Kanji?!
Kanji? 漢字？
You want to learn 漢字？
Did you know that the Japanese didn't have a written language hundreds of year ago? Until the Chinese influence. Then they borrowed 漢字 for their own language. there would have been no kana with out kanji. Because Japanese is so different than Chinese, kanji wasn’t enough to put Japanese to print. So kana was created to fill in the gaps... Any slack kanji left behind, kana took up.
Kanji has three readings: On, Kun & Nanori.
On (on-yomi) is the chinese reading of the kanji.
Kun (Kun - yomi) is the Japanese reading of the word.
Nanori is used in peoples names.
There is no diffident way to know which reading to choose, but there are some LOOSE guidelines that will help. The On-yomi is usually used with compound words, 2 or more kanji like: 人間=human (ningen) and the Kun-yomi is used generally alone like: 犬=dog (inu), 白=white (shiro).
They say you need about 500 kanji to just barely get by. But in reality 2000 kanji are needed in all. Of course there are many more than that, but if you know 2000 your good. But where do we start? At the beginning sounds good!!!
Are you smarter than a first grader?
If you said no, your probably right! ^___^
At least a Japanese one. Japanese children start learning Kanji in first grade. They learn a total of 80 kanji in the course of a year. I will start off with those 80, then more may come based on demand.
Notes...
All the floating ball Gifs you see below were made by me... They are a gift to my students, just right click and save them! Now you have cool kanji blue floating ball people!!! I hope you guys are greatful more the little blue kanji gifs... Because I work really hard on them, and it's a long process, and if I mess up, I have to redo the entire thing some times more than once.. ^__^;;; I'm starting to make them with colored backgrounds and themes! Tell me what you think!
The stray "t"s that you see are really っ,see double consonants in "how to start" for details.
If you see like a million kun- yomi, then the Pink ones, are the one to really are concerned with.
All 80 are complete on this page, please visit kanji pg 2 for more kanji ^__^
First grade kanji!!!
| 一 One on-yomi ichi, itsu kun-yomi hiti-,hito(tsu)
二 on-yomi ni, ji kun-yomi futa, futa(tsu), futata(bi)
______________________________ 三 Three on-yomi san, zou kun-yomi mi, mi(tsu), mit(tsu)
______________________________ 四 Four on-yomi shi kun-yomi yo, yo(tsu), yot(tsu), yon
______________________________ 五 Five go kun-yomi itsu, itsu(tsu)
_______________________________ 六 Six on-yomi roku, riku kun-yomi mu, mu(tsu), mut(tsu), mui
________________________________  七 Sevenon-yomi shichi kun-yomi nana, nana(tsu),
________________________________ 八 Eight on-yomi hachi kun-yomi ya, ya(tsu), yat(tsu), you ________________________________ 九 Nine kyuu, ku kun-yomi kokono, kokono(tsu)
| 十 Ten on-yomi juu, jit, jut kun-yomi too, to
_____________________________ 百 Hundred on-yomi hyaku, byaku kun-yomi momo
____________________________ 千 Thousand on-yomi sen kun-yomi chi
_____________________________ 日 Day, Sun, Japan on-yomi nichi, jitsu kun-yomi hi, -bi, -ka
_____________________________ 月 Moth, Moon on-yomi getsu, gatsu kun-yomi tsuki  _____________________________ 火 Fire on-yomi ka kun-yomi hi,-bi, ho-
_____________________________ 水 Water on-yomi sui kun-yomi mizu, mizu-
_____________________________ 木 Tree, wood on-yomi boku, moku kun-yomi ki, ko- -------------------------- 金 Gold on-yomi kin, kon, gon kun-yomi kane, kana-, -gane  | 土 Soil, earth, ground turkey on-yomi do, to kun-yomi tsuchi
____________________________ 上 Above, up on-yomi jou, shou, jan kun-yomi ue, -ue, uwa-, kami, a(geru), -a(geru), a(garu, -a(garu), a(gari), -a(gari), nobo(ru), nobo(ri), nobo(seru), nobo(su), yo(su)
____________________________ 下 Below, down, descend, give, low, inferior on-yomi ka, ge kun-yomi shita, shimo, moto, sa(geru), sa(garu), kuda(ru) kuda(ri), kuda(su), -kuda(su), kuda(saru), o(rusu), o(riru)
____________________________ 右 Right on-yomi u, yuu kun-yomi migi ____________________________ 左 Left on-yomi sa, ja kun-yomi hidari  ____________________________ 大 Large, big on-yomi dai, tai kun-yomi oo-, oo(kii), -oo(ini)  ______________________________ 中 In, inside, middle, mean, center on-yomi chuu kun-yomi naka, uchi, ata(ru)  ______________________________ 小 Little, small on-yomi shou kun-yomi chii(sai), ko-, o-, sa-  ______________________________ 入 Enter, insert on-yomi nyuu, nit kun-yomi i(ru), -i(ru), -i(ri), i(reru), -i(re), hai(ru)  |
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First grade kanji!!!
