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1) ichi, 2) hito(tsu) -
one, the first
And so begins your
kanji journey and it couldn't be any easier!
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1) ni, 2) futa(tsu) -
two, second
Two lines = 2,
logical!; A little harder, but don't run for the
aspirin yet!
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1) san, 2) mi(tsu) -
three, third
Three lines = 3,
still logical!; Hang in there...
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1) shi, 2) yon, 3) yo(tsu) -
four, fourth
Ok this is where
logic fails, but don't panic! Just think of 2
little legs dangling in a FOUR
sided box.
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1) go, 2) itsu(tsu) -
five, the fifth
This is modern art. 五 is an artist's impression of the
number 5. [well, it kind of looks like the
number!]
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1) roku, 2) mu(tsu), 3) mui
- six, the sixth
A picture of a man
stretching his hands and legs is the character
for '6'
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1) shichi, 2) nana(tsu), 3) nano-
seven, the seventh
A diagonal line
through an 'L' means 7
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1) hachi , 2) ya(tsu), 3) you
- eight, the eighth
If you have studied katakana
(one of the Japanese 'alphabets'), you will
notice this is the same as 'ha.' So hachi
= 8
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1) kyuu, 2) ku,
3) kokono(tsu) - nine, the ninth
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| 1) juu, 2) ju + a small tsu (a
short pause), 3) to, 3)
tou - ten Remember: 5 + 5 = +
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| 1) hyaku - a hundred, one hundred Remember the line
over & the number of lines inside the box -
that can save some confusion later!
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| 1) sen, 2) chi - a
thousand It looks like a 10 [十] with a slanted
line over it. Think of the line as adding an
extra 0: 1000
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| 1) ban, 2) man - ten thousand (10,000) The next in numbers.
add another 0
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| 1) fu, 2) chichi, 3) tou -
father, dad It looks like a father
tying his tie
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| 1) bo, 2) haha, 3) kaa -
mother, mom Think of a mother
holding 2 babies close to her
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| 1) yuu, 2) tomo - a friend |
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| 1) jo, 2) onna - a woman, women,
female Think of a woman
dancing
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| 1) dan, 2) otoko - a man, men, male The top part 田 means 'rice field' & 力 means 'power.' So a powerful
man works in the rice
field. [You haven't learned those 2 kanji
yet, but I just wanted to show that most kanji
are made of other kanji parts]
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| 1) jin, 2) nin, 3)
hito - person, people,
man A very important kanji! Obviously it
is a person with no head or arms trying to do a
split!
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| 1) shi, 2) ko - a child, a kid, children, the
young A little child with his arms
wide and his mouth open crying
for his mommy
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All the Kanji on the Level 4
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