Lesson 1 - Characters

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Reading of the Kanji is shown above. Onyomi is in Katakana, Kunyomi is in Hiragana.

Meaning: person

Shape: Symbolizing the shape of a person.

Two lines are slightly curved.

Start the 2nd stroke at the right place.

Don't mix up with .

Click button to see the stroke order animation.

Word Reading Meaning Class

person from _ (nationality) suffix

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counter for persons suffix

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person n

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The reading which will be learned in the higher levels is colored in gray.

Meaning: the sun, day

Shape: Symbolizing the shape of the sun.

The 2nd stroke goes horizontal then downwards.

Create two equal rectangular divisions.

[] Sunday n

[] birthday n

_th day, _days suffix

Numbers + can mean both date and duration.

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Kanji symbols in [ ] will be learned in the higher levels. But it would be good if you can read it. Because the word isusually written in Kanji, not in Hiragana.

Perfume

(Techno Pop Music)

Perfume is a techno-popgroup consisting of threefemale singers.

Their futuristic vocal soundcreates addictivelycharming harmony.

Backed up by an amazingsound producer YasutakaNakata, Perfume's music isskillfully arranged.

FAKE IT

Magic of Love

Spending all my time

edge -mix



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Each day of the week is related to one of 7 planets and stars in the solar system - , ,

, , , and .

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Meaning: the moon, month

Shape: Symbolizing the shape of crescent moon.

The 1st stroke should be curved properly.

Create two equal divisions in the upper half area.

[] Monday n

_ th month of the year suffix

, , ...

_ months (duration) suffix

, , ...

Other spellings and are also used. The reading and the meaning are the same.

moon n

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Meaning: fire

Shape: Symbolizing the shape of flame.

Two short lines left and right, then in the middle.

Tilt the first 2 lines properly.

[] Tuesday n

fire n

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Meaning: water

Shape: Symbolizing the flowing water.

The left part is written in one stroke.

The right part is in two strokes.

[] Wednesday n

water n

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Meaning: tree, wood

Shape: Symbolizing a tree with branches.

Start the last 2 lines from the right place.

These two lines are slightly curved.

[] Thursday n

tree n

Official Site

Wikipedia

YouTube Official Channel

iTunes

Dream Fighterby Perfume

Learn Japanese by singing!

Music video of the song

Lyrics in Rmaji & Hiragana

Word by word translation

(Connect)by ClariS

Opening Theme of animation"Puella Magi Madoka Magica"

Learn Japanese by singing!

Music video of the song

Lyrics in Rmaji & Hiragana

Word by word translation

This content is only for thosewho watched the program.

MISIA

(Singer)

MISIA is one of the mosttalented singers in Japan.Her five-octave-range voice



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Meaning: gold, money

The top horizontal line and the vertical line are not crossed, just touching.

The two dots should be tilted properly.

[] Friday n

money n

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Meaning: earth, soil

The two horizontal lines are parallel.

The upper line is shorter.

Don't mix up with .

[] Saturday n

earth, soil n

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Meaning: now, present

The top horizontal line should be shorter than the horizontal part of the last stroke.

The end part of the last stroke is straight, not curved.

now n

today n

this month n

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Meaning: what

Mind the stroke order. Students tend to draw the right vertical line before the small square.

The size of the square should be proper.

, what pronoun

There are two ways of reading and .

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[] which day of the week? n

which month? n

how many month? n

what + unit for counting prefix

It can be applied for different units such as , , etc.

Writing Practice

Handwriting practice improves your character recognition ability.

It is recommended to do the writing practice to get familiar with the shape of letters.

Printable writing practice sheet is available at Kanji Writing Practice page.

Reading of Kanji

Most Kanji symbols have two ways of reading - onyomi and kunyomi .

Onyomi

Onyomi is based on the original Chinese pronunciation.

For example, pronunciation of in (ancient) Chinese was "sui". So sui became one way of reading .

In many cases, pronuncaton of Japanese onyomi and modern Chinese language are different. Because

Japanese incorporated the pronunciation of ancient Chinese.

In general, onyomi is indicated in Katakana in the dictionary.

Kunyomi

Kunyomi is the pronunciation of Japanese word which has the same meaning as the Kanji symbol.

For example, Kanji means water. Japanese word for water was "mizu". So mizu became another way of

reading .

In general, kunyomi is indicated in hiragana in the dictionary.

How to learn the read ing

It is recommended to learn the reading of each word, rather than memorizing all onyomi and kunyomi of a

Kanji.

For example, you should know the following general rules;

When is after the country name, the reading is .

When is after numbers, it reads .

When is by itself, it reads .

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