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…
強
Today’s second #kanji is #強. I can’t explain why but it’s made of 弓(ゆみ/a bow)+ “ム” + 虫(むし/an insect). Altogether 11 strokes.
勉
Today’s first #kanji is #勉. It’s made of 免(メン)and 力(ちから/power).免 usually means “to escape”, “to permit”, etc. but it also…
園
Today’s second #kanji is #園. It’s made of #くにがまえ(囗)and 袁. In Japanese 袁 is not usually used alone but it…
公
Today’s first #kanji is #公. It’s made of #はちがしら(八) and ム. You can remember it as ハム written vertically! Meaning:…
州
Today’s second #kanji is #州. It has one short stroke next to each stroke of #川, so this character’s original…
県
Today’s first #kanji is #県 . Its radical is #目, not #日, so make sure you draw 2 lines inside,…
区
Today’s second kanji is #区. Apparently its radical is #かくしがまえ(匸), not #はこがまえ(匚)and the inside is currently written as メ but…
市
Today’s first kanji is #市. It is made of #なべぶた(亠)(なべ= a pot + ふた= a lid) and #巾 (“cloth” or…
漢
Meaning: the Han dynasty (China), the name of a river in China Reading: カン 漢字(カンジ): a kanji, a Chinese…
英
Meaning: excellence Reading: エイ 英語(エイゴ): the English language英雄(エイユウ): a hero, a heroic fugure英才(エイサイ): talent, genius, brilliance英知(エイチ): wisdom, intelligence英断(エイダン): an…
都
Meaning: the Metropolis (of Tokyo), a city, a town Reading: ト、ツ、みやこ 都会(トカイ): a city, an urban area都市(トシ): a city,…
京
Meaning: a capital, a metropolis Reading: キョウ、ケイ 京都(キョウト): Kyoto (an ancient capital of Japan)東京(トウキョウ): Tokyo (the current capital of…