Ground

Kanji

(漢字)

Grade

Level

JLPT

Level

Number of

Strokes/

Stroke

Order

Used

Radicals Meaning Reminder

Kun-

reading

(Kun-

yomi)

On-

reading

(On-

yomi)

Reminder

赤 1 N5

7

赤 Red

Look at the fourth stroke. It looks like a dagger. In this case we will use

shovel to represent it.

Little penguin is digging the red soil

with a shovel (under the ground) to have an igloo type nest.

Aka, Akai

あか、

あかい

(Seki)

セキ

*Rare

reading

The graduates of this red

colored Security Academy

wear red graduation cap.

(To remember its readings

AKA and SEKI)

Used Examples Reading Meaning In Sentence Meaning

赤い Akai

あかい Red (Adjective)

赤い花と白い花、どちらがすきですか。 (Akai hana to shiroi hana, dochira ga suki desu ka.)

Which one do you like, red flower or white flower?

赤 Aka

あか Red (Noun)

わたしは赤がすきです。

(Watashi wa aka ga suki desu.) I like the color red.

赤ちゃん Akachan

あかちゃん Baby

赤ちゃん、かわいいですね。

(Akachan, kawaii desu ne.) How sweet babies are, aren’t they?

Small

Dagger

Kanji

(漢字)

Grade

Level

JLPT

Level

Number of

Strokes/

Stroke

Order

Used

Radicals Meaning Reminder

Kun-

reading

(Kun-

yomi)

On-

reading

(On-

yomi)

Reminder

青 1 N5

8

⾭ Blue

Plants under the moonlight seem

like blue plants.

Ao, Aoi

あお、

あお

（い）

Sei

セイ

“We like blue, green, yellow, red

And Others in the rainbow

colors.” say Ingrid and Robert,

my cousins.

(To remember its readings AO and SEI.)

Used

Examples Reading Meaning In Sentence Remarks

青い Aoi

あおい Blue (Adjective)

青いコートは三万四千円で。

(Aoi kooto wa san man yon sen en desu.)

The (price of) blue coat is 34.000 yen.

青 Ao

あお Blue (Noun)

わたしは青がすきです。

(Watashi wa ao ga suki desu.) I like blue color.

青年 Seinen

せいねん Young person, young man

この青年は向かいの店から出てきた。 (Kono seinen wa mukai no mise kara dete kita.)

This young man came out the shop across.

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