Today’s second #kanji is #魚, which makes its own radical. 魚 is a pictogram and the bottom 灬 looks like…
電
Today’s first #kanji is #電, which has #あめかんむり（雨）. The bottom part 甩 is apparently a pictograph for “lightning.” Meaning: electricity,…
北
Today’s second #kanji is #北, which is listed under #さじのひ（匕）. Meaning: north, to be defeated, to escape Reading: ホク（ホッ、ボク）、きた …
南
Today’s first #kanji is #南, which is listed under the radical of 十. Some people draw a 羊 (sheep) inside,…
西
Today’s second #kanji is #西, which is listed under #にし/#かなめのかしら（襾）. 西 looks similar to 四 (4). Meaning: West Reading: セイ（ゼイ）、サイ（ザイ）、にし…
東
Today’s first #kanji is #東, which is listed under the radical of 木. Meaning: eastReading: トウ、ひがし、あずま（あづま）* 東京（トウキョウ）: Tokyo (the capital…
外
Today’s second #kanji is #外, which is listed under #ゆうべ（タ）. Its つくり (the right side) looks like the katakana ト…
中
Today’s first #kanji is #中, which is listed under the radical of #たてぼう（丨）. Its original meaning is an arrow （丨）…
後
Today’s second #kanji is #後, which is made of #ぎょうにんべん（彳）+ 幺 (young) + 夂 (to delay) and its original meaning…
前
Today’s first #kanji is #前 which is listed under the radical of #りっとう（刂）. Be careful that the top 3 strokes…
右
Today’s second #kanji is #右, which is listed under the radical of 口. Both 左 and 右 has a part…
左
Today’s second #kanji is #左, which is listed under the radical of 工. Although it does not have either of…
下
Today’s second #kanji is #下. It’s listed under the radical of #一. It looks a bit like the capital “F”…
上
Today’s first #kanji is #上 with 7 different readings. It’s listed under the radical of 一. The shorter horizontal stroke…
毎
Today’s second #kanji is #毎. The old form of this character was 每 with 母 but the current style has…
土
Today’s first #kanji is #土, which makes its own radical. Some say this is a logograph and others say a…
金
Today’s second #kanji is #金, which makes its own radical. Its original meaning is that there is something glittering in…
木
Today’s first #kanji is #木, which makes its onw radical. 木 is a pictograph, depicting a standing tree. Meaning: a…
水
Today’s second #kanji is #水. It has 4 strokes and it makes its own radical. When this radical is used…
火
Today’s first #kanji is #火, which makes its own radical. When 火 is used as a へん (the left side…
