Today’s second #kanji is #悪, which is listed under the radical of #こころ（心）. The top part 亜 used to be…
低
Today’s first #kanji is #低, which is made of #にんべん（亻） + 氏 (a surname) + 一 (a line, rather than…
暗
Today’s second #kanji is #暗, which is made of 日 and 音. 音 usually means a sound but in this…
早
Today’s first #kanji is #早, which is listed under the radical of #日. Originally 早 was a compound ideograph consisting…
軽
Today’s second #kanji is #軽, which is listed under the radical of #車. Its つくり, 圣, does not get used…
重
Today’s first #kanji is #重, which is listed under the radical of #里, although in my opinion 重 and 里…
短
Today’s second #kanji is #短, which is made of 矢 (an arrow) and 豆 (a bean). 豆 also has the…
太
太 is made of 大 and 丶. Its original meaning was rather positive but both the adjective and the verb with this kanji now have rather negative sound.
暑
Today’s second #kanji is #暑, which is made of 日 (the Sun) and 者 (a certain person). Its meaning is…
寒
Today’s first #kanji is #寒, which is listed under #うかんむり. Under うかんむり, it has 3 horrizonal lines, 2 vertical lines,…
音読みと訓読みと熟字訓 – 3 different ways of reading Kanji
This post is about ONYOMI, KUNYOMI and JUKUJIKUN – the 3 different Japanese ways of reading Kanji – Chinese characters.
休
Today’s second #kanji is #休, which is made of #にんべん（亻） and 木. This is an ideogram showing a person leaning…
立
Today’s second #kanji is #立, which makes its own radical. Meaning: to stand up, to build Reading: リツ（リッ）、リュウ、た（だ）、リットル* 立案（リツアン）する:…
会
Today’s second #kanji is #会, which is listed under the radical of 人. 会 and 合 are both used in…
買
Today’s first #kanji is #買. 買 is listed under the radical of 貝, which is a shellfish and ancient people…
生
Today’s second #kanji is #生, which probably is the most difficult kanji to read, as it has 8 official readings…
学
Today’s first #kanji is #学, which is listed under the radical of 子. 学 used to be written as 學.…
入
Today’s second #kanji is #入, which makes its own radical #いる（入）. Many students confuse this with 人 (a person), so…
出
Today’s first #kanji is #出, which is listed under the radical of #かんにょう/#うけばこ（凵）. Some of my students wrote two 山s…
書
Today’s second #kanji is #書, which is listed under the radical of #ひらび（曰）. The top part 聿 means “a brush”…
