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 Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:05 pm
I'm currently revising the thread to make it easier to read things. I do not know when I'll be finished, but hopefully it'll be soon so I can get more kanji up. biggrin Kanji is an essential part of reading and writing in Japanese. Kanji is used for many nouns, adjectives, and verbs as well as all last names and most boys' names. In Japan, students learn various reading to several kanji in each year. They learn about 80 in first grade, 160 in second, 200 in third, 200 in fourth, 185 in fifth, and 181 in sixth totaling 1006 in elementary school. The last are taught in junior high. If they go to college after high school (which most do) they learn about a thousand more characters. To be considered literate, though, you only have to know the jouyou kanji or daily use; the ones taught in elementary and junior high schools. I might teach the jinmeyou, the ones taught in college, if I can find everything. Kanji were taken from the Chinese hanzi around 300 AD. I've heard it was either by some Chinese (can't remember what they did) or Koreans looking to make a treaty with Japan against China. The Japanese emperor was so impressed with the writing, since they had never written anything down before, that he sent his son to learn Chinese. Soon all of the royal court spoke Chinese instead of Japanese. On'yomi are Chinese readings, readings taken from the Chinese. They are usually used in compounds, explained later in this thread. Kun'yomi is Japanese readings, readings from the Japanese words. They are usually used when the kanji are standing alone in a word. the okurigana afterwards usually helps in knowing which of the kun'yomi to use if you know the word anyways. These rules do not always apply, however. e.x. 一 is pronounced as いち by itself, which is an on'yomi, but in the word 一人, 一 is pronounced ひと, which is a kun'yomi. It's best to learn the words after you learn the kanji or right along side. If you still don't know how to pronounce something when reading it out loud, say it one way and someone is sure to correct you. I will be teaching using mnemonics; the same method as with the book which this thread is named after. PLEASE NOTE: These are not all my stories. I will try to think up of my own story first, but if I can't, I will quote all or part of James Heisig's stories. I am thinking of changing my stories to green text just so y'all know. ALSO: If anyone can come up with their own stories I will be more than happy to replace either mine or more likely Heisig's stories with theirs. Just post or PM them to me. 3nodding SuggestionsRemembering the Kanji I, II, III Remembering the Kanji: Hyperkanji! Reviewing the KanjiColour codes:
green=me
red=kanji
blue=English
purple=stories or radicals
brown=on'yomi(カタカナ)
teal=kun'yomi(ひらがな)
indigo=up coming kanji
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:16 pm
Radicals These are kanji or strokes that are used to help remember more complicated kanji. Some have variations depending on where they stand in other characters. You will see how these work in Part Two. You do not need to memorize these. 