
crossroad
: Right
Written by: ミカエルさん
I always yawn by covering my
mouth
with my right hand.
It's me reaching for my mouth with my hand
Written by: ケンパチ
With meek{migi} determination, he held up a
sign
, words unspoken but his right to be heard echoed in every
mouth
.
Written by: なないで
Components: ナ a hand、ロ a mouth
Use the
right hand
when you
eat
.
Written by: AidanRyota
You
eat
with your Right
hand
and you work with your left hand.
Written by: Veerdb
Use a right
cross
to his his
mouth
.
Written by: TheBigD
No
one
can say with their
mouth
what’s the right stroke order.
Narwhal
mouths
are on the right side of their head. In fact, some people didn't think they had mouths at all because they weren't looking from the right. Rookie mistake.
Written by: sanda-san
My right hook hit the man in the
mouth
.
Written by: ジューリ
The
rock is right
Written by: Catogato
Na
, I'm telling you, always keep your right to open your
mouth
up
by your side!
Written by: スキス イス
Oh no! You were supposed to exit the
building
to the right!
Written by: チュリップ
Related vocabulary
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/ みぎ - (noun) right, right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing), above-mentioned; the right (wing), rightist
/ うせつ - (noun/する verb) turning to the right, right turn
/ さゆう - (noun/する verb) left and right, right and left; (asserting) control, influence, domination; one's attendants, people accompanying one; (serving at someone's) side; equivocation
/ みぎて - (noun) right hand; right-hand side, right-hand direction, (on) the right
/ みぎがわ - (noun) right side, right-hand side
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ミョウ, メイ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: くち
Radical
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Mnemonics
Ta
ro
is a noted Japanese name.
Written by: lightmotif
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In the dark
evening
one has to use the
mouth
to give their name.
Written by: rtega
You "may"「MĒ メイ」"not"「NA な」have heard of the *name*
Ta
ro
. It is *noted* in Japan for first born sons. I will use it when I have a son of "my own"「MYŌ ミョウ」.
In the
evening
, when it becomes dark, open your
mouth
to say your name so that people can recognise you.
Written by: スキス イス
MEI NAme is
Ta
ro
.
Written by: ヘッジ
Ta
Rot
cards have differents names and some have bad reputations. I noted mine to distinguish them.
Written by: ジャヌ
You may メイ no-t な have heard of me if you don't go out much at
night
. I am quite the distinguished cat around here,
mew ミュウ
!
Written by: Wolfenspace
A NAme famous for eating po
ta
toes with his
mouth
. MEh, not that great of a quest.
Written by: Pharmacia
Compound Ideogram:
“crescent moon”
“mouth”. To identify oneself in the dark. Alternatively
is a phonetic distinction between this and
.

When it is
evening
its hard to see so you must
say
your name.
Written by: フバフバ
Looks like a
brush
being dipped into a
small thing of ink
. The brush and ink are used to write someone's name, especially if their reputation makes them distinguished.
Written by:
His name is
Ta
ro
; he has a very good reputation.
Written by:
In the
evening
, we
tell
our names.
Written by: ジョアオ003
My *めい* na-me *な* is
ta
ro
Written by: ナムナム
This looks like a
curtain
pulling away from a
stage
that somebody distinguished stands upon, who everybody knows the name of
Written by: [ない?]
one romantic
evening
his
mouth
whispered her name
Written by: Noimagination
Hello my name is Ta
ro
. Nice to meet you. 😉
Using your
mouth
in the
evening
to become distinguished in your field.
Written by: SoraSora3
A person named Roy, sings in the
evening
from his
mouth
na,na,na.
Written by: Houou
During the
evening
we yawn with our
mouths
.
Written by: アルビン 
Ta
ro
is the NAME of a vege harvested in MEI
Written by: リアンカ
The
mouth
opened in the
evening
and uttered a name of some sort.
Written by: ウインク
During the
evening
, the name of those with a great reputation are spoken by the
mouth
of the masses.
Written by: ポクア
Your name being
spoken
in the
evening
depicts your reputation after a hard day's work
Written by:
in the dark
evening
, legends say people were held hostage for their names and if they didn't give their names, their
mouth
was cut off
Written by: weirdkeichan
The
evening
and
mouth
are noted to be friends.
Written by: Christian551
The distinguished
gentleman
is sitting on a
chair
.
Written by: チュリップ
Related vocabulary
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/ なまえ - (noun) name; given name, first name
/ みょうじ - (noun) surname, family name, last name
/ めいし - (noun) business card
/ ゆうめい - (Adjective/-な) famous, well-known
/ しょめい - (noun/する verb) signature
Kunyomi: , よ.つ, よっ.つ, よん
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: くにがまえ
Radical
four
Mnemonics
This kanji resembles a
window
with four sides and a pair of
curtains
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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She
used to
よつ
look out the
window
, until she was four.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Originally, four was written , but was introduced to prevent confusion with and in vertical writing. The choice of
“mouth”
and
“divide”
, meaning a “dispersal of breath” /シ, was probably phonetic.

