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(?), 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…
円
Today’s second #kanji is #円. It’s made of #まきがまえ/#けいがまえ(冂). 円 used to be an informal variant of 圓 which is…
一
Today’s first #kanji is #一. 一 also makes a radical.
紙
Today’s second #kanji is #紙 – it’s made of いとへん(糸) and 氏 (family name). 紙 is made of fibre and…
飯
Today’s first #kanji is #飯 – its radical is しょくへん(飠) which is from 食 (to eat), and its pronunciation indicator…
自
Today’s second #kanji is #自. It has one more stroke than #白 (white), but these two characters are not related.…
曜
Today’s first #kanji is #曜. It’s made of #ひへん(日) with 2 x katakana ヨ (actually 羽) and #ふるとり(隹). Altogether 18…
教
Today’s second #kanji is #教. It’s listed under #ぼくづくり(攵) in my kanji dictionary. Its original form is 敎 and 教…
洗
Today’s first #kanji is #洗. Another #さんずいへん(氵) kanji. Its つくり (the right side of a kanji) is #先, which serves…
泊
Today’s second #kanji is #泊. Again it has a #さんずいへん(氵), which indicates some association with water. This time its つくり…
活
Today’s first #kanji is #活, which is made of #さんずいへん(氵) and #舌(ゼツ/した/tongue)although its original つくり (the right side of a…
歩
Today’s second #kanji is #歩. 歩 is made of 止 (to stop) and 少 (a little, a few), Some people…
通
Today’s first #kanji is #通. It’s made of #しんにょう/#しんにゅう(辶) and 甬. 甬 can be pronounced as ヨウ or ユ but 通…