一 いち ONE个 ぼう ROD NO SJIS GLYPH丶 てん DOT丿 てん KANA-NO乙 おつ FISH HOOK亅 はねぼう FEATHERED STICK BARB二 に TWO亠 なべぶた LID人 ひと PERSON儿 にんにょう HUMAN LEGS入 いる ENTER八 はちがしら EIGHT冂 まきがまえ DISPLAY CASE冖 わかんむり WA-SHAPED CROWN冫 にすい WATER DROPS几 つくえ TABLE ENCLOSURE凵 うけばこ OPEN BOX ENCLOSURE刀 かたな SWORD力 ちから STRONG勹 つつみがまえ WRAPPING匕 さじのひ SPOON匚 はこがまえ SIDEWAYS BOX十 じゅう CROSS卜 ぼくのと DIVINING ROD卩 ふしづくり SEAL厂 がんだれ CLIFF厶 む MYSELF又 また FURTHER口 くち MOUTH囗 くにがまえ BOX土 つち EARTH士 さむらい SAMURAI夂 ふゆがしら DESCEND夕 ゆうべ EVENING大 だい BIG女 おんな WOMAN子 こ CHILD宀 うかんむり CROWN寸 すん GLUE小 ちいさい LITTLE尢 まげあし CROOKED-BIG尸 しかばね FLAG屮 てつ OLD GRASS山 やま MOUNTAIN巛 まがりがわ CROOKED RIVER工 たくみ CRAFT己 おのれ SNAKE巾 はば CLOTH干 はす DRY幺 いとがしら SHORT THREAD广 まだれ DOTTED CLIFF廴 いんにょう LONG STRIDE廾 にじゅうあし TWENTY弋 しきがまえ CEREMONY弓 ゆみ BOWヨ いがしら PIG HEAD彡 さんづくり TUFT彳 ぎょうにんべん GOING MAN心 りっしんべん HEART戈 かのほこ HALBERD戸 とびらのと DOOR手 て HAND支 しんよう BRANCH攴 ぼくづくり FOLDING CHAIR文 ぶんにょう SENTENCE斗 とます DIPPER斤 おの AXE方 ほう DIRECTION无 むにょう CROOKED HEAVEN日 にち SUN曰 にち SUN月 つき MOON木 き TREE欠 あくび GAP止 とめる STOP歹 がつへん DEATH殳 ほこつくり WINDY毋 なかれ MOTHER比 くらべるひ RACE毛 け WOOL氏 うじ CLAN气 きがまえ SPIRIT水 みず WATER火 ひ FIRE爪 つめ CLAW父 ちち FATHER爻 めめ DOUBLE X爿 しょうへん LEFT-SIDE KATA片 かた ONE-SIDED LEAF SHEET牙 きばへん FANG牛 うし COW犬 いぬ DOG玄 げん MYSTERIOUS玉 うし JEWEL瓜 うり MELON瓦 かわら TILE甘 あまい SWEET生 うまれる LIFE用 もちいる USE田た rice field 疋ひき head count 疔やまいだれ sick no SJIS glyph 癶はつがしら dotted tent 白しろ white 皮けがわ hide 皿さら dish 目め eye 矛むのほこ halberd 矢や arrow 石いし stone 示しめす show 禹うのあし mu in box no SJIS glyph 禾のぎ two branch tree 穴あな slit 立たつ stand 竹たけ bamboo 米こめ rice 糸いと thread 缶ほとぎ can 网あみがしら net crown 羊ひつじ sheep 羽はね feathers 老おい old man 而しかして rake 耒らいすき three branch tree 耳みみ ear 聿ふでづくり writing brush 肉にく meat 臣しん retainer 自みずから oneself 至いたる climax 臼うす mortar 舌した tongue 舛ます dancing 舟ふね ship 艮うしとら good 色いろ color 艸くさ grass 虍とらかんむり tiger crown 虫むし bug 血ち blood 行ぎょう journey 衣ころも clothing 襾にし west 見みる see 角つの corner 言ことば say 谷たに valley 豆まめ bean 豕いのこ pig 豸むじな badger 貝かい shellfish 赤あか red 走はしる run 足あし foot 身み station in life 車くるま car 辛からい spicy hot 辰しんのたつ sign of the dragon 辷しんにゅう road 邑むら right village 酉ひよみのとり sake 釆のごめ dice 里さと village 金かね metal 長ながい long 門もん gate 阜ぎふのふ left village 隶れいづくり slave 隹ふるとり old bird 雨あめ rain 青あう blue green 非あらず injustice 面めんface 革かくのかわleather pelt 韋なめしがわtanned leather 韭にらleek 音おとsound 頁おおがいpage 風かぜwind 飛とぶflying 食しよくfood 首くびneck 香においこうsmell 馬うまhorse 骨ほねbone 高たかいhigh 髟かみがしらlong hair 鬥とうがまえbroken gate 鬯ちようfragrant herbs 鬲かくtripod 鬼おにdevil 魚うおfish 鳥とりbird 鹵ろsalt 鹿しかdeer 麥むぎwheat 麻あさflax 黄きいろyellow 黍きびmillet 黒くろblack 黹ふつsewing 黽べんgreen frog 鼎かなえthree legged kettle 鼓つづみdrum beat 鼠ねずみmouse 鼻はなnose 齊せいequal 齒はtooth 龍りゅうdragon 龜かめturtle 龠やくflute
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:19 pm
常用漢字1級 Stories These stories are meant to give you and idea of a picture to let you use your imgination to help you remember each character. 一 ONEイチ ひと・い・いっ・はじめHermonie Urameshi If you turn it on it's side it looks like a Western numeral 1. Just a note, numbers tend to be written the western way in horizontal text, but in kanji in vertical text. Hermonie Urameshi The English numeral 8 is made up of a smaller circle then a smaller circle. Same with the kanji for eight except that they are lines not circles. James W. Heisig With a little imagination, one can see a muscle in this simple, two-stroke character meaning power. Hermonie Urameshi Turn it a few degrees in any direction and it looks like the Roman numeral X. James W. Heisig Like the Roman numeral II, which reduplicates the numeral I, the kanji for two is a simple reduplication of the horizontal stroke that means one. The order of writing goes from above to below, with the first stroke slightly smaller shorter. James W. Heisig You have probably seen somewhere the form of a squatting woman drawn behind this character, with two legs at the bottom, two arms (the horizontal line) and the head poking out the top. A little farfetched, until you draw the character and feel the grace and flow of the three simple strokes. Remembering the kanji is easy; learning to write it beautifully is another thing. 