(*hljids)
シ← /siᴴ/ ← *hljids
*Four* is "shi"「SHI シ」or "yon"「YON よん」, but shi is often avoided because it sounds like {death}. The kanji looks like
legs
dangling in a
window
... did someone get snatched up into the attic by Kayako {from Ju-On}?! I hope they don't die.
This kanji looks like a
fist
with four
curled fingers
and a
thumb
.
Written by: lightmotif
The
box
is chosen to represent four cardinal directions, north, east, south, and west. With
eight
inside to remind you of the ordinal directions, NW, NE, SW, and SE.
Written by: non0230
In the
corner
of the
丿
curtained
window
there is a four.
Written by: MinaRei93
Four
boxes
need a
pair of legs
.
four is not an odd number if you put four
legs
into two
boxes
and divide it evenly
Written by: weirdkeichan
A
square
has four sides
Written by: zer0___
Everyone's
Mouth
Dropped when they saw the
leg
through the four sided window
Written by: JoJoJoStar
the
box
contains
Yoshi's legs

kunyomi: yo よ
onyomi: shi シ
Written by: serrea
Related vocabulary
/ よつかど - (noun) four corners; crossroads, intersecting street, street corner
/ にじゅうよじかんせい - (noun) around-the-clock system
/ よっか - (noun) 4th day of the month; four days
/ よん - (noun) four, 4
/ しがつ - (noun) April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Kunyomi: くに
Onyomi: コク
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: くにがまえ
Radical
country
Mnemonics
The
jewels
of the country are kept in a guarded
box
Written by: マイコー
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It looks like a
map
of a country with
roads
and a
town hall
.
Written by: Snippykeegan
The
king
hides away in his
house
to drink his
coke
コク and avoid running his country くに
Written by: Wolfenspace
A country is a
box
where the
king
plays with his
jewels
Written by: JM.Ying
The
jade
treasure of this country {kuni} is gaurded in a
vault
so dont try to steal it or you'll be choked {KOKU'd} to death.
Written by: Randomdude567
A country is an
enclosure
containing
jewels
: the people and all its riches.
Written by: アフマヂ
The
king
of this
country
loves drinking
Coku
Written by: リアンカ
The country keeps its
riches
in a
box
Written by: ミコ
He believed that his *country's* greatest
jewels
were not gold and gems in its
coffer
, but were the books of Dean "Koontz"「KUNI くに」 and "Coca"「KOKU コク」Cola.
A country, in very recent human history, was defined by a
border
and a
king
while the populace was just a
dot
in comparison.
Written by:
A country is a
jewel
that is protected by borders like a
box
Written by: フバフバ
I see a map inside the
box
there is a country inside it. I can also see a
stone
and a small
dot
in the country
Written by: ポポスくべ
A
ball
in the middle of a rectangle
, that's the flag of the country Japan 🇯🇵!
Written by: ポクア
The
king
with a
sword
in the
country
Written by: ュリア
The young
king
of your country was playing with the
jewel
you gifted him when he suddenly fell off the
box
he was standing on and hit his head. The
king
's
{KOnKU}ssion wasn't severe so you just had to patch the {KUt-NI}ar his eyebrow.
Written by: LeBran
The country is ruled by a
king
who seats on the
throne
Written by: Blablablabla
Originally, the character in the center of the
enclosure
was a halberd over a city and its territory; this is a place where soldiers will defend the land
Written by: NickKnackSnack
Here lies our
king
keeping his
jewels
safe and sound in a mysterious
box
away from the country
A
box
holds the
jewels
of the country
Written by: ディアロ
Mrs Cooney {くに} keeps her
jewels
in a safe
box
because her country isn't safe.
Written by: ana-san
Imagine we are in UK, the country. There are kings there, right? Imagine this is a
palacy
. Inside there, we have a
king
holding his
crown
Written by: Japaneses cool
The
jewelry
box
and this KNEE-LENGTH くに COCKTAIL DRESS コク are all from my home country.
A
king
is
trapped
his own country holding his
crown
Written by: AlbanyG
Related vocabulary
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/ くに - (noun) country, state; region; national government, central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); {hist} province (of Japan); {arch} land, earth
/ くにぐに - (noun) countries
/ がいこくじん - (noun) foreigner, foreign citizen, foreign national, alien, non-Japanese
/ こくさい - (noun) international; {n} {obs} diplomatic intercourse
/ ちゅうごくご - (noun) Chinese (language)
Kunyomi: つち
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: つち
Radical
soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Mnemonics
The
cross
planted in the
ground
has a shorter span than the earth below. Watch out for !
Written by: lightmotif
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This
grave
belongs to つち、and . They were buried together, six feet in the ground
Written by: チェイスです
