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…
昼
Today’s first #kanji is #昼. It’s made of 尺 + 日 + 一. 尺(シャク) means a scale or it is…
朝
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…
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)…
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…
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…