出 Leave, exit, put out on-yomi shutsu, sui kun-yomi de(ru), -de, da(su), - da(su), i(deru), i(dasu)  _______________________________ 男 Man, male on-yomi dan, nan kun-yomi otoko, o  _______________________________ 女 Woman, female on-yomi jo, nyo, nyou kun-yomi onna, me  _______________________________ 子 child on-yomi shi, su, tsu kun-yomi ko, -ko, -tko, ne  _______________________________ 人 Person on-yomi jin, nin kun-yomi hito, -ri, -to  _______________________________ 口 Mouth  on-yomi kou, ku kun-yomi kuchi  _______________________________ 目 Eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor on-yomi moku, boku kun-yomi me, -me, ma-  _______________________________ 手 Hand on-yomi shu, zu kun-yomi
te, te-, -te, ta-  _______________________________ 耳 Ear on-yomi ji kun-yomi mimi  | 足 Leg, foot, be sufficient on-yomi soku kun-yomi ashi, ta(riru), ta(ru), ta(su)  ______________________________ 白 White on-yomi haku, byaku kun-yomi shiro, shira-, shiro(i) ______________________________ 赤 Red on-yomi seki, shaku kun-yomi aka, aka-, aka(i), aka(ramu), aka(rameru)
______________________________ Blue, green on-yomi sei, shou kun-yomi ao, ao-, ao(i)  ______________________________ 学 Study , school, learning, science on-yomi gaku kun-yomi mana(bu)  ______________________________ 校 Exam, printing, proof, correctin on-yomi ... ... ... kun-yomi kou, kyou  ______________________________ 先 Ahead on-yomi sen kun-yomi saki, ma(zu)  ______________________________ 生 Genuine, birth, life on-yomi sei, shou kun-yomi i(kiru), i(kasu) i(keru), u(mareru), u(mare), umare, u(mu), o(u), ha(eru), ha(yasu), ki, nama, na(ru), na(su), mu(su), -u  -------------------------- 年 Yearon-yomi nen kun-yomi toshi  | 山 Moutain on-yomi san, sen kun-yomi yama ___________________________ 川 River stream on-yomi sen kun-yomi kawa
___________________________ 花 Flower on-yomi ka, ke kun-yomi hana  ___________________________ 雨 Rain on-yomi u kun-yomi ame, ama-, -same  ____________________________ 田 Rice filed, rice patty on-yomi dan kun-yomi ta  ____________________________ 石 Stone on-yomi seki, shaku, koku kun-yomi ishi  ___________________________ 貝 Shellfish on-yomi bai kun-yomi kai  ___________________________ 林 Small forest, grove on-yomi rin kun-yomi hayashi  ___________________________ 森 Forest, woods on-yomi shin kun-yomi mori  |
First grade kanji!!!
見 To see on-yomi ken kun-yomi mi(ru, mi(eru), mi(seru) _____________________________ 立 Stand up, establish on-yomi ritsu, ryuu, rittoru kun-yomi ta(tsu), ta(chi-), ta(teru), tate-, -da(te), da(teru)
_______________________________ 休 Rest, day off, sleep on-yomi Kyuu kun-yomi yasu(mu), yasu(maru), yasu(meru)
_______________________________ 天 Heaven(s), the sky, imperial on-yomi ten kun-yomi amatsu, ame, ama- _______________________________ 気 Spirit, mind on-yomi ki, ke kun-yomi iki
_______________________________ 本 Book, present, main, true, real, (a counter for long things) on-yomi hon kun-yomi moto
_______________________________ 犬 Dog on-yomi ken kun-yomi inu, inu- _______________________________ 虫 Bug, insect, temper on-yomi chuu, ki kun-yomi mushi
_______________________________ 草 Grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft on-yomi sou kun-yomi kusa, kusa-,-gusa
| 車 Car on-yomi sha kun-yomi kurama  ______________________________ 名 Name, distinguished, reputation, noted on-yomi mei, myou kun-yomi na, - na  _______________________________ 正 Right, correct, justise, righteous on-yomi sei, shou kun-yomi tada(shii), tada(su), masa, masa(ni)  -------------------------- 音 Sound, noise on-yomi on, -non, in kun-yomi oto, ne  ______________________________ 早 Early, fast, quick on-yomi sou, sat kun-yomi haya(i), haya(maru), haya(meru), sa-  _______________________________ 王 King, rule, magnate on-yomi ou, -nou kun-yomi oo, ookimi, wa  _______________________________ 村 Village on-yomi son kun-yomi mura  They're houses -_-;;; --------------------------- 町 Town on-yomi chou kun-yomi machi  ---------------------------- 竹 Bamboo on-yomi chiku kun-yomi take  | 空 Air, sky, empty, void, vacant on-yomi kuu kun-yomi sora, a(ku), a(ki), a(keru), kara, su(ku), su(kasu), muna(shii) ------------------------ 糸Thread on-yomi shi kun-yomi ito
----------------------- 字Character, letter, section of village on-yomiji kun-yomi aza, azana, -na  __________________________ 夕 Evening seki kun-yomi yuu  ----------------------- 玉 Jewel, gem, ball on-yomi gyoku kun-yomi tama, tama-, -dama  ------------------------ 文 Writings, letter, literature, style, art, Decorations, figures on-yomi bun, mon kun-yomi fumi, aya
------------------------ 力 Power, strength, might, pressure on-yomi ryoku, riki, rii kun-yomi chikara  ------------------------ 円 Yen, circle, round on-yomi en kun-yomi maru(i), maru, mado, mado(ka), maru(yaka) ------------------------ That it for first grade kanji! All 80! Check out kanji pg 2 for more kanji! |