Do-n't ド search つち in the soil in the
ground
under the
cross
, you might find toe-s ト!
Written by: Wolfenspace
I get "touchy"「TSUCHI つち」about
graves
on hallowed *ground*. Please "don't"「DOド」walk on the
*soil*
where people are buried, either in *Turkey* or anywhere on *Earth*.
If a tree falls on the ground
and there's no one to hear it, DOes it make a sound?
Written by: Pharmacia
Plant
growing in the
ground
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
You know who likes to dig in the soil? Dogs
. They dig to
find two cheeses
つち
. How will those dogs ever find those two cheeses?
Written by: チェシャ
Supposedly a lump of
clay
on a
potter’s wheel
. Its texture is like DOUGH →ド.
Very similar to ♁, the Unicode symbol for earth つち.
The association with Turkey is from , ateji for Portuguese turco “Turk”
looks like
ground
larger than a
crossed post
placed in it; the ground / soil / earth is wider to symbolize its importance over what is placed in it.
{Meanwhile, looks like ground smaller than a person standing on it; the arms of the person are wider than the ground to symbolize the command that scholars / gentlemen / samurai have over the world around them.}
Written by:
Hands in the soil, nurturing the
ground
,
Cultivating life, where the
trees
are found.
Written by: なないで
An
arrow
pointing upwars from the
ground
Written by: エリンʕ·ᴥ·ʔ
Jane Doe
is buried in a
grave
in the ground with Stanley Tucci
Written by: スメルビアス
Ten
flowers are sitting on the
ground
.
Written by: AidanRyota
Pictogram:
Clay
on a
pottery wheel
or ground; clay is a type of soil or earth.
Written by: フバフバ
DOn’t ド sit your tushy つち on the
GROUND
, that’s someone’s grave.
Written by: Jules.33
I struck the
cross
into the
ground
, which made a loud 'DO'.
Written by: Flo ・フロ
The
stuff
that is on the
ground
is soil.
Written by: non0230
Related vocabulary
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/ つち - (noun) earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
/ とち - (noun) plot of land, lot, soil; locality, region, place
/ どようび - (noun/adverb) Saturday
/ どよう - (noun/adverb) Saturday
/ どひょう - (noun) {sumo} (wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag, gabion
Kunyomi: そと, はず.す, はず.れる, ほか
Onyomi: ガイ,
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: た,ゆうべ,ゆう
Radical
outside
Mnemonics
Potatoes {po
ta
to
} grow outside
Written by: アーメル
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There's a guy {ガイ} outside planting potatoes {po
ta
to
}. Besides that, how come {ほか} there hasn't {はず} been any other vegetables planted, only potatoes?
Written by: quickMaffs44
How come ほか I can see some sort of そと guy ガイ outside when
I'm looking
out of my
open window
?
Written by: Wolfenspace
This guy
ガイ
Soto
そと
has been creeping outside my door
all night. Hope the cops
ほか
arrive soon.
Written by: moonkie
The
evening
is the best time to stick your
toe
s
outside
Written by: Seraseth
One
evening
, I looked out my
door
to see a "guy"「GAI ガイ」sneaking around *outside* my house, "sort of"「SOTO そと」like a ninja.
The
moon
/ガツ← /ŋi̯wɐt̚/ ← *ŋod … *ŋʷaːds → /ŋuɑiᴴ/ →ぐわい, ぐゑ →ガイ, ゲ is important for astrological
divination
, but you have to go outside to observe it. Historically, the right side was a character depicting a branching line; not , which depicts a crack, but its left-flip inverse.
Using the
handle
, you open your
window
and see the
moon
outside.
Written by: ヒァン
Night
time is there perfect time
to
go outside
Written by:
the
hand and arm
of a man outside knocks on the
window
Written by: demateriamedica
A
fortune-teller
powers are stronger in the
evening
, that's why it's when he goes outside to earn some money
Written by: スキス イス
You {SOld TO}matos at the market in {HOKA}Ido and now the {GAI} that works for you {HAZU} to go outside during the
evening
and {GE}t more seeds {TO} refill your garden. By the time he comes back, it's late and his
toes
are frozen.
Written by: LeBran
Being outside in the
evening sun
is so
divine
!
Written by: Uao
Guys ガイ, If you want to see the
evening
moon, you need to turn that
doorknob
to go outside
Written by: ケンパチ
During the
half moon
take your
magic stick
and go outside
Written by: ディアロ
Let's spend the
evening
outside throwing the
rod
to the dog.
Written by:
He's the SOTO GAI who likes to live outside
Written by: Andymc1963
The
moon
is already outside, so
you
turn your back to the outside and go home.
Written by: Sityqwai
As we went outside that
evening
,
the guy {がい} went
“to”
to toe on his enemy
in the
evening
, if you bring your
magic wand
outside it will be more powerful
Written by: シヴィ・エンビ
During cold
evenings
, I won’t put one
toe
outside.
Written by: Sadaharu_3
Phono-semantic ideogram: Phonetic
“crescent moon/ガイ/ゲ” Semantic
“divination stick”.

