Today’s second #kanji is #暑, which is made of 日 (the Sun) and 者 (a certain person). Its meaning is…
寒
Today’s first #kanji is #寒, which is listed under #うかんむり. Under うかんむり, it has 3 horrizonal lines, 2 vertical lines,…
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…
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…
終
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…