口 MOUTH コウ・ク くち Hermonie Urameshi Over the years the Chinese have squared off most round parts of kanji. If you think about it, it looks like an opening to a box. James W. Heisig Here we see our famous miraculous divining rod hanging, all on it's own, below the ceiling, as you probably already guessed would happen. . . . James W. Heisig This kanji is a pictograph of a child wrapped up in one of those handy cocoons that Japanese mothers fix to their backs to carry around young children who cannot get around by themselves. The first stroke is like a wee head popping out of the air; the second shows the body and legs all wrapped up; and the final stroke shows the arms sticking out to cling to the mother's neck. James W. Heisig Note the clearer outline of a triangular mountain here. James W. Heisig We have taken the image of a river streamover into English to describe things that fall down in straight lines, or ripple along in lines. All of this is more than evident in the kanji given here, a pictograph of a stream. James W. Heisig And like the Roman numeral III, which triples the numeral I, the kanji for three simply triples the single horizontal stroke. In writing it, think of "1+2=3" (一+二=三) in order to keep the middle stroke shorter. James W. Heisig The two directions, above and below, are usually pointed at with the finger. But the characters do not follow that custom, so we have to choose something else, easily remembered. The radicals show a diving wand standing above a floor―"magically," you might say. . . . James W. Heisig Any way you count them, there are either too many or too few fingers to see a good pictograph of a hand in this character. But that it is, and so you must. James W. Heisig This kanji is intended to be a pictograph of the sun. Recalling what we said in the previous frame about round forms, it is easy to detect the circle and the big smile that charcterize our simplest drawings of the sun―like those yellow badges with the words, "Have a nice day!" Hermonie Urameshi To remember this one, think of a stick being dropped in water and sending drops in every direction. James W. Heisig Here we see a pictograph of a tree, showing the main trunk in the long vertical stroke and the boughs in the long horizontal stroke. The final two strokes sweep down in both directions to indicate roots the roots. Although it may look similar at first sight to water, the order in which it is written is completely different and this affects its final appearence. James W. Heisig Just as sitting before a fire enlivens the imagination and lets you see almost anything you want to in the flames, this kanji is so simple it lets you see almost any sort of fire you want to see. It no longer makes a good pictograph, but I invite you to take a pencil and paper and play with the form―first writing it as shown below and then adding lines here and there―to see what you come up with. Everything from matchbooks to cigarette lighters to volcanic eruptions to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah have been found here. No doubt you, too, will find something interesting to bend your memory around these four simple strokes. James W. Heisig This character is actually a picture of the moon, with the two horizontal lines representing the left eye and mouth of the mythical "man on the moon." (Actually, the Japanese see a hare in the moon, but it's a little farfetched to find one in the kanji.) And one month, of course, is one cycle