meaning: sea reading: カイ、うみ、うな 海水(カイスイ): sea water海洋(カイヨウ): the sea(s), the ocean海外(カイガイ): abroad, overseas日本海(ニホンカイ): the Japan Sea 雲海(ウンカイ): a sea…
妹
Meaning: a younger sister Reading: マイ、いもうと、いも 姉妹(シマイ): sisters義妹(ギマイ): a younger-sister-in-law (the wife of one’s younger brother or a younger…
弟
Meaning: a younger brother Readings: ダイ、デ、テイ、おとうと 兄弟(キョウダイ): sibling (including sisters) 弟子(デシ): a disciple, a follower 兄弟(ケイテイ): brothers…
姉
Meaning: an older sister Recognized Reading: シ、あね 姉妹(シマイ): sisters姉弟(シテイ): an older sister and a younger brother長姉(チョウシ): the eldest sister義姉(ギシ):…
兄
Meaning: an older brother Recognized Reading: キョウ、ケイ、あに 兄弟(キョウダイ): a sibling (including sisters) 兄弟(ケイテイ): brothers兄妹(ケイマイ): older brother and younger…
族
Meaning: family, clan Reading: ゾク、やから* 族生(ゾクセイ)する: grow in clusters家族(カゾク): a family, one’s family (members)一族(イチゾク): one’s relatives, one’s kin親族(シンゾク): a…
家
Meaning: houseReading: カ、ケ、いえ、や、うち* 家族(カゾク): a family, one’s family (members)家庭(カテイ): a household, a family一家(イッカ): (somebody’s) entire family, a family 家来(ケライ):…
私
Meaning: private, me Reading: シ、わたくし、わたし 私立(シリツ)(の): private, non-government私見(シケン): one’s personal view私服(シフク): civvies, plain clothes私財(シザイ): private funds私費(シヒ): private expense私利私欲(シリシヨク): greed,…
洋
Meaning: ocean, Western Conventional Reading: ヨウ 洋服(ヨウフク): Western clothes洋風(ヨウフウ): Western, European洋書(ヨウショ): a foreign (Western) book海洋(カイヨウ): the sea(s), the ocean遠洋(エンヨウ):…
元
Meaning: the origin Reading: ガン、ゲン、もと 元旦(ガンタン): New Year’s Day元日(ガンジツ): New Year’s Day元祖(ガンソ): the founder元本(ガンポン): capital, principal 元(ゲン): a…
心
Meaning: a heart, a mind, the centre Reading: シン(ジン)、こころ(ごころ) 心臓(シンゾウ): the heart心配(シンパイ): anxiety, fear, worry関心(カンシン): interest, concern中心(チュウシン): the centre,…
体
Meaning: a body, a shape Reading: タイ、テイ、からだ 体力(タイリョク): physical strength, stamina体育(タイイク): physical education体験(タイケン): (personal, practical) experience身体(シンタイ): the body, the…
正
#正 is listed under the radical of #とめへん(止). Apparently 止 has a meaning of a foot and with 一 (one) added, 正 means to advance straight forward, from which …
茶
Meaning: tea Reading: チャ、サ 茶色(チャいろ): brown colour茶室(チャシツ): a tea house, a tea room茶目(チャめ): mischievousness, a practical joke茶碗(チャワン): a rice…
黒
Meaning: black Reading: コク、くろ(ぐろ) 黒衣(コクイ): black clothes黒板(コクバン): a blackboard, a chalkboard暗黒(アンコク): darkness, blackness大黒柱(ダイコクばしら): the central pillar, a breadwinner 黒(くろ):…
赤
#赤 is listed under its own radical but its original form was the combination of 大 (big) and 火 (fire)…
好
#好 is made of おんなへん(女) and 子 (a child), i.e., a girl or a young woman, from which the meaning…
広
#広 is made of #まだれ(广) and ム. 広 used to be an informal variant of 廣. 黃, which is the…
楽
#楽 is listed under the radical of #木 but it is a pictograph depicting various musical instruments placed on the…
近
#近 is made of #しんにょう/#しんにゅう with 斤. 斤’s original meaning is “an axe” but it also means “a small amount,”…