The
divination
relied on the moon if it was a
crescent
then the part “outside” our view is obscured.
Written by: フバフバ
In
evening
with
friends
Written by: Nihang
そと and ガイ are out for the
evening
. I would've gone too, but I stubbed my
e and it freaking hurts!
Written by: チェイスです
Things that exist in different spacetimes, outside of my subjective world, are — just like this
evening
— covered in darkness. It was especially true in the past but even now people
divine
what was and what will be.
Written by: ききな
Every
evening
, I go outside to dip my
toes
in {soot}「そと」.
Written by: Vitor Conte
i like
to
go outside in the
evening
Written by: weirdkeichan
I, wa-
ta
shi am standing outside the door
Written by: チュリップ
In the
evening
, this *guy* I know paints his
toe
nails outside at the front of his porch. His name is *Soto*.
Written by: ニムエ
A young magician likes to practice outside in the
evening
with his
magic wand
, as opposed to the old magician who wakes early to practice with his wand in eminent
Written by: ジューリ
In the
evening
,
Katakana To
is growing potatoes {po ta
to
es} outside.
Written by: AidanRyota
Related vocabulary
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/ いがい - (noun/adverb) excluding, except (for), apart from, other than, besides, in addition to; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
/ がいこくじん - (noun) foreigner, foreign citizen, foreign national, alien, non-Japanese
/ がいこくご - (noun) foreign language
/ かいがい - (noun) foreign, abroad, overseas
/ こうがい - (noun) suburb, residential area on the outskirt of a city, commuter belt
Kunyomi: おお.い
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: た,ゆうべ,ゆう
Radical
many, frequent, much
Mnemonics
If one sees the
moon twice
you have had a lot to drink.
Written by: rtega
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Oi/おおい, have you heard? That bloke says "
Ta
-
ta
!" lots of times before he finally clears off.
Written by: lightmotif
Two moons
in the sky looks like two O's おお, and that's too many moons. At least this kanji is easy ta タ remember, it looks like its onyomi.
Written by: Wolfenspace
See : two pieces of
meat
←⺼← is a lot of meat, especially when food is scarce. If you eat that much meat on a frequent basis, it’s going to cause many problems. This man'yōgana is the origin of katakana タ.

(*ʔl'aːl)
タ← /tɑ/ ← *ʔl'aːl
OI! {おお.い} If you frequently see many
moons
, you are drinking too much TAr {た}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
I do this every
night
, so quite frequently
Written by: Hexador
Oi! {おおい}
There are many
evenings
you drink frequently
, but that doesn't matTA {"ta" from "matter" or "matTA"}
much
.
Written by: くん
For
two evenings
, {Ta}naka「タ」has been unable to sleep. She's afraid of ghosts, and she frequently hears many {ooo}「おお」sounds before bed.
Written by: Vitor Conte
Seeing
double
from many frequent "taooi" drinks.
Written by: Catogato
Ideogram: 2
“meat”. 2 large cuts of
meat
can feed many; or it is many.
Written by: フバフバ
On an alian planet how many sundowns
are there in a day?...the answer is two!
TAta!
In the
Evening
there are many hours
Written by: じゅ
Related vocabulary
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/ おおめ - (noun) somewhat larger (amount), quite a lot, a little more (than usual), a little extra
ぎる / おおすぎる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)) to be too numerous, to be too much
/ たぶん - (adverb) probably, likely, perhaps, maybe; {adj-no} {adj-na} a lot of, much, many, considerable, large (amount), generous
/ たしょう - (adverb) a little, some, somewhat, slightly, to some degree, to some extent; {n} amount, quantity, number
い / おおい - (Adjective/-い) many, numerous, a lot; large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much; frequent, common
Kunyomi: おお, おお.いに, おお.きい
Onyomi: タイ, ダイ
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: だい,だいがしら,だいかんむり
Radical
large, big
Mnemonics
A
man
spreading his
arms
wide to hold something big.
Written by: rtega
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Oooh おお, his neck is so
big
that if he tightens his tie タイ, he could die ダイ!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Etymology:
Pictogram of a man spreading his arms to denote something big.

Mnemonic:
OOh {おお}, that
person’s
shirt is too big! The TIE {タイ} DYEd {ダイ}
sleeves
are cool though.
The big
man
is standing with
his arms spread
to see if his shirt fits.
Written by: shw00by
A big man is coming to hug you! Oo
おお
I'm jealous
Written by: Erri808
A
man
t-posing
to look big.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
*large*
person
asked me to "tie dye"「TAI タイ、DAI ダイ」their *big* shirt "orange"「Ō おお」.
Pictogram: A
man
spreading his arms, “This big
Written by: フバフバ
A
person
is holding
a
big table
Written by: ポポスくべ
Ooh おお, I thought I'd die ダイ fighting this
one
big
person
. Surprisingly, it was a tie タイ
Written by: iamakylbekov
Something
large held up by a big
man
. Used frequently as a radical, but rarely as a phonetic.

