Today’s second #kanji is #終. It’s made of いとへん(糸) and 冬. 冬(ふゆ/winter) is the last season of the year, so…
始
Today’s first #kanji is #始, which is made of おんなへん(女) and 台. 台 usually means a stand or a pedestal…
作
Today’s second #kanji is #作. This one also has にんべん(イ, people). The right side 乍 is in Japanese often read…
使
Today’s first #kanji is #使. It is made of にんべん(イ、person/people) and 吏. 吏 means a lower class government officer, so it…
働
Today’s second #kanji is #働.にんべん(イ, “a person/people”) is added to the previous kanji 動.I guess people need to move things…
動
Today’s first #kanji is #動. Most kanji dictionaries seem to list this under the radical of #ちから(力). It’s written as…
物
Today’s second #kanji is #物, which is made of #うしへん(牜) and 勿. うしへん(牜) suggests its association with a cow/cattle. 勿…
売
Today’s first #kanji is #売. It is listed under the radical of #さむらい(士), so make sure you write the top…
乗
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(?) 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…