1) san, 2) yama - mountain

Think of it as a range of 3 mountains, the tallest being in the center

1) sen, 2) kawa - a river, stream

This is a picture of water flowing down a stream

1) haku, 2) byaku, 3) shira, 4) shiro(i) - white

Don't confuse this with (自) which means self: white has one line and (自) has two lines

1) ten, 2) ama, 3) ame - heaven, the sky

Heaven is very BIGGER than the kanji for big (大), therefore there is a line above it

1) u, 2) ama, 3) ame - rain

Think of the top part as the sky opening to release the rain

1) den - electricity, electric powered

Notice the top part is rain, so think of electric lightning

1) ki, 2) ke, 3) iki - spirit, intention, mind, power, energy [just look at the examples, this kanji has many meanings]

This is a fun kanji to draw. Sometimes the best way to learn to read a kanji is by drawing it many times

1) sha, 2) kuruma - car, vehicle

Using your imagination (to the limits of your ability), you may see a car with 4 wheels

1) koku, 2) kuni - country, a nation

This is a combination of kuchi (口) [mouth] & tama (玉) [ball]. Sometimes if the parts that make a kanji are strange it becomes actually easier to remember! So get a ball stick it in your mouth and think of your country!

1) en, 2) maru(i) - a circle, yen (money

This is often used instead of the Yen symbol ￥

1) wa, 2) hanashi, 3) hana(su) - a talk, a topic, a story

Most kanji are made of parts. The left side means 'a word' and the right side means 'tongue'

1) bun, 2) ki(ku) - to hear, listen, ask

This is a combination of gate (門) and ear (耳). People go to the gate to hear news

1) jiki, 2) shoku, 3) ku(u) 4) ta(beru) - eating, a meal, food

It looks like a person reclining under his roof eating something

1) doku, 2) yo(mu) - to read

The left part means 'a word' and the right part means 'to sell.' So a book is a bought word

1) rai, 2) ku(ru) - to come

This is one of the very few irregular verbs: kuru becomes 'kimasu' in the -masu form!

1) sho, 2) ka(ku) - book, document

Remember this one as the one with a lot of horizontal lines. Also remember there is a sun at the bottom; after all, you must have light to read!

1) ken, 2) mi(ru) - to see, 3) mi(seru) - to show

The top part is me (eye) and think of the bottom as legs. Therefore actively using your eyes means to see

1) gyou, 2) kou, 3) i(ku) - to go

It looks like a side view of a dog (with no tail) ready to go

1) shutsu, 2) da(su), 3) de(ru) - to go out, leave

This looks like a mountain on a mountain [actually it is not] So think of going out to the mountains

1) nyuu, 2) i(ru), 3) hai(ru) - enter, to go in, to insert

It looks very much like the kanji for a person (人) but with a little hat on.