(*daːds)
タイ,タ←ダイ,ダ← /dʱɑiᴴ/, /dʱɑᴴ/ ← *daːds, *daːds
Outstretched arms
of the
man
who is big
Written by: ディアロ
Jude Bellingham celebrating a goal
Written by: とくだいふろ
ooki! that man
named tai is
large
Written by: pojjm
Ooh /おお/, hey, do you see that big
person
with the big Tai Dai /タイ, ダイ/
shirt
on?
Written by: *Anna*
Arms outstretched in a big reveal - おお - in a tie dye shirt - タイ、ダイ-
Written by: Hiroshi Karasawa
Related vocabulary
/ おおはば - (Adjective/-な) big, large, drastic, substantial; {n} full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
り / おおどおり - (noun) main street, avenue, boulevard
/ おおざっぱ - (Adjective/-な) rough (estimate, summary, etc.), broad, general, sweeping, loose; careless (e.g. work), sloppy, crude
使 / たいしかん - (noun) embassy
き / だいすき - (Adjective/-な) liking very much, loving (something or someone), adoring, being very fond of
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
heavens, sky, imperial
Mnemonics
The
big
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.
I'm a あま
big
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
Big
Person holding up Heaven
Written by: ネコちゃん
"Ten"「TEN テン」
big
*imperial* gods live in the *heavens* with "Amaterasu"「AMA あま」, and look down from the
*sky*
.
Atlas
must be pretty big
to hold up the entire
sky
.
Written by: コンオハ
All
people
are
equal
under heaven.
Written by: Shika
The sky is
one
big
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
is
big
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
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
One
large
space in God's HEAVEN
Written by: EmeraldSui
The
two
Wright Brothers invented the airplane. Because of them,
people
like テン and あめ can fly in the sky.
Written by: チェイスです
When
one
person
would look up at the sky
, they would think it's so
big
.
Written by: くん
In the vast heavens, a
large figure
emerged—a divine being,
one
among the ten celestial rulers.
Written by: なないで
For the kanji , in all ancient styles, it was
a person , facing front, with his head emphasized
. The first line at the top was the
head
itself, but it meant something above his head, that is “heaven; sky.”
Looks like
two sets of steps
leading up through the
sky
and into the
heavens
.

{Something something imperial family descended from gods...}
Written by:
Thank
テン
you Itachi, said Sasuke using
One
Big
ama
あま
terasu. After this Itachi looked at the Sky .
Related vocabulary
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/ あまつ - (adjective) {arch} heavenly, imperial
/ あめ - (noun) {arch} sky
/ てんき - (noun) weather; fair weather, fine weather
/ てんきよほう - (noun) weather forecast, weather report
/ てんこう - (noun) weather
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.
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:
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
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: まな.ぶ
Onyomi: ガク
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: こ
Radical
study, learning, science
Mnemonics
Gotta work up some
sweat
to earn that school graduation
cap
,
kid
Written by: melocule
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Stay
bright
and keep your learning
cap
on,
kiddo
.
Written by: shainii
Man まな, that
kid
Ga could
ガク
study all
day
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
child
is studying while talking
shelter
from the
rain
.
Written by: Raitolulu
The "man, Abu"「MANABU まな.ぶ」, was *studying* things like *science* so the "guy could"「GAKU ガク」make money and buy a
spiky hat
for his
child
.
Via : a
child
goes to school, a
house of writing
, to study writing, science and other learning.
It's a
child
with
Einstein's hair
because he studied, science
Written by: ヴォルフイ
A
child
studying
letters and kanji
until their mind
lights up
from understanding.
Written by: 🦡
This
kid's
mind
is
blown
by the new things they are learning
Written by: lokoluis15
It is very hard to recognize the
syllable ツ
, so a
child
must stay in the
house
to study for hours and hours.
Under the
ROOF of the SCHOOLHOUSE
the
CHILD's
only reason to be there is to STUDY.

**But as we know that study is one thing,
and learning quite another yet**
Written by: Abnormalise
A
child
who studies is making their
head
powerful
i.e.
tsu
-yoi AKA
い.
Written by: Envisioner
Why is that
kid
wearing the
graduation hat
? Because they study.
Written by: ジョアオ003
Gotta learn how to build up my "mana"
Written by: CervidaeAxis
From the original character, the three marks on the top are a very simplified version of
two hands bestowing teachings
to a
child
in a
house
. In summary, the character shows a child receiving knowledge, i.e. learning
Written by: NickKnackSnack
The kanji looks kind of like this guy ->
🙇
, who looks like he's studying or learning
Written by: Kit-N・キテーン
When you were a
kid
you loved to study science and learn all about it. You even {MANA}ged to earn the first place
crown
three
times in a row during the school's fair and {GAin KU}pons to spend in the event's shops.
Written by: LeBran
The
spark
of excitement, you see on the
head
of a
child
who has learnt the magic of science and learning for the very first time.