of the moon. James W. Heisig Another pictograph, this kanji looks like a bird's-eye veiw of a rice field divided into four plots. . . . James W. Heisig Here again, if we round out the corners of this kanji and curve the middle strokes upwards and downwards respectively, we get something resembling an eye. James W. Heisig Recalling that books are made of paper, and paper made of trees, one might think of a book as a slice of a tree. Can you see the "cross-cut" in the trunk of the tree? Picture it as a chainsaw cutting you out a few books with which to start your own private library.
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:21 pm
Radicals Many of the kanji will not have stories to help you remember them, so instead I will tell you the radicals that make up the kanji. 千 THOUSANDセン ちDOT CROSS犬 DOGケン いぬDOT BIG天 HEAVEN/SKY/IMPERIALテン あま・あまつONE BIG六 SIXロク・リク むLID EIGHT白 WHITEハク・ビャク しろDOT SUN四 FOURシ よ・よん・つBOX HUMAN LEGS早 EARLYソウ・サッ はや・はよ・さわSUN CROSS休 REST/HOLIDAY/RETIRE/SLEEPキュウ やすPERSON TREE字 LETTER/SECTION of VILLAGEジ あざ・あざなCROWN CHILD百 HUNDREDヒャク もも・ど・なりONE WHITE名 NAME/PERSON/REPUTATIONメイ・ミョウ なEVENING MOUTH貝 SHELLFISHバイ かいEYE EIGHT花 FLOWERカ・ケ はなTWENTY PERSON SPOON見 SEE/HOPE/OPINION/VISIBLE/LOOKケン みEYE HUMAN LEGS村 ＶＩＬＬＡＧＥソン むら・また・ら男 ＭＡＮ／ＭＡＬＥダン・ナン おとこ・お空 ＥＭＰＴＹ／ＳＫＹ／ＶＡＣＵＵＭクウ そら・あ・から林 ＧＲＯＶＥリン はやし音 ＳＯＵＮＤオン・イン おと・と・ね草 ＧＲＡＳＳ／ＷＥＥＤＳソウ くさや校 ＥＸＡＭ／ＳＣＨＯＯＬ／ＷＲＩＴＩＮＧ／ＣＯＲＲＥＣＴＩＯＮコウ・キョウ森 ＦＯＲＥＳＴ／ＷＯＯＤＳシン もり
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:22 pm
Other This is where all of the kanji that do not fit in the first two parts will go. 人 ＰＥＲＳＯＮジン・ニン ひと・-り・-と九 ＮＩＮＥキュウ・ク ここの入 ＥＮＴＥＲ／ＩＮＳＥＲＴニュウ・ニッ い・はい七 ＳＥＶＥＮシチ なな土 ＳＯＩＬ／ＥＡＲＴＨ／ＧＲＯＵＮＤド つち大 ＬＡＲＧＥダイ・タイ おお小 ＳＭＡＬＬショウ ちい・こ-・お-・さ-・こう夕 ＥＶＥＮＩＮＧセキ ゆう円 ＣＩＲＣＬＥ／ＥＮ／ＲＯＵＮＤエン まる王 ＫＩＮＧ／ＲＵＬＥオウ・-ノウ おおさま中 ＭＩＤＤＬＥ／ＩＮＳＩＤＥ／ＣＥＮＴＥＲチュウ なか文 ＳＥＮＴＡＮＣＥ／ＬＩＴＥＲＡＴＵＲＥブン・モン ふみ五 ＦＩＶＥゴ いつ立 ＳＴＡＮＤ ＵＰリツ・リュウ たつ・た・たち右 ＲＩＧＨＴウ・ユウ みぎ正 ＣＯＲＲＥＣＴセイ・ショウ ただ・まさ石 ＳＴＯＮＥセキ・コク・シャク いし玉 ＪＥＷＥＬ／ＢＡＬＬギョク たま出 ＥＸＩＴ／ＬＥＡＶＥシュツ・スイ で・だ・い・すつ・てん左 ＬＥＦＴサ・シャ ひだり生 ＬＩＦＥ／ＢＩＲＴＨセイ・ショウ い・お・う・なま・は・なり・き糸 ＴＨＲＥＡＤシ いと竹 ＢＡＭＢＯＯチク たけ虫 ＢＵＧ／ＩＮＳＥＣＴチュウ・キ むし気 ＳＰＩＲＩＴ／ＦＥＥＬキ・ク いき耳 ＥＡＲジ みみ先 ＦＵＴＵＲＥ／ＡＨＥＡＤセン さき・ま年 ＹＥＡＲネン とし車 CARシャ くるま・か足 ＬＥＧ／ＦＯＯＴソク あし・た赤 ＲＥＤセキ・シャク あか雨 ＲＡＩＮウ あめ・あま・さめ金 ＧＯＬＤ／ＭＥＴＡＬキン・コン かね学 ＳＴＵＤＹ／ＬＥＡＲＮガク まな・のり青 ＢＬＵＥセイ・ショウ あお
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:23 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:26 pm
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:27 am
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:30 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:49 pm
Other 刀 弓 丸 工 才 万 心 引 今 牛 止 戸 方 元 午 父 公 少 切 太 内 友 毛 分 矢 外 兄 古 広 市 冬 台 半 用 母 北 肉 羽 行 西 米 会 回 毎 光 合 自 交 考 寺 色 多 地 池 当 同 言 走 何 角 汽 近 形 作 社 図 声 体 谷 弟 里 売 麦 来 夜 門 画 岩 京 国 姉 直 知 長 東 店 歩 妹 明 食 科 海 活 計 南 後 思 室 首 秋 春 星 前 茶 昼 点 風 馬 夏 家 帰 記 原 高 紙 時 弱 書 通 黄 魚 強 教 黒 鳥 細 週 雪 船 組 野 理 雲 絵 間 場 晴 朝 答 道 買 番 園 遠 楽 新 数 電 話 歌 語 算 読 聞 鳴 線 親 頭 顔 曜
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:51 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:14 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:00 pm
Other 丁 区 化 予 反 央 主 皿 去 号 仕 由 写 申 世 他 打 代 平 皮 氷 礼 安 羊 曲 血 向 死 式 次 守 州 有 全 両 列 医 究 局 君 決 坂 身 住 助 対 豆 投 返 役 委 育 泳 岸 苦 具 幸 昔 使 始 事 実 者 取 受 所 注 定 波 板 表 服 物 放 味 命 油 和 院 屋 界 客 急 級 係 研 県 指 持 重 拾 昭 乗 神 品 相 送 待 炭 柱 追 度 発 畑 美 秒 負 面 洋 員 荷 起 宮 庫 根 酒 消 真 息 速 庭 島 配 倍 病 勉 流 旅 悪 階 球 祭 終 習 宿 商 章 深 進 族 第 帳 笛 転 都 動 部 問 陽 飲 運 温 開 寒 期 軽 湖 港 歯 集 暑 勝 植 短 着 登 湯 等 童 悲 筆 遊 葉 落 暗 意 感 漢 業 詩 想 鉄 農 福 路 駅 銀 鼻 様 緑 練 横 談 調 箱 館 橋 整 薬 題
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:59 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:01 pm
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