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…
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…
月
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…