The childlike excitement of fully grasping what they've worked hard to study.
Written by: Vee2026
the
child
who is learning is wearing a
viking hat
, because they were a menace {まな}
Written by:
The
child
wears the
crown
of learning
Written by: きつねよかい
The
Triceratops
hat
wearing
child
wants to study but she can only がく{gawk} at the kanji.
Written by: TestAcc1
In school, the
child
is wearing a
three-spike hat
.
Written by: AidanRyota
Looks like a
child
in front of an
open book
that
radiates knowledge
to study
Written by: Pandanutiy
The
kid
- has a warm
smile
when he learns new material, but he still asks the teacher
“wha”t
the new material is.
In a video game, when you
learn
something you earn MANA
BUbbles
.
Written by: ArgoNomi
The studying
kid
with the
cap
is
learning
science.
Written by: Ralex
hana, the youngest and
brightest
child
there, got
crowned
the winner of the mathlympics
Written by: weirdkeichan
Learning is a the
crown
enlightened
children
wear.
Written by: フバフバ
A
child
with a
small
cap
studying away
Written by: Ciboxd
the final
crown
of knowledge that
shows
all the effort a
child
has but in becoming a man / woman. Essentially coming of age in terms of knowledge
Written by: Mikatsuki_August
You need to work hard
kid
you do want that
graduation cap
after all!
Written by: Theyapon
The head {
crown
}
of a
child
grows
stronger
with study!
Written by: CatManDan
To become a
crown
Prince, the
small
child
needs to study.
Written by: Houou
A
child
needs to
grow
their
knowledge
by learning.
Written by: Okiru
In the school, there are
some kids
studying, the
teacher's table
and the
teacher
.
Written by: Japaneses cool
Related vocabulary
see all words
びの / まなびのその - (noun) educational institution, school
びの / まなびのにわ - (noun) educational institution, school
/ だいがく - (noun) university, college; {hist} {abbr} former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
/ りゅうがくせい - (noun) overseas student, exchange student
/ ちゅうがくせい - (noun) junior high school student, middle school pupil
Kunyomi: やす.い
Onyomi: アン
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: うかんむり
Radical
relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
Mnemonics
A
woman
under your
roof
makes your life peaceful.
Written by: Karlla
Show all mnemonics (27)
A
woman
under a
roof
is safe.
Written by: ラウ
The CHEAPest way to RELAX is to
stay at
HOME
with your
WOMAN
.
Written by: Abnormalise
AN {あん} easy and cheap way to relax under your
roof
is to be with a special
woman
- it's a quiet and peaceful life, YES {やす.い}?
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Ya,
Sue
i-s やすい relaxing with Anne アン after buying some cheap
crowns
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
The
crown
is worn by a quiet and peaceful
woman
. So the kingdom is relaxed and contented even if the queen is a little cheap.
Written by: サマヒラ
A
woman
with a cheap
crown
can still be content.
Written by: Ellk
A
woman
doesn't like a cheap
crown
Written by: Houou
The man was very *contented* to have a
woman
living under his
roof
. It was *peaceful* and *quiet*, so he could *relax* after work. "On"「AN アン」Fridays, she cooked a *cheap* meal she called "ya suey"「YASUI やす.い」.
Under the roof of a
house
, a kneeling
woman
is safe and warm, shielded from the fierce weather. She and others with her can relax, peaceful and contended until the storm blows over and things are quiet again.
The sense of cheap is unique to Japanese, and appears to be by transference from い/やすい.

(*qaːn) +
アン← /ʔɑn/ ← *qaːn
“ammonia” and “ammonium” are new characters coined in the modern era and are not found in rime dictionaries.)
ANny
woman
should
stand above
cheap talk. YA're all better SUIted by a rested and relaxed man who aims to keep you content and peaceful and can tell the difference between a quirl and a bad day.
-Also goes the other way around-
Written by: ジェン~1984
A
woman
sitting down with her legs crossed, as she relaxes at her cheap desk with the
ceiling fan
on.
Written by: DNFInACan
The
woman
is content to relax under her
roof
, as it's quiet and cheaper than going out.
Written by: マリナ ❊
Cheap things are like a
crown
to a
woman
. They like it.
Written by:
ku no ichi were
female
ninjas, and the ones that didn't have much money wore CHEAP headwear
Written by: エベレット
A
woman
under a
roof

