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…
真
Today’s #kanji is #真, which is listed under the radical of #目. You can remember this as: ナ + 目…
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…
回
Today’s second #kanji is #回, which is listed under the radical of #くにがまえ（囗）. However apparently 回 is a pictograph depicting…
度
Today’s first #kanji is #度, which is listed under the radical of #まだれ（广）. There are 4 ways to read this kanji.
部首 – kanji radicals
Many kanji characters are composed of 2 or more components. These components are called 部首（ブシュ）, radicals. Radicals are divided into…
台
Today’s second #kanji is #台, which is listed under the radical of 口. You can remember this character as ムロ…
