Today’s second #kanji is #乗. It’s listed under the radical #の（丿） in my kanji dictionaries. It’s quite a complicated character,…
着
Today’s first #kanji is #着. Some (online) kanji dictionaries list this under the radical of #ひつじ（𦍌） and others (my printed…
知
Today’s second #kanji is #知. It’s made of #やへん（矢）and #口（くち）. 矢 usually means an arrow but it apparently also means…
思
Today’s first #kanji is #思. It’s written with 田 (rice field ⇒ to produce) and 心（こころ）. Your thoughts are product…
持
Today’s second #kanji is #持, which is listed under #てへん（扌）, a hand. 寺（てら） nowadays means a temple but apparently it originally meant “to work”.
待
待 is made of #ぎょうにんべん（彳） and 寺. 彳 indicates “going” and “walking.” So picture a boy walking back and forth in a 寺, waiting for his girlfriend to come!
帰
Today’s second #kanji is #帰. I believe most kanji dictionaries list this under the radical of はば（巾）. Originally this kanji…
旅
Today’s first #kanji is #旅. In Kanji dictionaries, it’s listed under the radical of #ほうへん/#かたへん（方）, which suggests some association with…
夜
Today’s second #kanji is #夜. The previous kanji 夕 is the main radical of this kanji. Personally, I think it’s…
夕
Today’s first #kanji is #夕. This looks exactly like the katakana タ, but it’s never pronounced that way.夕 itself becomes…
晩
Today’s second #kanji is #晩. It is made of ひへん/にちへん（日） and 免 （メン, to escape）. Yes, you can picture that…
昼
Today’s first #kanji is #昼. It’s made of 尺 + 日 + 一. 尺（シャク） means a scale or it is…
朝
Today’s second #kanji is #朝.One way of remembering this kanji is writing as “10th (十日) (of) October (十月)” (十日十 is…
明
Today’s first #kanji is #明.#日 (the Sun) and #月 (the Moon) are together, so it must be very bright! It…
化
Today’s second #kanji is #化. It’s made of #にんべん（亻） and #さじ/さじのひ（匕）.にんべん（人偏） looks like the katakana イ but it suggests association…
室
Today’s first #kanji is #室. Its #うかんむり（宀） suggests it has something to do with a building. The inside part 至（いたる）…
科
Today’s second #kanji is #科. #のぎへん（禾） which has something to do with “harvest” is used with “a dipper” 斗（ト）. Does…
理
Today’s first #kanji is #理. Its radical is #おうへん/#たまへん（王）and its pronunciation indicator is #里 for リ. Its kun-yomi (originally Japanese…
字
Today’s second #kanji is #字. #子（こ/a child）is hiding under #うかんむり（宀）.Year 1’s in Japan learn its onyomi (originally Chinese reading) and…
文
Today’s first #kanji is #文. It looks as if なべぶた（亠） is being used but 文 itself makes a radical. I…
