Today’s #kanji is #銀, which is listed under the radical of #かねへん(金). 金 is its semantic element and 艮 is…
風
Today’s #kanji is #風, which makes its own radical. 風’s semantic element is 虫 (an insect) and its phonetic element…
菜
Today’s #kanji is #菜, which is made of #くさかんむり(艹) and 采. You can remember 采 as ノ + ツ +…
光
Today’s #kanji is #光, which is listed under the radical of #にんにょう(儿). 光 is a compound ideograph, consisting of 火…
野
Today’s #kanji is #野, which is listed under the radical of #さとへん(里) and 里 means something like a “settlement” or…
薬
Today’s #kanji is #薬, which is made of #くさかんむり(艹)and 楽. 楽 has a meaning of “comfort”, so 薬 is some…
森
Today’s #kanji is #森. Another 木 (tree) is added to the last kanji I posted about. 森 is definitely a…
映 and 写
Recently, I introduced the kanji characters 映 and 写. They both have something to do with an image and they…
林
Today’s #kanji is #林, which is made of 2 x 木s. Some say this is a pictograph and other say…
料
Today’s #kanji is #料, which is made of 米 (rice) and 斗 (a unit for volume) and it has the…
図
Today’s #kanji is #図, which is listed under the radical of #くにがまえ(囗). The inside part looks like the katakana ツ…
写
Today’s #kanji is #写, which is made of #わかんむり(冖) and 与 (to give) but this combination does not seem to…
画
Today’s second #kanji is #画, which is listed under #かんにょう(凵) in my kanji dictionary but some dictionaries list it under…
映
Today’s first #kanji is #映, which is made of 日 and 央, 央 is supposed to be the sound component…
集
Today’s second #kanji is #集, which is made of #ふるとり(隹) and 木. Its original form was 雧 (= 3 x…
歌
Today’s first #kanji is #歌, which is listed under the radical of #欠. 欠 has a meaning of “yawning” and…
音
Today’s second #kanji is #音, which is made of 立 (to stand) and 日 (the Sun), but 音 is classified…
同
Today’s first #kanji is #同. My Kanji dictionary lists it under #口 but some dictionaries list it under #まきがまえ(冂). There…
不
Today’s second #kanji is #不, which is listed under the radical of #一. There seem to be a few different…
以
Today’s first #kanji is #以, which is listed under the radical of #ひと(人). 以 is apparently a logogram and suggests…