A cheap, easy way to spend an afternoon is just to stay home and relax... it's safer than going out, and by the end of the day, you'll feel so peaceful and content.
Written by: Arrow-kun
The
woman
who bought a cheap but relaxing
roof
over her head told me, "Yeah, it's sweet {やすい}. Pretty much the ANswer {あん} to all my prayers."
Written by: Kembriel
If you treat a
woman
like a queen with a
crown
, she'll be very relaxed.
Written by: アンタイネ
the
woman
under her
roof
feels very relax, rested and peaceful
Written by: ドストエ
A
woman
named ANN アン relaxes at her flat, it's cheap rent, nothing fancy but still a
roof
over her head
Written by: Yauriki
A
woman
relaxing with a cheap
sunhat
Written by: FOXYPIRATEN
The
crowned
woman
lives a relaxing life where she gets everything for cheap because she is the queen.
Written by:
When you relax with a
Woman
under your
roof
, life becomes so much better
Written by: サイラス!
Lady ANn, the
woman
relaxing under the
roof
is content she found a quiet and peaceful place.
Written by: レイん|レナ
Get off the
roof
, young
lady
! I swear you ANDROID アン phones are perfectly safe and cheap. Just relax already, will you?
"Ya su i" - "ya! so cheap!"
Written by: Gopnikolai
Psst... look at this
woman's
hat
, looks so cheap...
A
woman
relaxing on a
couch
by crossing her
legs
and resting her
arms
on the couch's backrest.
Written by: RTRN
Related vocabulary
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/ めやす - (noun) criterion, standard, yardstick, reference, aim; rough estimate, approximation
っぽい / やすっぽい - (Adjective/-い) cheap-looking, tawdry, insignificant
/ あんぜん - (Adjective/-な) safety, security
/ ふあん - (Adjective/-な) anxiety, uneasiness, worry, apprehension, fear, insecurity, suspense
い / やすい - (Adjective/-い) cheap, inexpensive; calm, peaceful, quiet
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
Related vocabulary
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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: すく.ない, すこ.し
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: しょう,しょうがしら
Radical
few, little
Mnemonics
Something
small
is
slashed
丿
to make it even smaller.
Written by: rtega
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A few people can fit on a
small
slide
丿
. I could SHOW {しょう} you, but I’d get a little STUCK {すく}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
When you have a
small
amount of something and you're
cutting
some out: you now have a few or little of it.
Written by: ジャヌ
The
small
child wanted to "show"「SHŌ ショウ」his *little* friend, "Sue Kun"「SUKU すく」, how to go down the
slide
丿
. He did this a *few* times.
This kanji originally means sand. It is a pictogram of
three grains of sand
being blew off by the
wind
. It is later use to talk about general small things and
was used to convey the meaning 'sand' to be more concise.
Written by: non0230
This Kanji looks like it's giving us a little
smile.
Written by: ニュちゃん
If you take something
small
and
chop
丿
it up, all you'll have is a few little peices.
Written by:
Only a few
little penguins
are able to use a
surf
丿
Written by: ケンパチ
Cutting
丿
a
small
seed gets smaller.
Written by: P1ng23n5
ショウ watched すこし ran a
few
feet to the
slide
丿
but he tripped.
Written by: チェイスです
Cut
丿
something
small
and you'll get few small things.
Written by: Veerdb
Pictogram: A
small
number of
dots
丿
; a few dots.
Written by: フバフバ
We have very few
small
sticks
丿
. Could you gather a little bit more?
Written by: danialx
small
is in terms of size, if you add
No
丿
it means small in terms of Number № - small amount
Written by: zzeyn
Related vocabulary
see all words
/ すくなめ - (adjective) somewhat below, slightly below
しずつう / すこしずつちがう - (noun) to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)
/ しょうねん - (noun) boy; juvenile, child (usu. in legal contexts)
し / すこし - (adverb) a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat; a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute; a little way, a short distance
しも / すこしも - (adverb) (not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least, (not) in the slightest (with neg. sentence)
Kunyomi: やま
Onyomi: サン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: やま
Radical
mountain
Mnemonics
a mountain with three
サン
peaks
Written by: soren
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Ya ma やま, your son サン sen-ds セン his love from the
mountain
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Link the peaks and a
mountain
will appear
Written by: スキス イス
The kanji for *mountain* looks like
three peaks
rising from the ground. In Japanese, three is "san"「SAN サン」. Mount Fuji is known both as Fujisan and "Fujiyama"「YAMA やま」.
Three
mountains
. Pretty simple, right?
Written by: non0230
Have you ever imagined
mountain
s
talking, like how wuld two mountains greet eachother?
"Hello, Everest-san /サン/."
"Oh hi, Fuji-san /サン/."
Written by: *Anna*
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 — .
Written by: Jjhhhhhh
Pictograph of a
mountain
.

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
やま
せん
.せい {} had us climb the mountain during training
Written by:
Looks like a mountain
with
three
peaks
for the sloping shape.
Written by:
Stick-figure reduction of three /サン
mountain peaks
, originally three triangles.

(*sreːn)
サン,セン← /ʂăn/ ← *sreːn
Related vocabulary
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/ やま - (noun) mountain, hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap, pile; crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part; climax, peak, critical point; guess, speculation, gamble; {sl} criminal case, crime; mountain climbing, mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack; {mahj} wall, wall tile; {arch} temple, temple grounds; {n-pref} wild
さん / やまださん - (noun) Mr./Mrs./Ms. Yamada
/ たくさん - (Pre-noun adjective) a lot, lots, plenty, many, a large number, much, a great deal, a good deal; enough, sufficient; {n-suf} enough, too many, too much
/ ふじさん - (noun) Mount Fuji, Mt. Fuji, Fujiyama, Fuji-san
/ とざん - (noun/する verb) mountain climbing, ascending a mountain, ascent
Kunyomi: かわ
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: かわ
Radical
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Mnemonics
Three wave
crests
off a river flowing
Written by:
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A
river
ca-rries wa-ter かわ and sen-ds セン it downstream.
Written by: Wolfenspace
You accidentally drive your car into the river, and your |sen|sei
セン
jokes that the river is now a |car wash|
かわ
.
Written by: チェシャ
In Spirited Away, "Sen"「SEN セン」sees a *river* spirit that looks like a "cute = かわいい"「KAWA かわ」boy! In his true form, he is a
long, thin
creature that can swim straight between the
banks of any *stream*
.
かわ went to the river
with セン.
Written by: チェイスです
What's stronger than
one
vertical stream? Three!
Written by:
Three dashes
for water running through the stream.
Written by: non0230
Probably originally showed two river
banks
with water flowing
between
them. Man’yogana for つ and ツ based on the classical pronunciation つゑん.

