Today’s second #kanji is #月, which can also make its own radical. 月 is a pictograph for a crescent. Meaning:…
日
Today’s first #kanji is #日, which makes its own radical. It is a pictograph for the sun. Make sure you…
週
Today’s second #kanji is #週, which is made of #シンニョウ/#シンニュウ（辶） and 周. 周 serves as its sound indicator and there…
十
Today’s first #kanji is #十, which makes its own radical. Many of my students write the vertical line first like…
午
Today’s second #kanji is #午, which is listed under the radical of #十. Make sure to keep the vertical line…
九
Today’s first #kanji is #九, which is listed under the radical of #おつにょう（乙）. The Katakana ノ should be written first…
半
Today’s second #kanji is #半. This is listed under the radical of #十. The 2 diagonal strokes at the top…
八
Today’s first #kanji is #八, which makes a radical called #はちがしら, which is a logogram demonstrating things are going every…
間
Today’s second #kanji is #間, which is made of #もんがまえ（門） and 日. Apparently the older form of this character had…
七
Today’s first #kanji is #七, which is listed under #一. Some people confuse this with 十 and some others write…
分
Today’s second #kanji is #分, which is listed under #かたな（刀） with 八 over it. 刀 is a sword and 八…
六
Today’s first #kanji is #六. When I teach this to little people, I always say “a hat （亠） and a…
時
Today’s second #kanji is #時, which is made of #ひへん/#にちへん（日） and 寺 (a temple). 寺 serves as its sound indicator here but temple bells served as a clock.
五
Today’s first #kanji is #五. It’s listed under the radical of 二. Apparently 五 is the mix of 二 and…
年
Today’s second #kanji is #年, which is listed under #ほす/#かん（干）. Its original form is 秊, a combination of 禾 (harvest) …
四
Today’s first #kanji is #四. It’s listed under #くにがまえ（囗） and the inside looks like #にんにょう/#ひとあし（儿） but apparently it comes from…
先
Today’s second #kanji is #先, which is listed under #にんにょう/#ひとあし（儿）. Apparently the top part was originally written with a variation…
三
Today’s first #kanji is #三. 三’s radical is 一. When you write this character, you need to pay attention to…
今
Today’s second #kanji is #今, which is listed under #ひとがしら（𠆢）, which is a different form of にんべん（亻）. Please pay attention…
二
Today’s first #kanji is #二. 二 is also a radical. When you write this character, make sure you write the…