(*kʰjon)
セン←つゑん← /t͡ɕʰi̯wɛn/ ← *kʰjon
As I drove my car along the winding
road
, accompanied by my kawaii virtual girlfriend, we discovered a magical river where colorful creatures danced and played, filling our journey with happiness and wonder.
Written by: なないで
You know that feeling when you need to find a ca-r wa-sh /かわ/ but there's just nothing near you for miles only this river so you use the
river
insted? No? Me neither...
Written by: *Anna*
Looks like a river or stream, with a curved
left bank
, the
flowing water
, and a straight
right bank
.
Written by:
People are having an argument by the river and one says "fine! walKAWAy!" かわ
Written by: Frogsssss
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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/ かわ - (noun) river, stream; {suf} River, the ... river (suffix used with the names of rivers)
/ ほりかわ - (noun) canal
/ かせん - (noun) rivers
/ せんりゅう - (noun) senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
/ さんせん - (noun) mountains and rivers
Kunyomi: ひだり
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: え,たくみ
Radical
left
Mnemonics
When I wrote
na
-ma-
e
I left out the middle. {You can tell your Hidari from your Migi by Hidari's sideways 'H'.}
Written by: lightmotif
Show all mnemonics (21)
To remember which one is right/left, think "lEft", as it contains the katakana
e
.
Written by: スキス イス
Na
bruhh I'm looking
lEft
because he didn't treat me right. And HI DARI {ひだり} SAy {サ} those false rumors about me?? How immature! I'm glad I left him!
Written by: quickMaffs44
He da rea-son ひだり I left my
na
ma
e
off the si-gn サ up sheet.
Written by: Wolfenspace
The illustrator "Hidari"「HIDARI ひだり」mostly uses his
*left*
hand. I "saw"「SA サ」it in a documentary. Note: The kanji almost looks like "right"「」, but with the
katakana "e" エ
, which is the vowel sound in "left".
Remembering the stroke order for & : The
first stroke of the ナ
runs in the same direction as the
first stroke of the inner part
. In the first stroke is standing upRIGHT, and in it has been LEFT flat on the ground.
Written by: gillianfaith
The
left hand
𠂇
/サ holds a
tool
steady, assisting the right hand to perform work.

(*ʔsaːlʔ)
サ← /t͡sɑᵡ/ ← *ʔsaːlʔ
Your left
hand
is very
skilled
.
Written by: Karlla
has katakana
"e" in it =
e
for left
has katakana
"ro" in it = r for right
Written by: MiT_Epona
A
person
to the left of a
table
Written by: オニヴェル
I
SAW a magician
SAW
someone in half with their left hand
Written by: Suoira
If you want to cut a steel
construction
beam in half with your
katana
, then you have to strike it on the left side
Written by: Genius1985
This is your left arm and buttocks
when you stand with your back to the viewer.
Written by: monoxue
Something I use to remember vs .
People want to leave {present tense of "left"}
work
and get right to
talking
.
Written by: ハムラ
You
work
with your Left
hand
, and you eat with your right hand.
Written by: Veerdb
Hidari
ひだり SAw サ me but quickly left on
skates
.
Written by: ティメア
Na
ruto lead the re
construction
of his village after it was destroyed by Pain. The left side of the village was rebuilt by ひだり and サ.
な looks like the first two strokes, so なruto.
Written by: チェイスです
Phono-semantic Ideogram: Phonetic
“サ” “To assist” Semantic
hand
.

The left hand
assists
the right because the majority are right handed.
Written by: フバフバ
HI DeAR I
crafted
you a note, you'll find it
on the left side
of the desk.
Written by: ジェン~1984
The
construction
of the left side has begun.
Written by: アムン
In the depths of the forest, a hidden hideaway{hidari} emerged, untouched by the clamor of
construction
. Left behind, an ancient
tomb
whispered tales of forgotten souls.
Written by: なないで
You can see the katakana
e
, in the kanji for lEft
Written by: Zombieモカ
Related vocabulary
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/ ひだり - (noun) left, left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing), leftist; fondness for alcohol, drinker
き / ひだりきき - (noun) left-handedness, left-handed person, left-hander; fondness for alcohol, person who is fond of alcohol, drinker
/ さゆう - (noun/する verb) left and right, right and left; (asserting) control, influence, domination; one's attendants, people accompanying one; (serving at someone's) side; equivocation
/ させつ - (noun/する verb) turning to the left, left turn
/ ひだりまえ - (noun) wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation; front left, front and left, before and left
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